Historical Events for August 1979
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Months in 1979: January February March April May June July September October November December
Results 1 - 66 of 66
1st - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms govt in Portugal
2nd - "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St James Theater NYC after 6 perfs
2nd - Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
3rd - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
4th - Italian govt of Cossiga begins
4th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
5th - "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 perfs
5th - Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
5th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
5th - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
5th - Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America
5th - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
6th - 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills Mich
6th - Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel
8th - Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents
9th - English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
10th - Ecuador adopts its constitution
10th - Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
11th - 28°F in Embarrass Minnesota
11th - Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
12th - "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
12th - Iran press censors start massive book burnings
12th - Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
13th - Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
14th - Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
15th - Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
17th - 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
17th - Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres
18th - Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
18th - Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter
18th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19th - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
19th - Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
19th - Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little
19th - Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
20th - India premier Charan Singh resigns
20th - Singer Vikki Carr & Michael Nilsson wed
20th - The East Coast Main Line rail route between England and Scotland is restored when the Penmanshiel Diversion opens.
21st - Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
22nd - 200 black leaders, meet in NY, to support Andrew Young
23rd - Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
23rd - Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
23rd - UN's Vienna office opens
24th - Cars play concert in NY Central Park
24th - NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
24th - UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
25th - "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 perfs
25th - California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
25th - Somali adopts constitution
26th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
27th - 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland
28th - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
28th - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
29th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
29th - Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
30th - -Sept 13] Hurricane David, kills 1200 in Florida, Domincana & Dom Rep
30th - 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
30th - Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
30th - Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
30th - Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
30th - Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
31st - 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
31st - Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
31st - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador
31st - Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green
