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serial	11135
year	1979
month	11
day	29
event	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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11/3 - Marocco offensive against Polisario

11/3 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic

11/3 - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC

11/4 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheranp~ Iran)

11/4 - "500 Iranian ""students"" seize US embassyp~ take 90 hostages (444 days)"

11/5 - Iran government of Bazargan resigns

11/5 - "Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US ""The Great Satan"""

11/6 - Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran

11/7 - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award

11/8 - "Bernard Slade's ""Romantic Comedy"" premieres in NYC"

11/8 - "ABC broadcasts ""Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage"" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to ""Nightline"")"

11/8 - The Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) is formed.

11/10 - Mississauga train detrailment. In Mississauga Ontario a 106 car train derails and more than 200p~000 people evacuated.

11/11 - Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center

11/12 - US halts Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets

11/12 - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal

11/12 - Pres Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil

11/13 - "British newspaper ""The Times"" resumes publishing after 1 year"

11/13 - Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL

11/14 - California's Don Baylorp~ wins AL MVP

11/15 - A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washingtonp~ forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

11/15 - British government identifies Sir Anthony Bluntp~ art advisor to the Queenp~ as 4th man in Soviet spy ring

11/15 - ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

11/16 - "Paul McCartney releases ""Wonderful Christmas"""

11/17 - Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball

11/17 - Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages

11/17 - NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC

11/17 - On a flight to Austinp~ TXp~ Daniel Okrent sketches out the first

11/18 - Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage

11/19 - Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion

11/19 - Astros sign Nolan Ryanp~ to record 4 yearp~ $4.5 million contract

11/20 - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Meccap~ 100s killed

11/20 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital

11/21 - Crowd at Islamabadp~ Pakistan attack US embassyp~ 1 dies

11/23 - "Pink Floyd's ""The Wall"" releasedp~ sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks"

11/24 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

11/24 - Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders

11/25 - Most Happy Fella closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs

11/25 - 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettesp~ 17-9

11/25 - Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt

11/25 - Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Clevelandp~ winning 33-30

11/26 - Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years

11/26 - Twins John Castino & Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year

11/27 - 1st day-night one-day cricket internationalp~ Australia v WI at SCG

11/28 - King of Schnorrers opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 perfs

11/28 - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257

11/28 - LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year

11/29 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

11/30 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

11/30 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1979-11-29

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site