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1979-1-8
512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
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1979
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512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
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1/1 - International Year of the Child begins
1/1 - Jurap~ 26th canton of Switzerlandp~ established
1/1 - US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
1/2 - 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
1/2 - Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
1/2 - Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
1/6 - The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over 150p~000 copies a day
1/7 - Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
1/8 - 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
1/8 - Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
1/8 - Today Show gets a new theme song
1/8 - Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
1/9 - Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1/9 - "K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's ""Let's Get Small"" for being in ""bad taste"""
1/9 - High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1/9 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
1/10 - 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
1/10 - Entertainer of the Year Awards
1/11 - Grand Tour opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
1/12 - Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1/12 - LA's Hillside Stranglerp~ Kenneth Bianchip~ arrested in Bellingham
1/13 - Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam
1/13 - YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
1/14 - Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1/16 - Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1/17 - NY Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against NY Rangers
1/17 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1/17 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1/18 - "Peter Jenkins finishes ""A Walk Across Americap~"" Florence Oregon"
1/19 - John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1/21 - Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboysp~ 35-31 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Terry Bradshawp~ Pittsburghp~ QB
1/21 - Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz
1/21 - Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1/24 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1/25 - 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed throughp~ central Honshup~ Japan
1/25 - Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1/26 - Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth
1/26 - Dukes of Hazzard premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1/27 - 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Expressp~ Jon Voight & Jane Fonda
1/27 - Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
1/28 - Wiz closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances
1/28 - "Arthur Kopit's ""Wingsp~"" premieres in NYC"
1/29 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7
1/29 - Emersonp~ Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
1/29 - Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washingtonp~ DC
1/29 - "Brenda Spencer kills 2p~ inspires Boomtown Rats ""I Don't Like Mondays"""
1/29 - 9th AFC-NFC pro bowlp~ NFC wins 13-7
1/30 - Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) agrees to new constitution
1/30 - Varig 707-323C freighterp~ flown by the same commander as Flight 820p~ disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.