Page 13: Historical Events In 1979

Sep 05   Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma.   

Sep 06   Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 07   5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY   

Sep 07   ESPN makes its cable-TV broadcast debut   

Sep 08   Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40.   

Sep 09   At age 16, Tracy Austin is recorded as becoming the youngest player ever to win the US Open women's tennis title   

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

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

Sep 09   Solon Michaelides, composer, dies at 73.   

Sep 09   Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque.   

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

Sep 10   Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56   

Sep 10   London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open.   

Sep 12   Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies.   

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

Sep 14   Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80.   

Sep 14   Theodore Coombs completes 5193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC and back to Yates Center, Ks   

Sep 15   Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50.   

Sep 16   Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed.   

Sep 17   Miloslav Kabelac, composer, dies at 71   

Sep 18   Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect   

Sep 18   Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60.   

Sep 18   Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's inaugural admittedly gay judge   

Sep 19   Robert is born.   

Sep 20   Bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.   

Sep 20   Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83.   

Sep 21   John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73   

Sep 23   Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75.   

Sep 23   Jane Fonda and 200000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC   

Sep 24   CompuServe system started   

Sep 26   1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million.   

Sep 26   Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68.   

Sep 27   Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81   

Sep 27   The US Congress approves the establishment of the Department of Education as a federal cabinet agency.   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.   

May 07   On this day in history birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player   

May 19   On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack   

Jan 05   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

Jan 07   In the year 1979 zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70   

Jan 09   In the year 1979 avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 11   On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63   

Jan 13   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)