Born in March 1979 - Zodiac Signs, Personality and Horoscopes

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March 1979 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in March 1979

• March 1, 1979: Scottish and Welsh devolution referendums: Scotland votes in favor of a Scottish Assembly, which is not implemented due to failing a condition; Wales votes against devolution.
• March 2, 1979: Uganda-Tanzania War: Battle of Tororo: Ugandan rebels attack and capture the town of Tororo.
• March 4, 1979: Voyager 1 space probe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.
• March 5, 1979: Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter at 277,000 kilometers (172,000 mi).
• March 7, 1979: The largest Magnetar (Soft gamma repeater) event is recorded.
• March 8, 1979: Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• March 10, 1979: Uganda-Tanzania War: Battle of Lukaya: Ugandan-led alliance counter-offensive begins, retaking Lukaya.
• March 11, 1979: Uganda-Tanzania War: Battle of Lukaya: Tanzanian military counter-attacks and defeats Ugandan-led alliance, crippling the Ugandan military.
• March 13, 1979: Maurice Bishop leads a successful coup in Grenada, later crushed by American intervention in 1983.
• March 14, 1979: A Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing 31 and injuring 200.
• March 16, 1979: End of major hostilities in the Sino-Vietnamese War.
• March 17, 1979: Penmanshiel Tunnel in the UK collapses, killing two workers.
• March 18, 1979: Ten miners die in a methane gas explosion at Golborne Colliery near Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
• March 19, 1979: C-SPAN, an American television channel focusing on government and public affairs, is launched.
• March 22, 1979: The National Hockey League votes to approve its merger with the World Hockey Association, effective in three months.
• March 25, 1979: The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the Kennedy Space Center for preparation.
• March 26, 1979: President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign an Egypt-Israel peace treaty at the White House.
• March 28, 1979: James Callaghan's minority Labour government in Britain loses a motion of confidence, leading to a general election on 3 May.
• March 29, 1979: Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan, the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, dies in office, succeeded by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.
• March 30, 1979: Airey Neave, Conservative M.P. in the British House of Commons, is killed by an Irish National Liberation Army bomb in Parliament's car park.
• March 31, 1979: The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands after 179 years of presence, marking Malta's Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).