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  • New York, U.S.
    Monday Mar 12, 1979
    Robin Williams

    First appearance on Time's magazine

    New York, U.S.
    Monday Mar 12, 1979

    Mork became popular, featured on posters, coloring books, lunch-boxes, and other merchandise. Mork & Mindy was such a success in its first season that Williams appeared on the March 12, 1979, cover of Time magazine. The cover photo, taken by Michael Dressler in 1979, is said to have " his different sides: the funnyman mugging for the camera, and a sweet, more thoughtful pose that appears on a small TV he holds in his hands" according to Mary Forgione of the Los Angeles Times. This photo was installed in the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution shortly after his death to allow visitors to pay their respects.




  • Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 26, 1979
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC makes a full 14.5 percent price increase for 1979 effective on April 1

    Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 26, 1979

    OPEC makes a full 14.5 percent price increase for 1979 effective on April 1. Marker crude raised to $14.56 per barrel.




  • Iran
    Thursday Mar 29, 1979
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Replace the monarchy

    Iran
    Thursday Mar 29, 1979

    On 30 and 31 March 1979, a referendum to replace the monarchy with an Islamic Republic passed with 98% voting in favour of the replacement, with the question: "should the monarchy be abolished in favour of an Islamic Government?".




  • Iran
    Thursday Mar 29, 1979
    Iranian Revolution

    The Iranian Islamic Republic referendum

    Iran
    Thursday Mar 29, 1979

    On 30 and 31 March (Farvardin 10, 11) a referendum was held over whether to replace the monarchy with an "Islamic republic". Khomeini called for a massive turnout and only the National Democratic Front, Fadayan, and several Kurdish parties opposed the vote. The results showed that 98.2% had voted in favor of the Islamic Republic.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 30, 1979
    The palace of Westminster England

    A Car bomb

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 30, 1979

    A Car bomb claimed the life of Airey Neave, a prominent Conservative politician, while he was driving out of the Commons car park in New Palace Yard. The attack occurred on 30 March 1979, one day after the announcement of that year's general election; both the Irish National Liberation Army and the Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for Neave's assassination, but it is now accepted that the former were responsible.




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