Date: March 25, 1979
Downeast Airlines Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. Date: May 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Mount Marapi Eruption Kills 80-100 in Sumatra April…
In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. Date: July 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Columbia Delivered to Kennedy Space Center for First Space Shuttle…
In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. Date: February 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. Date: March 19, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979First Ariane 1 Rocket Launch from Guiana Space…
Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. Date: October 12, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Nur Muhammad Taraki Assassinated; Hafizullah Amin Becomes Leader, September 14, 1979Liberia Rice Price…
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. Date: September 20, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Mount Marapi Eruption Kills 100 in Sumatra April 30, 1979Jeremy Thorpe Acquitted…