Historical Events In 1979
Sep 24 CompuServe system started
Sep 05 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma
Sep 10 London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open
Sep 07 ESPN makes its cable-TV broadcast debut.
Sep 01 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings
Sep 01 Debbie Boone &Gabriel Ferrer wed in LA
Sep 27 The US Congress approves the establishment of the Department of Education as a federal cabinet agency.
Sep 18 Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge
Sep 20 Bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor Bokassa I
Sep 03 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
Sep 07 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
Sep 23 Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC
Sep 09 Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque
Sep 01 Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to flyby the planet Saturn
Sep 26 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
Jun 02 NASA launches space vehicle S-198
Jun 07 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
Jun 03 The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
Jun 08 The Source, first computer public information service, goes online
Jun 12 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
Jun 09 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
Jun 16 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275
Jun 23 The rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"
Jun 01 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
Jun 10 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
Jun 15 The first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
Jun 02 Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the first-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country.
Jun 08 Wings release "Back to the Egg" album
Jun 14 Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
Jun 10 First ever European Assembly elections
Jun 07 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
Jun 16 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
Jun 02 John Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
Jun 30 Johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury
Jun 23 The Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
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