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1979 News Events include Three Mile island Nuclear Accident, USSR Invades Afghanistan, Tehran US Hostage Crisis, Margaret Thatcher elected Prime minister,
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1510- California is first used in a romance novel published in Spain 1510 and written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo, the translator of the Amadis de Gaul, and called Las Sergas de Esplandián, or "Adventures of Esplandian". 1533- Two ships make their way northward from Tehuantepec and land at the very tip of Baja California at La Paz Harbor. Loca...
1602- Sebastibn VizcaNno, another Spaniard, explored the coast and Monterey Bay 1665- Jose de Galvez arrives in Mexico as Visitor General of New Spain. Periodically insane - thinks he is God, Montezuma, or the King of Sweden - he lauches an ambitious program of colonizing Alta California, implemented by his emissary, Padre Junipero Serra. 1669- 1. ...
1769- 1. The entrance to San Francisco Bay, La Boca del Puerto (The mouth of the Port) is discovered on November 1 by Sergeant Jose Ortega. 2. San Diego De Alcala, the first of 21 missions established by Franciscan padres under the leadership of Father Junipero Serra, was founded. The missions extend along a 650-mile trail, the El Camino Real, from...
Late 1800's- The trans-continental railroad system was established with funding from the "Big Four," a group of men whose economic influence helped shape California's industrial industry--Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. The system included tracks throughout California's Sierra Nevada region as well as conne...
1900- Oil discovered along the Kern River. 1901- 1. McKinley assassinated 2. Roosevelt succeeds McKinley 3. Picasso's Blue Period 4. J.P. Morgan organizes US Steel Corporation 1902- Trans-Pacific telephone cable connects Canada and Australia. 1903- The Commonwealth Club of California was founded in 1903 by San Francisco Chronicle editorial writer E...
2004 - Private California company launches SpaceShipOne, the first private manned mission to space 2002 - March 24 Halle Berry becomes first African American woman to win Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in 2001′s Monster's Ball; Denzel Washington wins the Best Actor award for his work in Training Day, marking the first time African Amer...
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Historical events from year 1979. Learn about 687 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1979 or search by date or keyword.
2020s. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. / 1979 disestablishments in California (21 P) 1979 establishments in California (172 P) E. 1979 California elections (3 P) L. 1979 in Los Angeles (10 P) S. 1979 in San Francisco (3 P) 1979 in sports in California (2 C, 64 P)
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting was a school shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, United States. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured.
Obituaries. In more unfortunate news, there were several notable deaths in 1979. Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, punk rocker Sid Vicious, and hotel magnate Conrad Hilton all passed away. Less sad was the drowning death of a Nazi doctor, war criminal, and all-around poop-bag of a human being Josef Mengele.
