Page 11: Historical Events In 1979
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Jul 23 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops. 


Jul 23 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 


Jul 24 Archie Duncan actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65. 


Jul 26 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) 


Jul 27 Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 


Jul 29 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81. 


Jul 30 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67 


Jul 31 Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76 


Jul 31 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev and #2416 Sharonov. 


Aug 01 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway. 


Aug 01 Thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 


Aug 02 Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 


Aug 03 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76. 


Aug 06 Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 


Aug 06 Kurt Kaszner actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 


Aug 07 The inaugural day of trading in British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC) shares, everyone in the province got 5 shares from the government 


Aug 09 Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 


Aug 10 Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69 


Aug 13 Lou Brock gets his 3000 career hit. 


Aug 15 Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2069 people. 


Aug 17 Vivian Vance actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 72. 


Aug 17 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 67 


Aug 19 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight 


Aug 19 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack. 


Aug 22 Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69. 


Aug 23 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC. 


Aug 23 Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies 


Aug 23 UN's Vienna office opens. 


Aug 24 UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps 


Aug 25 Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67 


Aug 27 An IRA bomb takes the life of British Lord Louis Mountbatten in a boat off the Irish coast 


Aug 27 Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82. 


Aug 28 Simonow, writer, dies. 


Aug 29 Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84 


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