Page 14: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 15   The inaugural Monday Night Footbal game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad).   

Oct 17   1800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba   

Oct 17   D Bautista of Mexico completes 20000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8   

Oct 17   John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81   

Oct 17   Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.   

Oct 18   "Beatlemania" opens in London.   

Oct 20   John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston.   

Oct 22   Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment.   

Oct 22   Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber.   

Oct 22   Ousted Shah of Iran arrives in New York for cancer treatment   

Oct 22   Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest.   

Oct 24   Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc.   

Oct 26   Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

Oct 27   In this year, Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide   

Oct 28   USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October   

Oct 29   50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange   

Oct 30   NASA launches space vehicle S-203   

Oct 30   Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham   

Nov 01   Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler.   

Nov 01   Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death.   

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 05   Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70   

Nov 07   Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71.   

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

Nov 08   Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63.   

Nov 09   Lewis Charles, actor (Feather and Father Gang), dies at 59   

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 10   Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71.   

Nov 12   Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85.   

Nov 12   US halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets.   

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Apr 02   Jesse carmichael: American musician (maroon 5)   

Apr 21   James mcavoy: Scottish actor   

Apr 28   Bahram radan: Iranian actor   

Apr 30   Gerardo torrado: Mexican footballer   

May 07   Katie douglas: American basketball player   

May 19   Barbara nedeljakova: Slovak actress   

May 19   Diego forlán: Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   Andrea pirlo: Italian footballer   

Jan 03   Conrad hilton: Us founder (hilton hotels),    

Jan 04   Charles mingus: Jazz bassist,    

Jan 05   Charles mingus: Us jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader,    

Jan 07   Zbigniew turski: Composer,    

Jan 09   Avery claflin: Composer,   

Jan 11   Jack soo: Actor (nick yemana-barney miller, green berets),   

Jan 13   Donny hathaway: Chicago ill, rocker (ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

Jan 14   Thomas desimone: Gangster associate of the lucchese crime family (b. 1950)