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On TV...
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Archie Bunker's Place |
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Flatbush |
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House Calls |
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Knot's Landing |
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At the Movies...
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All That Jazz |
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Apocalypse Now |
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Breaking Away |
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Norma Rae |
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The Academy Awards...(hosted
by Johnny Carson)
Best Picture is - Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor is - Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress is - Sally Field |
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Some of the Celebrities Who
Died This Year:
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January |
Jack Soo |
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February |
Leigh Jason |
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March |
Emmett Kelly |
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April |
John Carroll |
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May |
Lester Flatt |
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June |
John Wayne |
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July |
Arthur Fiedler |
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August |
Vivien Vance |
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September |
Jean Seberg |
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October |
Nick Holt |
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November |
Merle Oberon |
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December |
Joan Blondell |
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World Events for 1979...
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Date |
Event |
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11 February |
The Ayatollah Khomeini overthrows the Shah of Iran |
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28 March |
Three Mile Island in PA nuclear mishap |
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31 May |
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan |
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Usenet created |
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