Historical Events In 1979

Feb 15 Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show

Feb 18 Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV

Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 21 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)

Feb 08 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 23 W.A.C. Bennett dies at age 78; Premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972

Feb 07 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumédienne in Algeria

Feb 09 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey

Feb 09 Nigeria amends constitution

Feb 13 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm

Feb 16 George Harrison releases "Blow Away"

Feb 23 Cameron Mclanahan is born in California

Feb 18 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)

Feb 13 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation

Feb 07 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur

Feb 03 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner

Feb 01 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.

Feb 11 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances

Feb 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

Feb 07 Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)

Feb 05 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time

Feb 10 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1

Feb 11 Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran.

Feb 26 Total solar eclipse crosses western Canada, casting a moving shadow 250 km wide

Feb 27 The Navy took delivery of the last A-4 Skyhawk from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, setting a record for the longest production run for any U.S. military aircraft.

Feb 08 The Secretary of the Navy announced that the helicopter portion of the Navy's LAMPS MK III was to be known officially as the Seahawk

Feb 01 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.

Feb 26 A total eclipse of the sun casts a huge shadow from Oregon to North Dakota.

Feb 25 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station

Feb 22 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate & Cat Building is dedicated

Feb 18 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh

Feb 01 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

Feb 15 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes

Feb 23 Frank Peterson Jr named first black general in Marine Corps

Feb 03 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart

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