Page 3: Historical Events In 1979

Feb 06   alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47.   

Feb 06   supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto.   

Feb 07   "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC.   

Feb 07   faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur.   

Feb 07   Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns   

Feb 07   Neptune is recorded as becoming farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)   

Feb 07   pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles.   

Feb 08   Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82   

Feb 08   The Secretary of the Navy announced that the helicopter portion of the Navy's LAMPS MK III was to be known officially as the Seahawk   

Feb 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 09   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey   

Feb 09   aBC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special.   

Feb 09   Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"   

Feb 09   C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies   

Feb 09   Nigeria amends constitution   

Feb 10   "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1   

Feb 11   43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC.   

Feb 11   Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation   

Feb 11   Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran   

Feb 11   musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances.   

Feb 12   jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84.   

Feb 13   2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation   

Feb 13   Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84   

Feb 13   washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm.   

Feb 14   Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered   

Feb 15   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win.   

Feb 15   alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51.   

Feb 15   Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes   

Feb 15   temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show.   

Feb 15   uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Feb 16   in this year, George Harrison releases "Blow Away".   

Feb 16   Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58   

Feb 16   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Feb 17   William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   In the year 1979 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 on this day in history.   

May 19   On this day in history birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack in the year 1979.   

Jan 05   On this day in history charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1979 death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

Jan 14   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died in the year 1979.