20 lutego 1979 roku była wtorek pod znakiem zodiaku ♓. Był to 50 dzień roku. Prezydentem Stanów Zjednoczonych był Jimmy Carter.
Jeśli urodziłeś się w tym dniu, masz 47 lata. Twoje ostatnie urodziny upłynęły piątek, 20 lutego 2026 roku, 144 dni temu. Twoje następne urodziny przypadają na dzień sobota, 20 lutego 2027 roku, w 220 dni. Żyłeś przez 17 311 dni lub około 415 468 godzin lub około 24 928 137 minut lub około 1 495 688 220 sekund.
Date: 20 February 1979
Special to The New York Times
2 correspondents, Amer and Briton, whose portable typewriters aroused interest of Kabul policeman, are taken into custody and questioned for 4 hrs before being released (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
Erdogan Hancerlioglu, right-wing owner of newspaper, is shot dead in Istanbul (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
To sell fixed assets to Louisiana Pacific Corp for $10 million; will receive $22 million for inventories (S)
Date: 21 February 1979
By HEDRICK SMITH Special to The New York Times
Hedrick Special
analysis of Pres Carter's speech at Georgia Tech notes he has firmly asserted that Adm would not intervene in Chinese-Vietnamese conflict (M)
Date: 21 February 1979
Utah HR passes bill allowing up to 9 reporters to attend executions (S)
Date: 20 February 1979
Israel temporarily closes its borders to 6,000 member UN peacekeeping force after arrest of Senegalese soldier who smuggled explosives across Lebanese border for use by Palestinian guerrillas (S)
Date: 20 February 1979
By TOM GOLDSTEIN
Tom GOLDSTEIN
Analysis of proposal to add 22 judgeships to NYC Criminal Ct; discusses whether increase would also raise in proportion number of cases heard and therefore reduce ct's backlog; por of NYC Adm Judge David Ross (M)
Date: 20 February 1979
By FOX BUTTERFIELD Special to The New York Times
Fox Special
analysis of possible reasons behind Chinese invasion cites expulsion of 180,000 ethnic Chinese from Vietnam (M)