Wikipedia: 1979

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*August 27 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 79, British World War II hero, and three others are killed by a blast on a fishing boat off the Irish coast; two I.R.A.? members are accused on August 30.

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*February 11 - [[43 million viewers watch "Elvis?!" on ABC.
*February 11 - Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.

*January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.
*January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of [Phnom Penh]?, Cambodian capital, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime.
*January 16 - Shah leaves Iran after a year of turmoil.
*February 11 - 43 million viewers watch "Elvis?!" on ABC.
*February 11 - Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
*March 28 - Conservatives win the British election; Margaret Thatcher becomes the new prime minister.
*March 28 - [Nuclear power plant]? accident at [Three Mile Island]?, Pa., releases radiation
*June 14 - Jimmy Carter and Brezhnev sign the [SALT II]? agreement.
*July 17 - Nicaraguan president General [Anastasio Somoza Debayle]? resigns and flees to Miami; Sandinistas? form a new government on July 19.
*November 4 - Iranian militants seize the U.S. embassy? in Teheran? and take hostages.
*December 27 - Soviet Union invasdes Afghanistan.

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Sport
*January 21 - Super Bowl XIII Pittsburgh Steelers (35) def. Dallas Cowboys (31)

Births

Deaths

August 27 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 79, British World War II hero, and three others are killed by a blast on a fishing boat off the Irish coast; two I.R.A.? members are accused on August 30.

Events

January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.
January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of [Phnom Penh]?, Cambodian capital, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime.
January 16 - Shah leaves Iran after a year of turmoil.
February 11 - 43 million viewers watch "Elvis?!" on ABC.
February 11 - Ruhollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran.
March 28 - Conservatives win the British election; Margaret Thatcher becomes the new prime minister.
March 28 - [Nuclear power plant]? accident at [Three Mile Island]?, Pa., releases radiation
June 14 - Jimmy Carter and Brezhnev sign the [SALT II]? agreement.
July 17 - Nicaraguan president General [Anastasio Somoza Debayle]? resigns and flees to Miami; Sandinistas? form a new government on July 19.
November 4 - Iranian militants seize the U.S. embassy? in Teheran? and take hostages.
December 27 - Soviet Union invasdes Afghanistan.

Sport