Page 9: Historical Events In 1979
Monday, 29 June 2026
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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