1979
ID: 1962
Pope John Paul II begins pontificate that will span 26 years
ID: 1962
1979
ID: 1963
Office of Special Investigations (OSI) established by Justice Department
ID: 1963
1979
ID: 1964
John Marks publishes 'The Search for the Manchurian Candidate'
ID: 1964
1979
ID: 1965
Shackley retires from CIA; Commercial Helicopters formed; Billy Carter signs Charter Oil agreement
ID: 1965
1979
ID: 1966
Iranian Revolution - German companies maintain trade while US loses influence
ID: 1966
1979
ID: 1967
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - German-Afghan connections from WWII reactivated
ID: 1967
1979
ID: 1968
Ivins worked as senior biodefense researcher at USAMRIID (Fort Detrick) for 18 years (1990-2008)
ID: 1968
1979
ID: 1969
First commercial cellular network launched in Japan
ID: 1969
1979
ID: 1973
Dan Shechtman discovers quasicrystals, revolutionizing crystallography and materials science
ID: 1973
1979
ID: 1974
Sweden discontinues pertussis vaccination
ID: 1974
1979
ID: 1975
Tennessee: 4 infant deaths within 24 hours of DTP lot #64201 (March 9)
ID: 1975
1979
ID: 1976
First Poland pilgrimage - 10 million attend - 'Let Your Spirit descend and renew the face of the earth'
ID: 1976
1979
ID: 4549
Interval Newton method guarantees finding ALL roots with mathematical proofs of floating-point results
ID: 4549
1979
ID: 1961
March 4, 1979
March 4: Pope John Paul II issues 'Redemptor Hominis' - 'Man cannot live without love'
ID: 1961
1979
ID: 4388
June 1979
Intel releases 8088 - 8-bit external bus version of 8086, chosen for IBM PC to reduce costs
ID: 4388
1979
ID: 1970
June 2, 1979
June 2-11: Pope John Paul II's historic Poland visit - 'nine days that changed the world'
ID: 1970
1979
ID: 4343
September 1979
Motorola releases 68000 processor - 32-bit architecture powers workstations and Macintosh
ID: 4343
1979
ID: 4342
October 1979
Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston release VisiCalc for Apple II - first spreadsheet, killer app for business
ID: 4342
1979
ID: 1972
November 1979
November: Operation LATA '79 - 480 Polish SB agents monitor papal pilgrimage; seven moles infiltrate
ID: 1972
1979
ID: 1971
November 13, 1979
November 13: Soviet Central Committee meets and issues edict for 'physical elimination' of John Paul II
ID: 1971