Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Executed in Pakistan, April 4, 1979
Date: April 4, 1979
Date: April 4, 1979
The Conservative Party wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female British Prime Minister. Date: May 3, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 3 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Phnom Penh Falls to…
The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers. Date: March 17, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 17 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sadat, Begin, Carter Sign Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty – March 26, 1979Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600…
Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament (MP), is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. Date: March 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 30 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)…
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 β π Other events on May 21 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979SAETA Flight 011…
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. Date: April 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979British House of Commons Topples Callaghan…
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 β π Other events on April 23 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events…