History Corner

"History Corner for July of 1978 and 1979"

07/01/1978 - "Act" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 233 performances

07/01/1978 - Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974

07/01/1978 - Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing

07/02/1978 - Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start

07/03/1978 - Establishment Amazon Pact

07/03/1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic

07/03/1978 - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

07/04/1978 - Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order

07/05/1978 - Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan

07/05/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

07/06/1978 - Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut

07/07/1978 - 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75)

07/07/1978 - Solomon Islands declares independence from UK

07/08/1978 - 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)

07/08/1978 - Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy

07/08/1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus

07/09/1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 perfs

07/09/1978 - American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago

07/09/1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic

07/09/1978 - Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA

07/10/1978 - Bloodless military coup in Mauritania

07/10/1978 - Military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees

07/11/1978 - 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium

07/11/1978 - All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)

07/11/1978 - Auto with liquid gas crashes & explodes in Spain, 160 killed

07/12/1978 - Sun Bank Building opens

07/12/1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

07/13/1978 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR

07/13/1978 - Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years

07/13/1978 - BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

07/13/1978 - Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II

07/13/1978 - Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp

07/13/1978 - Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida

07/14/1978 - Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation

07/14/1978 - Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls

07/14/1978 - Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado

07/15/1978 - 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews

07/16/1978 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic

07/17/1978 - NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out

07/17/1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him

07/18/1978 - Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting

07/18/1978 - Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks

07/19/1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

07/19/1978 - Yanks start 14Ť game comeback with 2-0 win

07/21/1978 - Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees

07/21/1978 - US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike

07/21/1978 - World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m

07/23/1978 - 33rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy

07/23/1978 - Israeli govt rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas

07/23/1978 - Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200

07/23/1978 - Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight

07/24/1978 - "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premieres in NYC

07/24/1978 - Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe

07/24/1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

07/24/1978 - Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner & Jackson

07/25/1978 - Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar

07/25/1978 - Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager

07/25/1978 - Cin Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

07/25/1978 - John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image

07/26/1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

07/26/1978 - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

07/27/1978 - Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)

07/27/1978 - Portuguese pres Eanes fires premier Soares

07/28/1978 - 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY

07/28/1978 - At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees

07/28/1978 - Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time

07/28/1978 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

07/29/1978 - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY

07/29/1978 - Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m

07/29/1978 - Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings

07/29/1978 - On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 & Bob Lemon will become GM

07/30/1978 - Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs

07/30/1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic

07/31/1978 - Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris

07/31/1978 - NY Yanks now 7Ť out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks

07/31/1978 - Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44

Famous birthdays for July 1978 ..

07/01/1978 - Eisa Istok, Miss Illinois Teen USA (1996)

07/01/1978 - Jacqie Turner, west Covina Calif, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd

07/01/1978 - Vicki Renee Hughes, Miss New Mexico Teen USA (1997)

07/04/1978 - Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star (1995 Futures-Novi Sad)

07/05/1978 - Carmen Kempt, Miss Canada Universe (1997)

07/06/1978 - Rachel Rochelli, Houston TX, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)

07/06/1978 - Tamera Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)

07/06/1978 - Tia Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)

07/16/1978 - Stephanie Lee Hamilton, Williston ND, Miss America-ND (1997)

07/20/1978 - Charlie Korsmo, actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)

07/20/1978 - Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe (1997)

07/20/1978 - Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics-96)

07/21/1978 - Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-gold-92, 96)

07/22/1978 - Heather Noelle Jones, Miss Oregon Teen USA (1996)

07/25/1978 - Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA (1997)

07/25/1978 - Louise Joy Brown, Oldham England, world's 1st "test tube baby"

Famous deaths for July 1978 ..

07/03/1978 - James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59

07/09/1978 - Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered

07/09/1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49

07/10/1978 - Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85

07/13/1978 - Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78

07/17/1978 - Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51

07/27/1978 - Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72

07/27/1978 - [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor/composer (Symphonic), dies at 70

07/28/1978 - Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70

07/29/1978 - Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84

07/31/1978 - Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80

07/31/1978 - Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70

07/01/1979 - Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow

07/01/1979 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open

07/02/1979 - Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman

07/04/1979 - Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed

07/06/1979 - 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64)

07/06/1979 - IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp

07/07/1979 - 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64)

07/07/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

07/08/1979 - Congo adopts constitution

07/08/1979 - Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles

07/08/1979 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic

07/08/1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)

07/09/1979 - Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab

07/09/1979 - Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter

07/10/1979 - Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion

07/11/1979 - US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates

07/12/1979 - Ian Palce joins Whitesnake

07/12/1979 - Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from UK

07/12/1979 - "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers

07/13/1979 - Calif's Nolan Ryan & Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th

07/13/1979 - George Harrison releases "Faster"

07/14/1979 - USSR performs nuclear Test

07/15/1979 - 34th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz

07/15/1979 - Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India

07/16/1979 - Premier/pres al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein

07/17/1979 - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle

07/17/1979 - All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pitts Pirates)

07/17/1979 - David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston

07/17/1979 - Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami

07/17/1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

07/17/1979 - Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament

07/18/1979 - Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London

07/18/1979 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

07/19/1979 - 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill

07/19/1979 - Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe

07/19/1979 - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza

07/19/1979 - Patricia Harris, becomes sect of HEW

07/20/1979 - 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash

07/21/1979 - 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham

07/21/1979 - National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated

07/22/1979 - Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic

07/23/1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit

07/24/1979 - Pres Carter names Paul Volcker, pres of Federal Reserves

07/24/1979 - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR

07/25/1979 - 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)

07/26/1979 - Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record)

07/27/1979 - "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St James Theater NYC for 6 performances

07/27/1979 - France performs nuclear Test

07/28/1979 - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game

07/28/1979 - France performs nuclear Test

07/29/1979 - 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott

07/31/1979 - "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 7 performances

Famous birthdays for July 1979 ..

07/03/1979 - Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)

07/06/1979 - Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands

07/07/1979 - America Martin, model (Not macaroni & cheese, cheese & macaroni)

07/16/1979 - Kim[berly] Rhode, Whittier Calif, double trap (Olympics-gold-1996)

07/18/1979 - Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)

07/28/1979 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)

Famous deaths for July 1979 ..

07/01/1979 - Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64

07/05/1979 - Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87

07/05/1979 - Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76

07/06/1979 - Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35

07/07/1979 - D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies

07/08/1979 - John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64

07/08/1979 - Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies

07/09/1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53

07/09/1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78

07/09/1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies

07/10/1979 - Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84

07/12/1979 - Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69

07/12/1979 - Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30

07/13/1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84

07/14/1979 - George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56

07/16/1979 - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93

07/17/1979 - Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies

07/21/1979 - Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90

07/22/1979 - Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78

07/22/1979 - Soschtschenko, writer, dies at 83

07/22/1979 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69

07/23/1979 - Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31

07/24/1979 - Archie Duncan, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65

07/27/1979 - Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52

07/27/1979 - Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79

07/29/1979 - Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros & Civilization), dies at 81

07/30/1979 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67

07/31/1979 - Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76