The Other Florida: A Turfman's Tour
Robert W Tolf article on racing indus in Fla (S)
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Robert W Tolf article on racing indus in Fla (S)
Several Conn growers are experimenting with wine grapes and hope to mkt wine in spring; illus (M)
Article on how an Amer should attend audience with Pope; Pope illus (L)
rev of prospects that either Repr Anthony J Moffett or Repr Christopher J Dodd, Conn Dems, may run for either Gov or US Sen in future (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 7, 1979, covering February 11, 1979.
Rod Stewart
Blues Brothers
Billy Joel
Neil Diamond
Barbra Streisand
1979Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Brandy Rayana Norwood is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Norwood gained fame by starring in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and further recognition for her role in the television film Cinderella (1997) and the slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). Her 1998 duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, "The Boy Is Mine", won a Grammy Award and became one of the best-selling female duets of all time.
1979The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.[†]
The Iranian Revolution, also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions. The ousting of Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, formally marked the end of Iran's historical monarchy.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]