Historical Events In 1979

Feb 23 George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album

Feb 09 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special

Feb 23 "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances

Feb 06 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto

Feb 07 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC

Feb 18 Snow falls in the Sahara Desert

Feb 07 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles

Feb 22 St Lucia gains independence from Britain

Feb 28 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY

Feb 15 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win

Feb 24 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX

Feb 03 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne

Feb 24 War between North & South Yemen begins

Apr 03 Belgium's Martens government forms

Apr 02 Carroll D Rosenbloom LA Rams president, dies at 72

Apr 05 Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter

Apr 13 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours

Apr 06 Rod Stewart &Alana Collins wed

Apr 02 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt

Apr 05 Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper

Apr 19 FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)

Apr 20 Johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show

Apr 04 Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77

Apr 04 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan

Apr 19 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666

Apr 22 Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada

Apr 27 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"

Apr 05 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia

Apr 18 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV

Apr 08 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah

Apr 01 National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy

Apr 12 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth

Apr 11 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala

Apr 03 Jane M Byrne (D) elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL

Apr 25 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2656 Evenkia & #3653

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