4th » Iran hostage crisis: a mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the United States called US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
9th » North American Aerospace Defense Command False alarms e.g Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet Union named Soviet nuclear strike. After revi
10th » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1979 Mississauga train derailment or derails in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, causing a massive explosi
12th » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
14th » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the Iran hostage crisis e.g hostage crisis.
15th » A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
16th » The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi metro station known as Timpuri Noi to Petrache Poenaru metro station called Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
17th » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove, Queensland known as Ferny Grove to Darra, Queensland or Darra is commissioned.
19th » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black United States e.g American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
20th » Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
21st » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad called set on fire, killing four.
23rd » In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon (Irish republican) known as Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma e.g Lord Mountbatten.
28th » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 or DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
30th » Andrés Nocioni, Argentinian basketball player
Famous Deaths for November 1979
1st » Mamie Eisenhower, American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 41st List of First Ladies of the United States e.g First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
8th » Yvonne de Gaulle, French wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
11th » Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)
13th » Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (b. 1907)
17th » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull, The Gods (band) The Gods, Toe Fat, Carmen (rock band) Carmen, and Chicken Shack) (b. 1951)
18th » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
23rd » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
23rd » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
30th » Zeppo Marx, American actor and singer (b. 1901)