Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

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   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   

Nov 13   Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93.   

Nov 13   Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President.   

Nov 14   Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies.   

Nov 15   ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage   

Nov 15   British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring   

Nov 16   In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"   

Nov 17   John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery.   

Nov 19   Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion   

Nov 22   Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63   

Nov 23   Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68.   

Nov 28   Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica killing 257.   

Nov 30   Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69.   

Nov 30   Ted Koppel is recorded as becoming anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)   

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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)