enhist
db
1979-12-18
Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
serial
11163
year
1979
month
12
day
18
event
Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
genre
category
rank
0
note
entrytime
0
edittime
0
gengo
check0
photopath
12/2 - Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
12/2 - Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
12/2 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
12/3 - Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.
12/3 - Iran accepts constitution
12/3 - Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18p~400
12/3 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Whitep~ Southern Cal (RB)
12/3 - 11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert
12/4 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7p~ Bingo Smith
12/5 - Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
12/9 - Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
12/10 - Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament
12/11 - Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
12/11 - Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
12/12 - President of Pakistanp~ Zia-ul-Haqp~ confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
12/12 - Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe
12/12 - Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
12/13 - Oklahoma! opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances
12/13 - Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
12/14 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
12/15 - World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all US hostages
12/15 - Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
12/16 - 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
12/16 - QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
12/17 - Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)
12/18 - Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
12/21 - New constitution for Zimbabwe agreed
12/21 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
12/21 - Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game
12/23 - NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
12/23 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
12/24 - 1st Ariane rocket launched
12/25 - Opening day of 4th Test Cricketp~ India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur
12/25 - USSR airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
12/26 - Soviet Special forces take over presidential palace in Kabulp~ Afghanistan.
12/27 - Soviet troops invade Afghanistanp~ Pres Hafizullah Amin overthrown
12/27 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden
12/27 - Knots Landing premieres on CBS-TV
12/29 - Red Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum
12/30 - Rock groupp~ Emersonp~ Lake & Palmer break up
12/30 - Togo adopts constitution
12/31 - Winterland Rock Concert Hall in SF closes after 556 concerts