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| 1979 |
| January. |
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The
Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was deposed in an
Islamic revolution. The Ayatollah Khomeini came out of exile
in France and became the new leader of Iran. |
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| March. |
|
Voyager
1, which was launched in September 1977, passed Jupiter and
discovered that the planet Jupiter has a ring. Then moved onto
Saturn. |
|
| May 3rd |
|
Margaret
Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
|
| June 15th
- 17th |
|
The
SALT II treaty was signed by President Jimmy Carter and Soviet
leader Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna, Austria. The first and only
time these two leaders met. |
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| July 15th |
|
President
Carter delivered his "malaise" address to the nation,
and blamed US economic and social problems on a crisis of confidence. |
|
| September. |
|
NASA's
Pioneer 11, which was launched in April 1973, reached the planet
Saturn, before leaving the Solar System. |
|
| November
4th |
|
63
Americans were taken hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran
and were held in captivity for 444 days. |
|
| December
25th |
|
The
Soviet Union troops invaded Afghanistan on Christmas Day. |
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Vietnam
invaded Thailand and Cambodia. |
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Civil
war broke out in Nicaragua, and the Sandinistas gained power. |
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Civil
war erupted in El Salvador. |
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| |
|
President
Amin of Uganda was deposed and expelled from the country. |
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The
first direct elections to the European Parliament occurred. |
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