February 1979 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison for bank robbery.
• 03 Feb 1979 YMCA by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
• 04 Feb 1979 Co-Ed Fever, TV Comedy, debut and cancelled that outing on CBS
• 05 Feb 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time.
• 06 Feb 1979 Supreme court of Lahore Pakistan affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto.
• 07 Feb 1979 Supertrain, TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
• 08 Feb 1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 09 Feb 1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
• 10 Feb 1979 February 11 ampndash The Iranian army mutinies and joins the Islamic Revolution.
• 11 Feb 1979 43 million watch Elvis! on ABC
• 12 Feb 1979 Kosmos 1076, first Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched.
• 13 Feb 1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
• 14 Feb 1979 Whoopee! opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 204 performances
• 15 Feb 1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes
• 16 Feb 1979 George Harrison releases Blow Away
• 17 Feb 1979 China invades Vietnam
• 18 Feb 1979 Miniseries Roots: Next Generations premieres on ABC TV
• 21 Feb 1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550 / 580 km)
• 22 Feb 1979 Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated.
• 23 Feb 1979 Sarava opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances
• 24 Feb 1979 War between North and South Yemen begins.
• 25 Feb 1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched
• 26 Feb 1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental USA.
• 27 Feb 1979 The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana is canceled due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department.
• 28 Feb 1979 In Mt. Saint Elias, Alaska, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs.

Famous Birthday

• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Anders Breivik

  Norwegian terrorist and the confessed perpetrator of the 2011 attacks in Norway.

• Valentino Rossi

  Italian motorcycle racer, he holds first place in all time 500 cc/MotoGP race wins standings.

• Brandy Norwood

  American recording artist and entertainer, also known as Brandy or Bran'Nu.

• Zhang Ziyi

  Chinese actress.

• Mareva Galanter
• Mena Suvari

  American actress.

• Jesse Spencer

  Australian actor, singer and pin-up boy.

• Virginie Dedieu

  French synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist.

• Jocelyn Quivrin

  French actor, he was one of the children of Vincent Beaufils, anesthetist doctor.

• Maya Lauqué
• Débora Falabella
• Cerina Vincent

  Miss Nevada Teen-USA (1996).

• Ivo Karlovic

  Croatian tennis player.

• Rafael Márquez

  Mexican footballer.

• Yodelice
• Stéphane Dalmat

  French footballer (soccer player) who played as a midfielder.

• Corinne Bailey Rae

  English singer.

• Maria Stepanova
• Rachelle Lefevre

  Movie Actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Jody Gilbert

  Actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite).

• Mehdi Rahimi

  Iran General / Military, Governor of Teheran, executed.

• William Gargan

  Actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73.

• Louise Allbritton

  Actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58.

• Nematullah Nassiri

  Iran General / head of Savak, executed.

• Jane Hylton

  English actress (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52.

• Mr Ed

  Talking horse.

• Mort Marshall

  Actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60.

• Ray Whitley

  Composer.

• Josef Mengele near Sao Paulo

  Brazil (attributed in 1985); German experimental doctor, the Angel of Death, conducted inhuman medical experiments at the concentration camp...

• WAC Bennett

  Canadian politician (Born 1900).

• Alain Teister

  Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at age 47.

• Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov

  Russian poet, dies at age 82.

• Adolph Dubs

  US ambassador to Afghanistan, is murdered.

• Alex Bradford

  actor/composer (Your Arms too Short.

• Dr Josef Mengele

  German, Nazi war criminal (Born 1911).

• Nematollah Nassiri

  executed Iran general/head of SAVAK (Born 1911).

• Edvard Kardelj

  Slovene general economist and politician 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979).

• Paul Alverdes

  German author and poet (d. 1979).

• Sigrid Schauman

  Finnish painter and critic (d. 1979).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Chic - Le Freak
2. Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
3. Village People - Y.M.C.A.
4. Pointer Sisters - Fire
5. Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
2. Abba - Chiquitita
3. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army
4. The Three Degrees - Woman In Love
5. The Bee Gees - Tragedy