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August 27, 1979: Irish terrorists assassinate Lord Mountbatten

The following events occurred in August 1979:

Contents

August 1, 1979 (Wednesday)

August 2, 1979 (Thursday)

August 3, 1979 (Friday)

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Macias and nephew Obiang

August 4, 1979 (Saturday)

August 5, 1979 (Sunday)

August 6, 1979 (Monday)

August 7, 1979 (Tuesday)

August 8, 1979 (Wednesday)

August 9, 1979 (Thursday)

August 10, 1979 (Friday)

August 11, 1979 (Saturday)

August 12, 1979 (Sunday)

August 13, 1979 (Monday)

August 14, 1979 (Tuesday)

August 15, 1979 (Wednesday)

August 16, 1979 (Thursday)

August 17, 1979 (Friday)

August 18, 1979 (Saturday)

August 19, 1979 (Sunday)

August 20, 1979 (Monday)

August 21, 1979 (Tuesday)

August 22, 1979 (Wednesday)

August 23, 1979 (Thursday)

August 24, 1979 (Friday)

August 25, 1979 (Saturday)

August 26, 1979 (Sunday)

August 27, 1979 (Monday)

August 28, 1979 (Tuesday)

August 29, 1979 (Wednesday)

August 30, 1979 (Thursday)

August 31, 1979 (Friday)

