Deaths on May 23

S. Selvanayagam

Died on May 23, 1979

S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)

Professor Somasundaram Selvanayagam (28 May 1932 – 23 May 1979) was a Ceylon Tamil geographer, academic and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Jaffna.

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Events on 1979

1 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
11 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
16 Mar

People's Liberation Army
Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
15 Jul

Malaise speech
U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
16 Dec

OPEC
Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

Deaths on May 23

S. Selvanayagam

Died on May 23, 1979

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Events on 1979

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

People's Liberation Army

Malaise speech

OPEC