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  • Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979
    Iranian Revolution

    Iran hostage crisis

    Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979

    On 4 November 1979 youthful Islamists, calling themselves Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, invaded the US embassy compound in Tehran and seized its staff. Revolutionaries were angry because of how the Shah had fled abroad while the Embassy-based American CIA and British intelligence organized a coup d'état to overthrow his nationalist opponent who was a legitimately elected official. The students held 52 American diplomats hostage for 444 days, which played a role in helping to pass the constitution, suppressing moderates, and otherwise radicalising the revolution.




  • Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Iran hostage crisis

    Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979

    On 4 November, a group of Iranian college students calling themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, took control of the American Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 embassy staff hostage for 444 days – an event known as the Iran hostage crisis.




  • Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979
    Iranian Revolution

    The Fall of The provisional government and Bazargan's Resignation

    Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979

    The provisional government fell shortly after American Embassy officials were taken hostage on 4 November 1979. Bazargan's resignation was received by Khomeini without complaint, saying "Mr. Bazargan ... was a little tired and preferred to stay on the sidelines for a while." Khomeini later described his appointment of Bazargan as a "mistake."




  • Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979
    Jimmy Carter

    Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

    Tehran, Iran
    Saturday Nov 3, 1979

    On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The students belonged to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line and were in support of the Iranian Revolution.




  • Benin
    Nov, 1979
    Dahomey Amazons

    Nawi is the last survivor of Dahomey

    Benin
    Nov, 1979

    The last survivor of the Dahomey Amazons is thought to have been a woman named Nawi. In a 1978 interview in the village of Kinta, a Beninese historian met Nawi, who claimed to have fought the French in 1892. Nawi died in November 1979, aged well over 100.




  • U.S.
    Nov, 1979
    Atari, Inc.

    Atari 800 and Atari 400

    U.S.
    Nov, 1979

    The development of a successor to the 2600 started as soon as it shipped. The original team estimated the 2600 had a lifespan of about three years; it then set forth to build the most powerful machine possible within that time frame. Mid-way into their effort the home computer revolution took off, leading to the addition of a keyboard and features to produce the Atari 800 and its smaller sibling, the 400. The new machines had some success when they finally became available in quantity in 1980.




  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 13, 1979
    Ronald Reagan

    Announcement his candidacy for President of U.S.

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 13, 1979

    Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979. On July 17, 1980, he became the nominee of the Republican Party for the 1980 presidential election.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 13, 1979
    1973 oil crisis

    Carter orders cessation of Iranian imports to the U.S.

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 13, 1979

    Carter orders cessation of Iranian imports to the U.S.


  • Iran
    Nov, 1979
    1973 oil crisis

    Iran cancels all contracts with U.S. oil companies

    Iran
    Nov, 1979

    Iran cancels all contracts with U.S. oil companies.


  • Karratha, Western Australia
    Wednesday Nov 21, 1979
    Red Dog (Pilbara)

    Poisoned

    Karratha, Western Australia
    Wednesday Nov 21, 1979

    Although Red Dog was well liked, it is believed that he was deliberately poisoned in 1979 with strychnine.


  • Roebourne, Western Australia
    Nov, 1979
    Red Dog (Pilbara)

    Red Dog was buried

    Roebourne, Western Australia
    Nov, 1979

    Red Dog was buried, by veterinarian Rick Fenny, in a secret unmarked grave around Roebourne, Western Australia.


  • Ross Island, Antarctica
    Wednesday Nov 28, 1979
    Plane Accidents

    Air New Zealand Flight 901

    Ross Island, Antarctica
    Wednesday Nov 28, 1979

    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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