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November 20, 1979: Extremists set fire to the holiest shrien in Islam, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. November 4, 1979: Iranian students seize U.S. Embassy in Tehran, take diplomatic personnel hostage November 28, 1979: Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing flight over Antarctica crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board
1979 was a common year ... November 13 – Ronald Reagan announces his candidacy for President of the United States, 9 days after the beginning of the Iran hostage ...
The date of the attack, 20 November 1979, was the last day of the year 1399 according to the Islamic calendar; this ties in with the tradition of the mujaddid, a person who appears at the turn of every century of the Islamic calendar to revive Islam, cleansing it of extraneous elements and restoring it to its pristine purity. [17]
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9 November 1979 [ edit ] Computer errors at the NORAD headquarters in Peterson Air Force Base , the Strategic Air Command command post in Offutt Air Force Base , the National Military Command Center in the Pentagon , and the Alternate National Military Command Center in the Raven Rock Mountain Complex led to alarm and full preparation for a ...
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979 per Variety.The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
Pages in category "November 1979 events" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. N. November 1979; U.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 was a Hajj pilgrimage flight from Kano, Nigeria to Karachi, Pakistan with an intermediate stopover in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Operated by Pakistan International Airlines, on 26 November 1979, the Boeing 707-340C serving the route crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah International Airport.