Historical Events for April 1979
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Months in 1979: January February March May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 50 of 50
1st - Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
1st - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
2nd - Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets pres Sadat
3rd - Belgium's Martens govt forms
3rd - Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago Ill
4th - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
5th - Balt manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper
5th - Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
6th - Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
7th - Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
7th - Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
7th - Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
8th - "Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
8th - 204th & final episode of "All in the Family"
8th - 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
8th - People's Republic of China joins IOC
9th - 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
9th - Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
10th - J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
10th - Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
10th - Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
11th - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
12th - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
13th - Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek
13th - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
13th - Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda
14th - Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
15th - 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280
15th - A disastrous earthquake (of M 7.1) on Montenegro coast.
16th - 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks & Mets tie 1-1
16th - 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27
16th - 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
16th - Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
16th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child"
17th - Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?" premieres in London
18th - "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
18th - Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
19th - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
19th - Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff
19th - Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
21st - "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
22nd - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
22nd - Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
23rd - Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach.
24th - Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election
25th - "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
25th - Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
27th - George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"
29th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic
30th - Mary Therese Friel, (New York), crowned 28th Miss USA
