1979-5-4

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Frank Zappa

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昭和54年

4/14 土

『新・巨人の星II』放映開始

4/19 木

東条英機らＡ級戦犯14人が、前年密かに靖国神社に合祀されていたことが判明する。

4/19 木

『巴里のイザベル』放映開始

4/21 土

資生堂が「ナツコ　ビューティーパクト」発売。

4/30 月

大平首相がアメリカに出発する。

5/4 金

ロサンゼルス郊外で日本人らしい変死体が発見される。後にこれがロス疑惑の焦点の一人の白石千鶴子であることが判明することになる。

5/4 金

イギリス、保守党の党首サッチャーが首相に就任（先進国初の女性首相）。

5/6 日

蕗谷紅児が急性心不全のため静岡県の中伊豆温泉病院で没。80歳（誕生:明治31(1898)/12/02）。「海の極みまで」の挿絵を描いた挿絵画家。

5/8 火

3月1日の卒業式で「君が代」をジャス風に演奏した福岡県立若松高校の音楽教諭が免職となる。

5/8 火

日本電気がパソコンＰＣ８００１を発表する。

1979

5/2 Wed

-May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ridep~ cycling 187 hrsp~ 28 minp~ around Vihara Maha Devi Parkp~ Colombop~ Sri Lanka

5/2 Wed

14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell

5/3 Thu

1st woman Prime Minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)

5/3 Thu

Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)

5/3 Thu

"Martin Sherman's ""Bentp~"" premieres in London"

5/4 Fri

Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st

5/4 Fri

Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

5/4 Fri

NASA launches Fltsatcom-2

5/5 Sat

105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4

5/5 Sat

Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting

1979

4/12 Thu

Mickey Thomas replaces Marty Balin as the lead singer of Jefferson Starship.

4/13 Fri

"During a concert by Van Halen in Spokane, Washington, David Lee Roth collapses from exhaustion. A local doctor treats him for a stomach virus and advises him to ""calm down""."

4/22 Sun

"The New Barbarians and The Rolling Stones perform two concerts in Oshawa, Ontario to benefit the CNIB, as part of Keith Richards' 1978 sentence for heroin possession."

4/24 Tue

"The New Barbarians open their US tour at Ann Arbor, Michigan."

4/27 Fri

Ozzy Osbourne is fired as lead singer of Black Sabbath. He is replaced in May by Ronnie James Dio.

5/2 Wed

The Who play their first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon. The band performs with new drummer Kenney Jones at London's Rainbow Theatre.

5/8 Tue

"Iron Maiden, Samson, and Angel Witch share a bill at the Music Machine in Camden, London. Critic Geoff Barton coins the term ""New Wave of British Heavy Metal"" in a review of the show for Sounds magazine."

5/19 Sat

"Three of the four ex-Beatles perform on the same stage, as Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr jam with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Mick Jagger and others at a wedding reception for Clapton at his Surrey home."

5/21 Mon

Elton John plays the first of eight concerts in the Soviet Union.

6/1 Fri

"Alternative Tentacles record label established by Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, and Joy Division release their album Unknown Pleasures."

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