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October 17: President Ford testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding his pardon of Nixon. October 2 – U.S. release of film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
1980 – The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the European Commission.
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1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
In the US, the average annual inflation rate from 1900 to 1970 was approximately 2.5%. From 1970 to 1979, however, the average rate was 7.06%, and topped out at 13.29% in December 1979. [19] This period is also known for "stagflation", a phenomenon in which inflation and unemployment steadily increased.
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Pre-1600
1. 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzonas they had been doing for centuries. 2. 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
1601–1900
1. 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castlein Japan. 2. 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession. 3. 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. 4. 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 5. 1784 –...
1901–present
1. 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. 2. 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later. 3. 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. 4. 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive t...
Pre-1600
1. 1394 – Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) 2. 1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine(d. 1544) 3. 1563 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith (d. 1624)
1601–1900
1. 1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine(d. 1648) 2. 1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733) 3. 1694 – François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774) 4. 1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776) 5. 1738 – George III of the United Kingdom(d. 1820) 6. 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle(d. 1780) 7. 1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (d. 1833) 8. 1754 – Fra...
1901–present
1. 1903 – Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (d. 1988) 2. 1904 – Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992) 3. 1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944) 4. 1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976) 5. 1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990) 6. 1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft(d. 1999) 7. 1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) 8. 19...
Pre-1600
1. 756 – Shōmu, Japanese emperor (b. 701) 2. 863 – Charles, archbishop of Mainz 3. 895 – Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty 4. 946 – Guaimar II(Gybbosus), Lombard prince 5. 956 – Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler 6. 1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor(b. 990) 7. 1102 – Władysław I Herman, Polish nobleman (b. c. 1044) 8. 1134 – Magnus I of Sweden(b. 1106) 9. 1135 – Emperor Huizong of Song(b. 1082) 10. 1206 – Adela of Champagne(b. 1140) 11. 1246 – Isabella of Angoulême(b. 1188) 12. 1257...
1601–1900
1. 1608 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1563) 2. 1622 – Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568) 3. 1647 – Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (b. 1565) 4. 1663 – William Juxon, English archbishop and academic (b. 1582) 5. 1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725) 6. 1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives(b. 1750) 7. 1809 – Nicolai Abildgaard,...
1901–present
1. 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864) 2. 1925 – Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865) 3. 1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853) 4. 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873) 5. 1929 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881) 6. 1931 – Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853–54) 7. 1933 – Ahmet Haşim, Turki...
Christian feast day:Birthday of C. G. E. Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and the flag flying day of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland)Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)The New York Times: On This DayJune 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup Association football tournament began in West Germany. June 17 – A bomb explodes in Westminster Hall , the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament . The hall's annex, housing offices, and a canteen are destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army .
December 1, 1978 to February 28, 1979. This is the coldest winter over the contiguous US since at least 1895 with a mean temperature of 26.62 °F or −2.99 °C as against an 1895/1896 to 1973/1974 seasonal mean of 31.94 °F or −0.03 °C.
