Pluto Enters Neptune’s Orbit for First Time Since Discovery, February 7, 1979
Date: February 7, 1979
Date: February 7, 1979
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 1979Sadat, Begin, Carter Sign…
Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs. Date: October 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sino-Vietnamese War Ends as…
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…
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. Date: April 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Aeroflot Tu-134 Midair Collision Over Dniprodzerzhynsk, August 11, 1979Bryan Allen Wins Kremer Prize for Man-Powered Channel Flight, June 12,…
A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. Date: January 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile. Date: February 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sadat, Begin, Carter Sign Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, March 26, 1979Interflug Il-18 Crashes…