Page 9: Historical Events In 1979

Jun 02   NASA launches space vehicle S-198.   

Jun 02   Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland -- the inaugural-ever visit by a pontiff to a Communist country   

Jun 03   Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65   

Jun 03   The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled.   

Jun 04   Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies   

Jun 05   Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53   

Jun 06   Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79.   

Jun 07   Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched   

Jun 07   Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion.   

Jun 08   Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

Jun 08   The Source, inaugural computer public information service, goes online   

Jun 08   Wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

Jun 09   Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169713 dominoes.   

Jun 10   inaugural ever European Assembly elections.   

Jun 10   Pope John Paul II visits Poland   

Jun 11   August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85   

Jun 12   Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min.   

Jun 13   Darla Hood, actress (Our Gang 1935-45), dies at 47   

Jun 14   Rock group "Little Feat" disbands   

Jun 15   Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67.   

Jun 15   The inaugural space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

Jun 16   Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62.   

Jun 16   Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1000th extra base hit   

Jun 16   H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275   

Jun 17   Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58   

Jun 21   Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49   

Jun 22   Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85.   

Jun 23   In this year, The Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"   

Jun 23   In this year, The rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"   

Jun 26   Charles Clore, financier, dies   

Jun 28   Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84.   

Jun 29   Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies   

Jun 30   Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72.   

Jun 30   Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury.   

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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)