Today in History for November 1979

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 56 of 56

1st - A L Webber musical "Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres
1st - Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, pres Guevara flees
1st - Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million
1st - Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler
1st - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
2nd - Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London
3rd - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
3rd - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
3rd - Marocco offensive against Polisario
4th - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
4th - 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
5th - Iran government of Bazargan resigns
5th - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan"
6th - Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran
7th - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
8th - Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in NYC
8th - ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
8th - The Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) is formed.
11th - Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
12th - Pres Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil
12th - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
12th - US halts Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets
13th - British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan 13th - Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for president
13th - Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
14th - California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
15th - ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
15th - Brit government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
15th - A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
16th - Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
17th - Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
17th - Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages
17th - NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC
17th - On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
18th - Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
19th - Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
19th - Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
20th - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 20th - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital
21st - Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
23rd - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
24th - Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
24th - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
25th - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs
25th - 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9
25th - Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
25th - Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
26th - Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years
26th - Twins John Castino & Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
27th - 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG
28th - "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 perfs
28th - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
28th - LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
29th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
30th - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
30th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 71 of 71

1st - Delgado, Angolan footballer
1st - Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
1st - Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
1st - Coco Crisp, American baseball player
2nd - Julie Lund, Danish actress
3rd - Jamie Duffney, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1997)
3rd - Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
3rd - Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against)
3rd - Beau McDonald, Australian Rules Footballer
4th - Daisy Eagan, Bkln NY, actresss (Secret Graden)
4th - Jesse Camp, former MTV veejay
4th - Trishelle Cannatella, American reality tv castmember and model
4th - Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress
5th - Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer
6th - Lamar Odom, American basketball player
7th - Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
7th - Barney Harwood, CBBC presenter
7th - Will Demps, American football player
7th - Joey Ryan, American professional wrestler
7th - Jon Peter Lewis, American singer
7th - Mike Commodore, American professional hockey player
8th - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
8th - Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
9th - Adam Dunn, American baseball player
9th - Caroline Flack, British television presenter
9th - Martin Taylor, English footballer
10th - Chris Joannou, Australian musician
12th - Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
12th - Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player
12th - Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
13th - Ron Artest, American basketball player
13th - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
14th - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
14th - Tobin Esperance, American musician (Papa Roach)
14th - Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
15th - Josemi, Spanish footballer
15th - Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
16th - Michael Faustino, actor (brother of David)
16th - Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
16th - Tony Frias, American footballer
16th - Bruce Irons, American surfer
17th - Matthew Spring, English footballer
19th - Ryan Howard, American baseball player
19th - Larry Johnson, American football player
19th - Leam Richardson, English soccer player
19th - John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player
19th - Keith Buckley - American singer (Every Time I Die)
20th - Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
20th - Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (Silver Ferns)
21st - Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
21st - Stromile Swift, American basketball player
21st - Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
21st - Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
22nd - Chris Doran, Irish singer
23rd - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
25th - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
25th - Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
26th - B.J. Averell, American online tutor and reality television contestant
27th - Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
27th - Hilary Hahn, American violinist
27th - Shin Hyesung, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
27th - Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
28th - Chamillionaire, American rapper
28th - Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
28th - Daniel Henney, Korean model-actor
29th - Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
29th - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
29th - Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
29th - Chamillionaire, American rapper
30th - Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
30th - Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
2nd - Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
5th - Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70
7th - Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71
7th - Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
8th - Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
8th - Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
9th - Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59
10th - Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71
11th - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
12th - Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85
13th - Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93
13th - Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
14th - Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
17th - John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
18th - Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (b. 1901)
22nd - Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
23rd - Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
23rd - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
30th - Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
30th - Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78