On this day
January 28, 1979
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from January 28, 1979
Rangers End Islander Home Streak
UNIONDALE, L.I., Jan. 27 ‐The Islanders lost a home game tonight. Repeat. The Islanders lost at home. And who accomplished ‘he task that no other club in the National Hockey League had been able to this season? The Ra'gers, that's who, 7‐2 victors over their Patrick Division rivals.
Protection Against Political Upheaval
Frank Vogl article on political risk insurance, which may soon become part of ins portfolio of every Amer co doing business abroad; notes such coverage is provided only by Natl Union Fire Ins Co and Lloyd's of London (M)
Day Care: Up From Poverty
Article on changing stereotype of day care in Conn from something primarily for needy mothers; notes there are now 816 licensed day-care centers in state serving about 35,000 of state's 220,000 children under age 5; Office of Child Day Care estimates that 53% of state's children now have working mothers; illus (M)
Mountain to Mohammed
Just when it seemed that push had come to shove in the struggle for power in Iran last week, both sides apparently blinked. The upshot was that Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar, the man formally in power on the ground, announced in a national radio address that he was going to Paris to meet his chief challenger, the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 24, 1979, covering January 28, 1979.
- 1
52nd Street
Billy Joel
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 14
- 2
Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack)
Blues Brothers
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 6
- 3
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2
Barbra Streisand
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 9
- 4
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Neil Diamond
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 7
- 5
Blondes Have More Fun
Rod Stewart
- Last week
- 12
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 6
Notable Births
1979Angelique Cabral, American actress[†]
Angelique Cabral is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Colleen Brandon-Ortega on CBS' sitcom Life in Pieces (2015–2019) and Staff Sergeant Jillian Perez on Fox's comedy television series Enlisted (2014). She has also appeared in films The Perfect Family (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011), Band Aid (2017), and Wish (2023).
Historical Context for January 28, 1979
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]