Plane Accidents - Air New Zealand Flight 901
Time: Wednesday Nov 28, 1979
Place: Ross Island, Antarctica
Details: Air New Zealand Flight 901, an Antarctic sightseeing flight, on November 28, 1979, collided with Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. The flight crew had not been informed that the computer coordinates for the flight path of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 had been changed the night before, directing the flight directly into Mount Erebus rather than the usual path down McMurdo Sound.
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Atari, Inc.-Atari 800 and Atari 400
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Ronald Reagan-Announcement his candidacy for President of U.S.
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Stephen Hawking-Elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
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Microsoft-Microsoft Moved Its Headquarters To Bellevue
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Robin Williams-Grammy award
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June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-Escape from Alcatraz (film)
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Nicaraguan Revolution-The Organization of American States Supervised Negotiations between The FSLN and The Government
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1973 oil crisis-First emergency Crude Oil Buy-Sell Program allocations
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Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-to Ahvaz
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Saturday Jan 20, 1979 - K.S.A.
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1973 oil crisis-1 million Iranians march in Tehran
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Iranian Revolution-Khomeini appoints a new government
Sunday Feb 4, 1979 - Tehran, Iran
Iranian Revolution-The Rebellion of pro-Khomeini air force Technicians
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Ruhollah Khomeini-Khomeini appointed his own competing interim prime minister
Saturday Feb 10, 1979 - Iran
Iranian Revolution-The Final Collapse of The Provisional non-Islamist Government
Saturday Feb 10, 1979 - Tehran, Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini-Military declared neutrality
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Internet-UUCP
1979 - U.S.
Robin Williams-First appearance on Time's magazine
Monday Mar 12, 1979 - New York, U.S.
1973 oil crisis-OPEC makes a full 14.5 percent price increase for 1979 effective on April 1
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Iranian Revolution-The Iranian Islamic Republic referendum
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The palace of Westminster England-A Car bomb
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1973 oil crisis-Gasoline shortage/world oil glut
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Margaret Thatcher-The First Female British Prime Minister
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Iranian Revolution-The establishement of The Revolutionary Guard
Friday May 4, 1979 - Iran
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Manila Conference
Monday May 7, 1979 - Manila, Philppines
1973 oil crisis-DOE announces a $5 per barrel entitlement to importers of heating oil
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Justin Trudeau-Father's government was defeated
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Plane Accidents-American Airlines Flight 191
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1973 oil crisis-Phased oil price decontrol begins
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Nicaraguan Revolution-The FSLN Controlled all of The Country Except The Capital
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Joe Biden-Congress failed to ratify the SALT II Treaty signed
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1973 oil crisis-OPEC raises prices on average of 15 percent
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James Bond-Moonraker
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Audrey Hepburn-Bloodline
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Sony Corporation-The Walkman Brand
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Kevin Hart-Birth
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Iran–Iraq War-Saddam's Speech
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Nicaraguan Revolution-President Somoza Resigned
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Ted Bundy-Edward Cowart imposed death sentences for the murder convictions
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Ruhollah Khomeini-Demanding the Shah's return to Iran for trial
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Ronald Reagan-Announcement his candidacy for President of U.S.
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1973 oil crisis-Iran cancels all contracts with U.S. oil companies
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Red Dog (Pilbara)-Poisoned
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1973 oil crisis-Saudi Arabia raises marker crude price to $24 per barrel
Thursday Dec 13, 1979 - K.S.A.
Trivial Pursuit-Created
Sunday Dec 16, 1979 - Montreal, Canada
1973 oil crisis-OPEC decides on a 14.5 percent price increase for 1979
Tuesday Dec 18, 1979 - Vienna, Austria
Gary Webb-Webb married Susan
1979 - Kentucky, United States
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Al-Qaeda
1979 - Afghanistan
Gulf War-The developing US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Saturday Dec 29, 1979 - U.S.
Nintendo-Nintendo launched Game & Watch
1979 - Kyoto, Japan
Indira Gandhi-Achieving her Son's Dream
1979 - New Delhi, India
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-FBI closing files
Monday Dec 31, 1979 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Gulf War-Iraq's invasion of Iran
1979 - Iran