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| 1979 |
| | | Daniel Ortega leads the Sandinistas to electoral victory in Nicaragua | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Lord Mountbatten is killed by an IRA bomb that explodes on his boat in the bay of Donegal | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Opponents of the Sandinistas flee from Nicaragua into Honduras, where they become known as the Contras | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Saddam Hussein begins a reign of terror in Iraq, reading out at a meeting the names of fellow Ba'thists who are to be taken out and shot | |
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| 1979 |
| | | 20-year-old US tennis player John McEnroe wins the singles title in the US Open for the first of four times | |
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| 1979 |
| | | British artist Richard Long lays out his Slate Circle at the Tate Gallery in London | |
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| 1979 |
| | | French paratroops bring to an end the savage rule of Bokassa in the Central African Republic | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US embassy in Tehran, taking hostage 66 US citizens | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Soviet troops invade Afghanistan to suppress anti-communist anarchy | |
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| 1979 |
| | | A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia | |
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