Date: October 15, 1979
Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. Date: March 8, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979American Airlines Flight 191 DC-10 Crash at O’Hare, May…
Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising. Date: November 20, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November…
The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland. Date: October 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Aeroflot Tu-134 Midair Collision Over Dniprodzerzhynsk, August 11, 1979Liberia Rice Price Protest Turns Deadly…
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. Date: October 6, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Blair Peach Fatally Injured at Southall Anti-Nazi League Demo, April 23, 1979Soviet…
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. Date: April 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sinila Crater Earthquake Releases Poisonous Gas, Kills 149 Villagers, February 20, 1979White Night Riots in San…
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Date: November 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979First Black-Led Rhodesian Government…