History Corner

"History Corner for November of 1978 and 1979"

11/01/1978 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award

11/02/1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31

11/02/1978 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

11/02/1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

11/03/1978 - 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV

11/03/1978 - Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution

11/03/1978 - Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic

11/03/1978 - USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty

11/04/1978 - Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U

11/04/1978 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)

11/04/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

11/04/1978 - 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available

11/05/1978 - Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

11/05/1978 - Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran

11/05/1978 - Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games

11/06/1978 - Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms govt

11/06/1978 - Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule

11/07/1978 - Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP

11/07/1978 - CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past

11/08/1978 - Tom Stoppard's "Night & Day," premieres in London

11/09/1978 - NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions

11/10/1978 - Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks

11/10/1978 - Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

11/10/1978 - Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison & Griffin

11/11/1978 - Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives

11/12/1978 - "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 33 performances

11/12/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

11/13/1978 - NASA launches HEAO

11/15/1978 - 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka

11/15/1978 - Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," premieres in London

11/15/1978 - Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP

11/16/1978 - Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft

11/17/1978 - Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin

11/18/1978 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

11/19/1978 - Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time

11/21/1978 - Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award

11/26/1978 - 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY

11/26/1978 - 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love"

11/26/1978 - 66th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 20-13

11/27/1978 - Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183

11/28/1978 - 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)

11/28/1978 - Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years

11/29/1978 - UN observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries

11/29/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

11/30/1978 - France performs nuclear test

Famous birthdays for November 1978 ..

11/06/1978 - Nicole Dubuc, actress (Robin-Major Dad)
11/22/1978 - Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia)
11/23/1978 - Aliane Baquerot, NYC, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
11/25/1978 - Lauren Hewitt, Australian 100m/200m runner (Olympics-96)
11/25/1978 - Laurie Miller, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1997)
11/26/1978 - Sarah Cahill, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1996)
11/27/1978 - Joshua Harris, actor (Locked Up: A Mother's Rage)

Famous deaths for November 1978 ..

11/05/1978 - Denis O'Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73

11/06/1978 - Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67

11/07/1978 - Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80

11/07/1978 - Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86

11/08/1978 - Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84

11/09/1978 - Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75

11/09/1978 - Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82

11/10/1978 - Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28

11/10/1978 - Theo Lingen, actor (Grosse Gluck), dies at 75

11/12/1978 - Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71

11/13/1978 - George Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies

11/15/1978 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76

11/16/1978 - Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75

11/16/1978 - Cornelis P "Cor" Bru˜n, Dutch novelist (Sil), dies at 95

11/17/1978 - Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75

11/17/1978 - James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80

11/18/1978 - Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide

11/18/1978 - Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 member

11/27/1978 - George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White

11/27/1978 - Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White

11/27/1978 - Susan Damante Shaw, actress (Wilderness Family), dies at 58

11/28/1978 - Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69

11/29/1978 - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74

11/01/1979 - A L Webber musical "Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres

11/01/1979 - Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, pres Guevara flees

11/01/1979 - Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million

11/01/1979 - Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler

11/01/1979 - Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster

11/02/1979 - Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London

11/03/1979 - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC

11/03/1979 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)

11/03/1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic

11/03/1979 - Marocco offensive against Polisario

11/04/1979 - 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)

11/05/1979 - Iran government of Bazargan resigns

11/05/1979 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan"

11/06/1979 - Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran

11/07/1979 - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award

11/08/1979 - Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in NYC

11/08/1979 - ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")

11/11/1979 - Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center

11/12/1979 - Pres Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil

11/12/1979 - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal

11/12/1979 - US halts Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets

11/13/1979 - British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year

11/13/1979 - Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for president

11/13/1979 - Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL

11/14/1979 - California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP

11/15/1979 - ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

11/15/1979 - Brit govt identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring

11/16/1979 - Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"

11/17/1979 - Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball

11/17/1979 - Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages

11/17/1979 - NY Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in NYC

11/17/1979 - On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first

11/18/1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage

11/19/1979 - Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract

11/19/1979 - Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion

11/20/1979 - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed

11/20/1979 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital

11/21/1979 - Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies

11/23/1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks

11/24/1979 - Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders

11/24/1979 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

11/25/1979 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs

11/25/1979 - 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9

11/25/1979 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275

11/25/1979 - Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt

11/25/1979 - Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30

11/26/1979 - Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years

11/26/1979 - Twins John Castino & Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year

11/27/1979 - 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG

11/28/1979 - "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 perfs

11/28/1979 - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257

11/28/1979 - LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year

11/29/1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

11/30/1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

11/30/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

Famous birthdays for November 1979 ..

11/03/1979 - Jamie Duffney, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1997)
11/04/1979 - Daisy Eagan, Bkln NY, actresss (Secret Graden)
11/16/1979 - Michael Faustino, actor (brother of David)
11/16/1979 - Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for November 1979 ..

11/01/1979 - Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death

11/05/1979 - Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70

11/07/1979 - Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71

11/07/1979 - Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53

11/08/1979 - Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63

11/09/1979 - Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59

11/10/1979 - Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71

11/12/1979 - Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85

11/13/1979 - Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93

11/14/1979 - Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies

11/17/1979 - John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery

11/22/1979 - Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63

11/23/1979 - Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68

11/30/1979 - Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69

11/30/1979 - Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78