April 1979 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1979 Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• 02 Apr 1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo, Egypt; meets President Anwar Sadat.
• 03 Apr 1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
• 04 Apr 1979 President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• 05 Apr 1979 Baltimore Orioles' manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper.
• 07 Apr 1979 Houston Astros' Ken Forsch pitches no-hitter against Atlanta Braves, 6-0.
• 08 Apr 1979 Carmelina opens at St. James Theater NYC for 17 performances
• 09 Apr 1979 51st Academy Awards - The Deer Hunter, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win. Walter Lantz is given an honorary Oscar for his animated motion pictures.
• 10 Apr 1979 J R Richard throws major league record six wild pitches in Astrodome.
• 11 Apr 1979 Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda Idi Amin flees.
• 12 Apr 1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth.
• 13 Apr 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
• 14 Apr 1979 Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year.
• 15 Apr 1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280.
• 16 Apr 1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for Buried child
• 17 Apr 1979 Schoolchildren in the Central African Empire are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa quotalmost certainlyquot took part in the massacre.
• 18 Apr 1979 Real People premieres on NBC TV
• 19 Apr 1979 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn NY)
• 20 Apr 1979 President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, USA.
• 21 Apr 1979 Carmelina closes at St. James Theater NYC after 17 performances
• 22 Apr 1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
• 24 Apr 1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election.
• 25 Apr 1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect.
• 27 Apr 1979 George Harrison releases Love Comes to Everyone
• 29 Apr 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic.
• 30 Apr 1979 Mary Therese Friel of New York crowned 28th Miss USA.

Famous Birthday

• Heath Ledger

  Australian actor, a talented young man who became famous to US audiences for his notably intense performances, including that of a gay...

• Kourtney Kardashian

  American television personality and model.

• Kate Hudson

  American actress seen in the films "Dr. T and the Women," 2000, and "Almost Famous," 2000.

• James McAvoy

  Scottish actor, best known for his roles in "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "Wanted", "The Last King of...

• Claire Danes

  TV Actress.

• Nicolas Bedos
• Luke Evans (actor)
• Lauri Ylönen

  Finnish singer-songwriter (The Rasmus).

• Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Salim Kechiouche
• Jaime King

  American actress and model.

• Jennifer Morrison

  American actress and model.

• Daniel Johns

  Pop Singer.

• Keshia Knight-Pulliam
• Natasha Lyonne

  American actress.

• Katsuni (actress)
• Ivano Balic

  Croatian handballer.

• Grégoire (musician)
• Joanna Krupa

  Polish/American model and actress.

• Paul Nicholls

  English actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Bruno Coquatrix

  French entertainment producer, mainly known as the owner and manager of the Paris Olympia, Europe’s biggest music hall.

• Nino Rota

  Italian musician and film composer, winning the co-composer Oscar with Carmine Coppola for the musical score of "The Godfather II," 1974.

• Feliks Roderyk Labunski

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Peter Donald

  Host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60.

• Blair Peach

  New Zealand-born anti-fascist (Born 1946).

• Marinus Peijnenburg

  Dutch politician, dies at age 51.

• Carroll D Rosenbloom

  Los Angeles Rams' president, dies at age 72.

• Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

  former Pakistani President, hanged in Pakistan at age 51.

• Milton Ager

  US composer, dies at age 85.

• M Marie Widlow

  softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at age 61.

• Julia A Perry

  US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at age 55.

• Eugene Gabritschevsky

  Russian biologist and artist (Born 1893).

• Hardie Gramatky

  American author and animator (Born 1907).

• Barbara Luddy

  American actress (Born 1908).

• John Carroll

  American archbishop ex-Jesuit founder of Georgetown University (d. 1815).

• Bruno Apitz

  Writer, dies at 78.

• Edgar Buchanan

  Actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77.

• Staats Cotsworth

  Dies at 71.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bee Gees - Tragedy
2. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
3. The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
4. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
5. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes
2. Racey - Some Girls
3. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
4. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
5. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive