Sino-Vietnamese War Ends as PLA Crosses Border Back into China, March 16, 1979
Date: March 16, 1979
Date: March 16, 1979
Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt. Date: January 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 16 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwan Pro-Democracy Protests Suppressed, Organizers Arrested,…
U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech". Date: July 15, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 15 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Interflug Il-18 Crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, 10 Killed, March 26, 1979Iran Becomes Islamic Republic, Overthrows…
Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners. Date: August 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 11 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 Crashes…
A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000Β m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. Date: June 3, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 3 π Events on this day…
The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. Date: June 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 1 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Voyager 1 Proves Volcanoes on Io, Jupiter Moon March 8, 1979Red River…
Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. Date: May 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 28 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Executed in Pakistan, April 4, 1979Bolivia…