"History Corner for August of 1978 and 1979"

• 08/01/1978 - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games
• 08/01/1978 - Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead
• 08/01/1978 - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
• 08/05/1978 - New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
• 08/06/1978 - 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA
• 08/06/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Europea Golf Open
• 08/07/1978 - Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, & Larry MacPhail inducted to Hall of Fame
• 08/07/1978 - Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
• 08/08/1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus
• 08/09/1978 - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
• 08/09/1978 - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
• 08/10/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 08/11/1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI
• 08/11/1978 - Legionnaire's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta
• 08/12/1978 - Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
• 08/12/1978 - China & Japan sign peace treaty
• 08/12/1978 - ICE is launched
• 08/13/1978 - Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
• 08/13/1978 - Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
• 08/13/1978 - Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted & thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
• 08/14/1978 - French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%)
• 08/15/1978 - House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
• 08/17/1978 - 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans)
• 08/18/1978 - Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers & firefighters
• 08/19/1978 - 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
• 08/20/1978 - Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
• 08/20/1978 - Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds
• 08/20/1978 - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open
• 08/20/1978 - Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6)
• 08/21/1978 - 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs US Air Force
• 08/22/1978 - Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
• 08/23/1978 - Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
• 08/24/1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
• 08/25/1978 - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
• 08/26/1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
• 08/26/1978 - Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
• 08/27/1978 - Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
• 08/27/1978 - Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases
• 08/27/1978 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
• 08/27/1978 - Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
• 08/28/1978 - Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
• 08/28/1978 - Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
• 08/29/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 08/29/1978 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY
• 08/31/1978 - Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
• 08/31/1978 - Emily & William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst
• 08/31/1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• 08/02/1978 - Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
• 08/02/1978 - Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
• 08/02/1978 - Totie Fields, [Sophie Feldman], comedienne, dies at about 48
• 08/03/1978 - Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered
• 08/05/1978 - Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
• 08/06/1978 - Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
• 08/06/1978 - Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
• 08/07/1978 - Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60
• 08/09/1978 - James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74
• 08/09/1978 - Johan Daisne, [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66
• 08/15/1978 - Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
• 08/16/1978 - Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90
• 08/20/1978 - Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51
• 08/20/1978 - Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86
• 08/21/1978 - Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
• 08/21/1978 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
• 08/22/1978 - Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78
• 08/22/1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya (1963-78), dies at 83
• 08/24/1978 - Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66
• 08/26/1978 - Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
• 08/26/1978 - Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86
• 08/27/1978 - Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
• 08/28/1978 - Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78

• 08/01/1979 - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms govt in Portugal
• 08/02/1979 - "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St James Theater NYC after 6 perfs
• 08/02/1979 - Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
• 08/03/1979 - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
• 08/03/1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 08/04/1979 - Italian govt of Cossiga begins
• 08/04/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 08/05/1979 - "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 perfs
• 08/05/1979 - Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
• 08/05/1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
• 08/05/1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
• 08/05/1979 - Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America
• 08/05/1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
• 08/06/1979 - 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills Mich
• 08/06/1979 - Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel
• 08/08/1979 - Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents
• 08/09/1979 - English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
• 08/10/1979 - Ecuador adopts its constitution
• 08/10/1979 - Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
• 08/11/1979 - 28øF in Embarrass Minnesota
• 08/11/1979 - Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
• 08/12/1979 - "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
• 08/12/1979 - Iran press censors start massive book burnings
• 08/12/1979 - Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
• 08/13/1979 - Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
• 08/14/1979 - Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
• 08/15/1979 - Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
• 08/17/1979 - 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
• 08/17/1979 - Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres
• 08/18/1979 - Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
• 08/18/1979 - Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter
• 08/18/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 08/19/1979 - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
• 08/19/1979 - Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
• 08/19/1979 - Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little
• 08/19/1979 - Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
• 08/20/1979 - India premier Charan Singh resigns
• 08/20/1979 - Singer Vikki Carr & Michael Nilsson wed
• 08/21/1979 - Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
• 08/22/1979 - 200 black leaders, meet in NY, to support Andrew Young
• 08/23/1979 - Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
• 08/23/1979 - Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
• 08/23/1979 - UN's Vienna office opens
• 08/24/1979 - Cars play concert in NY Central Park
• 08/24/1979 - NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
• 08/24/1979 - UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
• 08/25/1979 - "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 perfs
• 08/25/1979 - California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
• 08/25/1979 - Somali adopts constitution
• 08/26/1979 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
• 08/27/1979 - 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland
• 08/28/1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
• 08/28/1979 - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
• 08/29/1979 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 08/29/1979 - Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
• 08/30/1979 - -Sept 13] Hurricane David, kills 1200 in Florida, Domincana & Dom Rep
• 08/30/1979 - 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
• 08/30/1979 - Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
• 08/30/1979 - Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
• 08/30/1979 - Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
• 08/30/1979 - 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
• 08/31/1979 - 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
• 08/31/1979 - Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
• 08/31/1979 - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador
• 08/31/1979 - Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green

• 08/01/1979 - Joseph Kot„lla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71
• 08/02/1979 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
• 08/03/1979 - Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
• 08/06/1979 - Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
• 08/09/1979 - Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
• 08/09/1979 - Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75
• 08/10/1979 - Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69
• 08/17/1979 - Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67
• 08/19/1979 - Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
• 08/22/1979 - Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69
• 08/22/1979 - James T Farrell, US writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies
• 08/23/1979 - Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies
• 08/23/1979 - Richard Hearne, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 70
• 08/25/1979 - Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
• 08/27/1979 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82
• 08/27/1979 - Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
• 08/27/1979 - Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14
• 08/28/1979 - Simonow, writer, dies
• 08/29/1979 - Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84
• 08/31/1979 - E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
• 08/31/1979 - Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75