Timeline
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Die amerikanische Künstlerin Judy Chicago vor ihrer "Dinner Party" in der Frankfurter Kunsthalle Schirn anläÃlich der Eröffnung der Ausstellung am 30. April 1987. Die vielbeachtete und vieldiskutierte "Dinner Party", ein feministisches Abendmahl, besteht aus einem groÃen dreieckigen Tisch, der für 39 herausragende Frauengestalten der Geschichte gedeckt ist. Zu jedem der Gedecke gehört ein bemalter oder plastisch gestalteter, die weiblichen Geschlechtsteile symbolisierender Teller, ein Abendmahlskelch und ein bestickter Tischläufer mit dem Namen der Frau. (Photo by Kai-Uwe Wärner/picture alliance via Getty Images)
US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L) and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) as they shake hands on March 26, 1979 on the north lawn of the White House, Washington D.C., after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. In 1978, Israel and Egypt sealed a historic agreement promising peace and security to people in the Middle East, the Camp David Accords. (Photo by CONSOLIDATED NEWS PICTURES / AFP) (Photo by -/CONSOLIDATED NEWS PICTURES/AFP via Getty Images)
1979: The Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the scene of a notorious nuclear leak. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
This Day In History takes us back to June 11th, 1979, Hollywood lost its best cowboy everJohn Wayne. Nick named the “Duke” after the family dog, Wayne wasn’t always the tough guy he played on screen, but a family man. Learn about his legacy in this great clip about the actor.
An anti-disco promotion in Comiskey Park in 1979 drew thousands of teens, who poured onto the field between games of a White Sox double-header. The Sox forfeited the second game. (Ed Wagner Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 15: The movie "Apocalypse Now", directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Seen here, Martin Sheen as Captain Willard. Initial theatrical release August 15, 1979. Screen capture. Paramount Pictures. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 31: The Soviet army in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 31st, 1979. (Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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