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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