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Article on business and investment in South Korea continuing undaunted despite Pres Park's murder and political demonstrations and protest marches; economic officials comment; examples of recent transactions cited (M)
Iranian Foreign Min Abolhasan Bani-Sadr is quoted as saying his country should reserve oil weapon for more important things than securing return of Shah to Teheran; favors big increase in OPEC price ceiling (S)
Steadily growing Moroccan expeditionary force is consolidating its hold on the few population centers in disputed Western Sahara and appears far from being defeated on battlefield; Moroccan King Hassan and the few military men he confides in appear to have decided to accept contest of attrition with Polisario Front; outcome of Sahara war may determine Hassan's political fate; Carter Administration's decision to sell arms to Morocco and present situation in war discussed; Lt Col Mohammed Ghoujdami, Lt Col Abdul Rahman Fezzeridine and Socialist leader Abderrahim Bouabid comment; map (L)
Commodity Futures Trading Comm Chmn James M Stone lauds severe trading curbs imposed by Chicago Trade Board and NY's Commodity Exchange in Oct for helping to avert cornering of silver market by few groups of wellâfinanced international speculators, interview; says speculators are now buying vast amounts of silver around the world and have found safe new base of operations in London cash and futures market; scores new British Govt of Prime Min Thatcher for refusing to help US monitor cash or futures orders coming into American markets from London; broker warns Commodity Exchange and Trade Board risk losing business to London and other markets through their efforts to protect public from manipulators; Stone illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 7, 1979, covering November 12, 1979.
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Commodores
Foreigner
1979Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer (died 2018)[â ]
Matthew Lee Cappotelli was an American professional wrestler. After co-winning Tough Enough III with John Hennigan, he worked in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), the primary developmental territory for WWE. He ended his career due to a malignant brain tumor.
1979Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress[â ]
MarĂa JosĂ© de Pablo FernĂĄndez, known professionally as CotĂ© de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting.
1979Lucas Glover, American golfer[â ]
Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.
1979Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster[â ]
Corey Antoine Maggette is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He became an analyst for Fox Sports.
1979Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire[â ]
Matt Stevic is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has umpired 499 career games in the AFL as of the end of 2024, which has him sitting currently equal third on the all-time games umpired list. Stevic was born in Leongatha, Victoria. He made his debut umpiring his first match in the AFL in Round 1, 2004, between the Western Bulldogs and the West Coast Eagles at the Telstra Dome, and he has since umpired internationally.
1979Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.[â ]
The Iran hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. The incident occurred after the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line stormed and occupied the building in the months following the Iranian Revolution. With support from Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led the Iranian Revolution and would eventually establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, the hostage-takers demanded that the United States extradite Iranian king Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who had been granted asylum by the Carter administration for cancer treatment. Notable among the assailants were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri. The hostage crisis was a pivotal episode in the history of IranâUnited States relations, formally sparking the ongoing IranâUnited States conflict. After 444 days, it came to an end with the signing of the Algiers Accords between the Iranian and American governments; Iran's king had died in Cairo, Egypt, on July 27, 1980.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[â ]