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February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. February 14 – In Kabul , Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan , Adolph Dubs , who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
1979 in the United States by state or territory (54 C) 1979 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1979 disestablishments in the United States (40 C, 15 P)
January 1979 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) February 1979 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) March 1979 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P)
Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref; 1: January 3, 1979: Superman: $4,859,936: Superman grossed $13,135,498 nationally from all markets for the 4-day weekend ended January 1, a record weekend gross.
1981–1982 — The killing of 6-year-old Adam Walsh (1981), and the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a 12-year-old newspaper carrier from Des Moines, Iowa (1982), raise awareness of missing children cases in the United States. 1983 – 241 U.S. Marines are killed by a suicide bomb in Lebanon. 1983 – The United States invades Grenada.
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The fire started at 6:00 in the evening on the second floor of the 150-year-old building that had been designed by famous American architect Robert Mills. [91] [92] 26-year-old Richard Keith Job of Hastings, New York, fell 400 feet (120 m) to his death while standing on the snow-covered edge of the Rim Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. [93]