Page 4: Historical Events In 1979

Feb 18   -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)   

Feb 18   In this year, President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party claims elections in Bangladesh.   

Feb 18   Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV   

Feb 18   NASA launches space vehicle S-202   

Feb 18   Snow falls in the Sahara Desert.   

Feb 21   2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period.   

Feb 21   Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies   

Feb 21   Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km)   

Feb 22   Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated   

Feb 22   St Lucia gains independence from Britain   

Feb 23   "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances   

Feb 23   Cameron Mclanahan is born in California.   

Feb 23   Frank Peterson Jr named inaugural black general in Marine Corps   

Feb 23   In this year, George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album   

Feb 23   W.A.C. Bennett dies at age 78; Premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972   

Feb 24   Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42500, Stamford TX.   

Feb 24   War between North and South Yemen begins   

Feb 25   Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

Feb 26   A total eclipse of the sun casts a huge shadow from Oregon to North Dakota   

Feb 26   Total solar eclipse crosses western Canada, casting a moving shadow 250 km wide   

Feb 27   The Navy took delivery of the last A-4 Skyhawk from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, setting a record for the longest production run for any U.S. military aircraft.   

Feb 28   Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY   

Feb 28   Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52   

Mar 01   Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73.   

Mar 02   Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71.   

Mar 04   200th episode of "All in the Family"   

Mar 04   US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings   

Mar 05   Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81   

Mar 05   Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172000 miles).   

Mar 06   Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83.   

Mar 07   Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84.   

Mar 07   USS Constellation and her escort ships were ordered to the Gulf of Aden in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen   

Mar 08   China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam.   

Mar 08   Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale.   

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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   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born in the year 1979.   

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

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   On this day in history birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born in the year 1979.   

Jan 03   On this day in history conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 09   On this day in history avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 11   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.   

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