Apr 01 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah

Apr 10 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian

Apr 25 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premiers

Apr 09 204th &final episode of "All in the Family"

Apr 04 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL

Apr 07 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water

Nov 19 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion

Nov 15 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring

Nov 03 The Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina,

Nov 01 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster

Nov 12 US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets

Nov 04 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)

Nov 30 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

Nov 03 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)

Nov 05 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70

Nov 08 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")

Nov 16 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"

Nov 15 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

Nov 10 CP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days.

Nov 13 Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President

Nov 08 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")

Nov 01 Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler

Nov 28 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica killing 257

Sep 09 John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis, for the US Open Tennis title

Sep 14 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC & back to Yates Center, Ks

Sep 09 At age 16, Tracy Austin becomes the youngest player ever to win the US Open women's tennis title.

Sep 18 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect

Sep 28 Larry Holmes (retain championship) KOs Earnie Shavers in 11 rounds

Sep 19 Robert is born

Sep 13 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)

Sep 29 Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland

Sep 01 LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask

Sep 09 Sid Bernstein offers $« billion for a Beatle reunion

Sep 29 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong

Sep 10 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed

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