December 1979 calendar

Events

• 02 Dec 1979 Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli, Libya.
• 03 Dec 1979 Iran accepts constitution.
• 04 Dec 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey number 7, Bingo Smith.
• 05 Dec 1979 Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns.
• 06 Dec 1979 The world premiere for ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
• 09 Dec 1979 Murle Breer / Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 10 Dec 1979 Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster (Life is Worth Living), dies from a heart attack in New York City, New York at age 84.
• 11 Dec 1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
• 12 Dec 1979 Gold hits record US$462.50 an ounce.
• 13 Dec 1979 Oklahoma! opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances
• 14 Dec 1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 15 Dec 1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages.
• 16 Dec 1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0).
• 17 Dec 1979 Stanley Barrett in Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 km/h (739.666 MPH, record for wheeled vehicle).
• 18 Dec 1979 Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 mph)
• 21 Dec 1979 Zimbabwe adopts constitution.
• 23 Dec 1979 New York Islanders' greatest shutout loss (8-0) versus Chicago Black Hawks.
• 24 Dec 1979 1st Ariane-rocket launched
• 25 Dec 1979 USSR airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
• 26 Dec 1979 In Rhodesia, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital Salisbury to monitor a ceasefire that begins December 28.
• 27 Dec 1979 Knots Landing, premieres on CBS-TV
• 29 Dec 1979 Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
• 30 Dec 1979 Rock group Emerson, Lake, and Palmer break up.
• 31 Dec 1979 Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts.

Famous Birthday

• Adam Brody

  American actor.

• Noomi Rapace

  Swedish actress.

• Jennifer Carpenter

  American actress and star of the "The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

• Chris Daughtry

  American musician and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place...

• Diego Luna

  Mexican actor.

• Paola Andrea Rey
• Sara Bareilles

  American singer.

• Flo Rida

  American rapper.

• Michael Owen

  British soccer (football) star and celebrity with a soccer video, sports paraphernalia, product endorsements and 2004 autobiography to his...

• Sophie Monk

  Australian actress, singer, and model.

• Summer Altice

  American model and actress.

• Daniel Narcisse
• Sean Parker
• Ina Klink
• Nick Stahl

  American actor and producer.

• Yvonne Catterfeld

  German singer-songwriter and actress.

• Luke Steele (musician)
• Kamini (musician)
• James Blake (tennis)
• Daniel Bedingfield

  New Zealand-English singer-songwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• Darryl F Zanuck

  American film producer and executive (d. 1979).

• Richard Rodgers

  American preeminent composer of musical theater.

• Jon Hall

  American actor onscreen from 1935, having changed his name to Charles Locher.

• Ann Dvorak

  Actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67.

• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

  English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979).

• Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke

  German student leader, dies at age 39.

• Dirk Uipko Stikker

  Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at age 82.

• Fulton J Sheen

  American archbishop and television preacher (Born 1895).

• James J Gibson

  American perceptual psychologist (Born 1904).

• Robert Karnes

  Actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62.

• Jordi Bonet

  Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979).

• Hafizullah Amin

  Afghan educator and politician Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979).

• Peggy Guggenheim

  American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979).

• Lee Bowman

  American actor and singer, a Republican.

• Joan Blondell

  American actress, the brassy but good-hearted heroine in dozens of comedies, musicals, films and stage productions.

• Nicolas Born

  Writer, dies at 41.

• Bern Hoffman

  Actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66.

• Claire Carleton

  actress (Alice - Cimarron City), dies at age 66 in New York City.

• Mari Andriessen

  sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at age 82.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
2. Styx - Babe
3. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
4. Commodores - Still
5. K.C and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
2. The Police - Walking On The Moon
3. Abba - I Have A Dream
4. The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You
5. Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)