"History Corner for June of 1978 and 1979"

• 06/01/1978 - Cricket Test debut of David Gower, v Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58
• 06/01/1978 - High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
• 06/03/1978 - Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
• 06/04/1978 - "Working" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 25 performances
• 06/04/1978 - 32nd Tony Awards: Da & Ain't Misbehavin' win
• 06/04/1978 - 6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
• 06/04/1978 - Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
• 06/06/1978 - Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
• 06/07/1978 - 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
• 06/07/1978 - Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
• 06/08/1978 - 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
• 06/08/1978 - Braves draft Bob Horner #1
• 06/08/1978 - Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery
• 06/09/1978 - Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
• 06/09/1978 - Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 06/09/1978 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
• 06/10/1978 - 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:26.8
• 06/10/1978 - Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
• 06/11/1978 - "Grease" starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John opens
• 06/11/1978 - 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
• 06/11/1978 - Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title
• 06/11/1978 - Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24« hrs of hula-hoop
• 06/11/1978 - Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• 06/12/1978 - David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
• 06/12/1978 - US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
• 06/14/1978 - Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
• 06/14/1978 - Sierra Leone adopts constitution
• 06/15/1978 - Belgian govt resigns
• 06/15/1978 - Italy's pres Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
• 06/15/1978 - Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
• 06/15/1978 - Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
• 06/16/1978 - Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
• 06/16/1978 - Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"
• 06/17/1978 - "Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
• 06/17/1978 - Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
• 06/18/1978 - 78th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver
• 06/18/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
• 06/18/1978 - Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
• 06/19/1978 - "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 perfs
• 06/19/1978 - Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
• 06/19/1978 - Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
• 06/20/1978 - 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
• 06/21/1978 - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London
• 06/22/1978 - James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced
• 06/22/1978 - Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Ill
• 06/22/1978 - Pluto's satelite Charon, is discovered
• 06/23/1978 - 33rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
• 06/25/1978 - Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
• 06/25/1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
• 06/26/1978 - Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
• 06/26/1978 - First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
• 06/27/1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
• 06/27/1978 - Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
• 06/27/1978 - US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
• 06/28/1978 - UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
• 06/28/1978 - Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
• 06/29/1978 - VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
• 06/30/1978 - English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
• 06/30/1978 - Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
• 06/30/1978 - Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox

• 06/05/1978 - John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
• 06/14/1978 - Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74
• 06/15/1978 - Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
• 06/17/1978 - Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
• 06/20/1978 - Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
• 06/25/1978 - Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
• 06/26/1978 - Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed
• 06/29/1978 - Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59

• 06/01/1979 - 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Wash Bullets, 4 games to 1
• 06/01/1979 - Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
• 06/01/1979 - Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
• 06/01/1979 - Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
• 06/02/1979 - John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
• 06/02/1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-198
• 06/02/1979 - Pope John Paul II visits Poland
• 06/03/1979 - "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
• 06/03/1979 - 33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man & Sweeny Todd win
• 06/03/1979 - Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya
• 06/03/1979 - Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
• 06/03/1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
• 06/03/1979 - World's worst oil spillage occurred in the Gulf of Mexico
• 06/04/1979 - South-African pres Vorster resigns due to scandal
• 06/04/1979 - Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons
• 06/05/1979 - Seychelles adopts constitution
• 06/06/1979 - 200th running of horse's Derby in England
• 06/06/1979 - Josef Mengeles corpse excavated in Brazil
• 06/06/1979 - Royal Air force receives 1st F-16
• 06/06/1979 - Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors
• 06/07/1979 - 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
• 06/07/1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
• 06/07/1979 - Portugal govt of Mota Pinto resigns
• 06/07/1979 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
• 06/08/1979 - "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line
• 06/08/1979 - Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
• 06/08/1979 - Wings release "Back to the Egg" album
• 06/09/1979 - 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
• 06/09/1979 - 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
• 06/09/1979 - Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
• 06/09/1979 - Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
• 06/09/1979 - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
• 06/10/1979 - 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
• 06/10/1979 - 49th French Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)
• 06/10/1979 - Balt Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
• 06/10/1979 - Pope John Paul II visits Poland
• 06/11/1979 - Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months
• 06/12/1979 - Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
• 06/12/1979 - Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston
• 06/12/1979 - Sanista occupies parts of Managua
• 06/12/1979 - Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson
• 06/12/1979 - Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
• 06/13/1979 - "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps NYC for 86 perfs
• 06/13/1979 - Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills SD
• 06/14/1979 - Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40 3 overs
• 06/14/1979 - NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
• 06/14/1979 - Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
• 06/15/1979 - 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
• 06/16/1979 - "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6
• 06/16/1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
• 06/16/1979 - Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
• 06/17/1979 - "Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
• 06/17/1979 - 79th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo
• 06/17/1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
• 06/18/1979 - Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
• 06/18/1979 - Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
• 06/18/1979 - Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
• 06/18/1979 - US Pres Carter & Soviet Pres Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty
• 06/19/1979 - In NY 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank mgr
• 06/19/1979 - Mali's constitution goes into effect
• 06/21/1979 - Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy
• 06/22/1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 06/22/1979 - Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit
• 06/22/1979 - Pro Football Researchers Association forms (Canton Ohio)
• 06/23/1979 - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
• 06/23/1979 - Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"
• 06/23/1979 - West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
• 06/24/1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
• 06/24/1979 - Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base
• 06/25/1979 - "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 8 performances
• 06/25/1979 - Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
• 06/26/1979 - Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final
• 06/26/1979 - Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes & kills a driver
• 06/27/1979 - Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
• 06/27/1979 - Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
• 06/28/1979 - OPEC raises oil prices 24%
• 06/29/1979 - "Moonraker" premieres in US
• 06/29/1979 - San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
• 06/30/1979 - "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 06/30/1979 - Johnny Rotten & Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury

• 06/01/1979 - Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91
• 06/01/1979 - Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies
• 06/02/1979 - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
• 06/03/1979 - Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65
• 06/04/1979 - Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
• 06/05/1979 - Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
• 06/06/1979 - Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79
• 06/08/1979 - Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
• 06/08/1979 - Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61
• 06/11/1979 - August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85
• 06/11/1979 - John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72
• 06/13/1979 - Darla Hood, actress (Our Gang 1935-45), dies at 47
• 06/15/1979 - Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67
• 06/16/1979 - Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62
• 06/16/1979 - Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, writer, dies at 77
• 06/17/1979 - Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58
• 06/21/1979 - Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49
• 06/22/1979 - Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
• 06/22/1979 - Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
• 06/26/1979 - Charles Clore, financier, dies
• 06/28/1979 - Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84
• 06/29/1979 - Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies
• 06/29/1979 - Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
• 06/30/1979 - Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72