A LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1979

In The News In 1979
A major accident occurrs at at a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA.
Worst U.S. air disaster occurs when an American Airlines DC-10 loses its engine and crashes seconds after takeoff killing 275 people.
Hurricane "David" kills over 1,200 in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic.
Some 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.