Date: March 25, 1979
U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech". Date: July 15, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979SAETA Flight 011 Crashes in Ecuador, 57 Killed, April 23, 1979Pluto Enters Neptune’s Orbit for First Time,…
Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Date: July 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Pope John Paul II…
The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education. Date: October 17, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sino-Vietnamese War Ends as PLA Crosses Border Back into China, March 16, 1979Saint…
Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Date: January 7, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Liberia Rice Price Protest…
White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Date: May 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sino-Vietnamese War Ends…
Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London. Date: April 23, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…