Page 10: Historical Events In 1979

Jun 14   Rock group "Little Feat" disbands in the year 1979.   

Jun 15   Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jun 15   The first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds in the year 1979.   

Jun 16   On this day in history ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62   

Jun 16   Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit in the year 1979.   

Jun 16   H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275 in the year 1979.   

Jun 17   In the year 1979 lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58   

Jun 21   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.   

Jun 23   On this day in history the Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"   

Jun 23   In the year 1979 the rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"   

Jun 26   Charles Clore, financier, dies in the year 1979.   

Jun 28   In the year 1979 paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84   

Jun 29   Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies in the year 1979.   

Jun 30   Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury in the year 1979.   

Jul 01   Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 in the year 1979.   

Jul 01   On this day in history stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow   

Jul 04   On this day in history in Eastern China a 5.4 quake was centered about 225 kilometers southwest of Shanghai in the Liyang area. At least 41 people were reported killed, more than 2,000 were injured   

Jul 05   Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   In the year 1979 van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35   

Jul 07   D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies in the year 1979.   

Jul 08   Voyager 2 takes first ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) in the year 1979.   

Jul 09   In the year 1979 betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53   

Jul 09   On this day in history dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab   

Jul 09   In the year 1979 voyager 2 flies past Jupiter   

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra died in the year 1979.   

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 in the year 1979.   

Jul 11   In the year 1979 debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia   

Jul 11   US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates on this day in history.   

Jul 12   "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Tigers in the year 1979.   

Jul 12   On this day in history kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 12   On this day in history kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1979 birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 in the year 1979.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1979 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   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.   

Jan 11   Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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.