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Major Events of 1979 Shah overthrown in Iranian revolution. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile. US embassy in Iran seized by "students", and embassy staff held hostage. Saddam Hussein becomes President of Iraq. Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Three Mile Island nuclear accident - a partial meltdown of a reactor occurs in the worst civilian nuclear accident in US history, at Midtown, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. USSR and USA sign the SALT II treaty, limiting nuclear arms. Soviets forces invade Afghanistan. Voyager I discovers faint ring system around Jupiter. Visicalc, first spreadsheet software introduced. Former US space station, Skylab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and debris is scattered in the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. Ugandan dictator, Idi Admin, deposed. Debut of the Garfield comic strip. Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing (although he will later, briefly, return). Sony introduces the Walkman. Sandinista rebels enter Managua, winning the civil war in Nicaragua. Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe. First European Ariane rocket is launched. Back To Year Index

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