Historical Events for November 1979
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Results 1 - 57 of 57
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 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
3rd - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
3rd - Marocco offensive against Polisario
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
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 govt 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 MSG 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
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 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
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