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  2. "Rumania Bars Soviet-Bloc Cash For Gasoline, Stranding Tourists", by David A. Andelman, The New York Times, August 2, 1979, p. A8 ("Rumania" was the accepted spelling used at the time by the Times)
  3. "Rumania Drops Restriction Against Vacationers", The New York Times, August 4, 1979, p. A4
  4. "Italian Premier-Designate Fails to Form Cabinet", The New York Times, August 2, 1979, p. A11
  5. "Bolivia Installs Congress; Session Is Disrupted", The New York Times, August 2, 1979, p. A11
  6. "Yankees' Thurman Munson Killed Piloting His Own Small Jet in Ohio", by Jim Naughton, The New York Times, August 3, 1979, p. A1
  7. "Yanks Hit 3 Homers, Rout White Sox, 9-1", The New York Times, August 2, 1979, p. D15
  8. "Burning Supertanker Sinks; Biggest Commercial Loss", The New York Times, August 4, 1979, p. A4
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  10. "Ousted Dictator Is Arrested In Equatorial Guinea Jungle", The New York Times, August 20, 1979, p. A11
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  37. "Lawyer, 38, Is Taking the Reins In Ecuador as Army Withdraws", by Warren Hoge, The New York Times, August 9, 1979, p. A4
  38. "Hundreds Die in India As Dam Break Frees 20-Foot Water Wall", The New York Times, August 13, 1979, p. A1
  39. "Ruins of an Industrial City in India Sifted for Victims of Dam Collapse", The New York Times, August 14, 1979, p. A1
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  41. "150 Are Feared Dead As 2 Soviet Airliners Collide Over Ukraine", The New York Times, August 16, 1979, p. A7
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  44. "Woman who executed 1,500 people in WWII faced death sentence in 30 years", by Olga Savga, English-language Pravda, December 12, 2005
  45. "Italy's longest Government crisis since the end of World War II", The New York Times, August 13, 1979, p. A10
  46. "5 Killed as Stadium Roof Collapses in Construction", The New York Times, August 14, 1979, p. A1
  47. "Crew Dumps Haitians at Sea; 6 Die", The New York Times, August 14, 1979, p. A12
  48. "Botha Grants Legislative Powers To South-West African Assembly", The New York Times, August 14, 1979, p. A8
  49. "10 Drowned and a Dozen Missing In Stormy Yacht Race Off England", The New York Times, August 15, 1979, p. A1
  50. "Toll in Yacht Race Reaches 17; One Boat Still Missing", by Joseph Collins, The New York Times, August 16, 1979, p. A1
  51. "Tunnels Are Searched for Missing Boots", by Nathaniel Sheppard Jr., The New York Times, September 8, 1979, p. A10
  52. "Missing 16-Year-Old Genius Is Reported Alive and Well", The New York Times, September 14, 1979, p. A14
  53. "Italian Octuplet Goes Home", The New York Times, November 4, 1979, p. 50
  54. "Chief of Unity Party Leading In Nigeria Presidential Vote", The New York Times, August 14, 1979, p. A5
  55. "3 Nigerian Parties Call Results of Election Fraudulent", The New York Times, August 20, 1979, p. A3
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  57. "John Diefenbaker Is Dead at 83; Was Canadian Premier for 6 Years", The New York Times, August 17, 1979, p. A16
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  59. "Iran is Said to Crush Kurd Revolt; Khomeini Bypasses Army Leaders", The New York Times, August 19, 1979, p. A1
  60. "Khomaini [sic] Declares Self Chief of Military, Orders Troops to Crush Kurdish Rebels", Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1979, p. I-6
  61. "2 cars kill 6 youths watching drag race", Chicago Tribune, August 19, 1979, p. 5
  62. "Soviet Astronauts Return to Earth After Record of 175 Days in Space". The New York Times. August 20, 1979. p. A1.
  63. "2 Russian Astronauts Prepare for a Return From Salyut 6 Today". The New York Times. August 19, 1979. p. A233.
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  68. "Godunov, Bolshoi Dancer, Defects to U.S.", by Eric Pace, The New York Times, August 24, 1979, p. A1
  69. "U.S. Halts Soviet Airliner to Ask If Dancer's Wife Is Going Freely", by Eric Pace, The New York Times, August 25, 1979, p. A1
  70. "Soviet Ballerina Goes Home After Meeting U.S. Officials— Miss Vlasova Says Her Decision to Return Was Not Coerced", by Robert D. McFadden, The New York Times, August 28, 1979, p. A1
  71. "Soviet Dancer Is Hailed as a Heorine in Moscow", by Anthony Austin, The New York Times, August 29, 1979, p. A1
  72. "Train Wreck in Thailand Kills 50 and Hurts 100", The New York Times, August 21, 1979, p. A6
  73. "Egypt Gives a Warm Welcome To Its First Israeli Tour Group", by Earleen Fisher Tatro, The New York Times, August 24, 1979, p. A5
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  75. "President of India Sets Fall Election", The New York Times, August 23, 1979, p. A1
  76. "James T. Farrell, Realistic Novelist Dies; Author of Studs Lonigan Trilogy Was 75", by Eric Pace, The New York Times, August 23, 1979, p. B15
  77. "Baltic Dissidents in Soviet Urge Freeing of 3 Republics", The New York Times, August 25, 1979, p. A3
  78. "Morocco Admits Fall of Garrison". The New York Times. August 27, 1979. p. A8.
  79. "Nicaragua Bars All Entry During Currency Call-In", The New York Times, August 26, 1979, p. A7
  80. "Somalis Begin Voting On a New Constitution", The New York Times, August 26, 1979, p. A7
  81. "Zimbabwe to Be Nation's Name", The New York Times, August 27, 1979, p. A6
  82. "Stan Kenton, Band Leader, Dies; Was Center of Jazz Controversies", by John S. Wilson, The New York Times, August 27, 1979, p. D7
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  84. "Col. Philip G. Cochran, War Hero And Model for 2 Cartoon Figures", The New York Times, August 27, 1979, p. D7
  85. "Lord Mountbatten Is Killed as His Fishing Boat Explodes; I.R.A. Faction Says It Set Bomb", William Borders, The New York Times, August 28, 1979, p. A1
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  87. "2 Charged in Dublin with Assassinating Lord Mountbatten", by B. Drummond Ayres, Jr., The New York Times, August 31, 1979, p. A1
  88. "At Least 18 British Soldiers Slain In an Attack by I.R.A. in Ulster", The New York Times, August 28, 1979, p. A11
  89. "Cable, Southern style", Broadcasting magazine, September 3, 1979, p. 66
  90. "Cuba Frees CIA agent", Ottawa Journal, August 28, 1979, p. 13
  91. "Exiled Politicians Returning to Brazil", by Warren Hoge, The New York Times, September 9, 1979, p. A21
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  94. Aviation Safety Network
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  98. "Soweto Black Ghetto Gets First Visit by a Premier", by John F. Burns, The New York Times, September 1, 1979, p. A4