What happened in August 1979?

What happened in August 1979?

August 9, 1979 (Thursday) Raymond Washington, co-founder of the Crips, today one of the largest, most notorious gangs in the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.

What’s significant about August 9th?

9. On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device (“Fat Man”) over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people. …

What happened August 31 1979?

Jimmy Carter Attacked by a Rabbit.

What was in 1979?

June 18 – Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II agreement in Vienna. June 19 – Marais Viljoen becomes State President of South Africa. June 20 – A Nicaraguan National Guard soldier kills ABC TV news correspondent Bill Stewart and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. June 22 – The Muppet Movie is released.

What special day is today 9th August 2020?

31 August – Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)

Special Days in August 2020 Name of the Event
7 August International Beer Day
9 August Quit India Movement Day, Nagasaki Day & Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 August International Youth Day
13 August International Lefthanders Day

What was special about 1979?

What was the number one movie in 1979?

Top Grossing Movies of 1979

Rank Movie Distributor
1 Superman Warner Bros.
2 The Amityville Horror American Internat…
3 Rocky 2 United Artists
4 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Paramount Pictures

What was in the charts in 1979?

1Love You Inside OutBee Gees3 LW1 Pk8 WoC.

  • 2Hot StuffDonna Summer1 LW1 Pk8 WoC.
  • 3We Are FamilySister Sledge4 LW3 Pk7 WoC.
  • 4ReunitedPeaches & Herb2 LW1 Pk13 WoC.
  • 5Just When I Needed You MostRandy VanWarmer6 LW5 Pk12 WoC.
  • 6Ring My BellAnita Ward19 LW6 Pk5 WoC.
  • 7The Logical SongSupertramp9 LW7 Pk12 WoC.
  • What happened in August 1979? August 9, 1979 (Thursday) Raymond Washington, co-founder of the Crips, today one of the largest, most notorious gangs in the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. What’s significant about August 9th? 9. On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan,…