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November 18, 1979

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Headlines from November 18, 1979

Mental‐Patient Release Program Leaves Many to Face Harsh Fate

By Robin Herman

1st of 3 articles on status of mental patients discharged under New York State's patient-release program observes that while policy has worked for some patients, many others are ill-prepared to live in communities that are equally ill-prepared to deal with them; some 85,000 adult patients have been released 'to the community' in last 4 years; estimated 16,000 out of 40,000 living in New York City are without the supervised housing they need; patient-release policy was also meant to save hundreds of thousands of dollars by New York State; illus (L)

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Frenzied Market For Major Art

By Rita Reif

For the art world, the beginning of November produced a bonanza. Impressionist, modern and post‐World War H art auctioned in New York fetched prices undreamed of just a few months before. And it registered gains that were greater even than most of the other tangible investments that have been rocketing upwards recently as investors seek refuge from inflation.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 1979, covering November 18, 1979.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Long Run by Eagles

    The Long Run

    Eagles

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    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
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    Album cover for In Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin

    In Through The Out Door

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
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    Album cover for Cornerstone by Styx

    Cornerstone

    Styx

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

    Tusk

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    3
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    Album cover for On The Radio: Greatest Hits: Volumes I & II by Donna Summer

    On The Radio: Greatest Hits: Volumes I & II

    Donna Summer

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

Neeti Mohan

1979Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer[†]

Neeti Mohan Sharma is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi films, but has also sung in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and English. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel V's reality show Popstars, subsequently being chosen for Aasma, with other winners of the show. She rose to prominence after recording "Ishq Wala Love" for Student of the Year (2012), ultimately winning the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer for "Jiya Re" from Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).

Nate Parker

1979Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Nate Parker is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride. Parker's directorial debut feature film, The Birth of a Nation, in which he also starred, made history at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival when Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for $17.5 million, breaking the record for the most paid for a Sundance Film Festival production, surpassing Little Miss Sunshine, which had been acquired by Searchlight for $10 million ten years earlier. The film was ultimately unsuccessful in wide release and did not receive acclaim, after rape allegations against Parker resurfaced.

Notable Deaths

Freddie Fitzsimmons

1979Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1901)[†]

Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed Fat Freddie, and known for his mastery of the knuckle curve, Fitzsimmons' 217 wins were the third most by a National League (NL) right-hander in the period from 1920 to 1955, trailing only Burleigh Grimes and Paul Derringer. In 1940 he set an NL record, which stood until 1959, with a single-season winning percentage of .889 (16–2). He was an agile fielder in spite of his heavy build, holding the major league record for career double plays (79) from 1938 to 1964, and tying another record by leading the league in putouts four times; he ranked eighth in NL history in putouts (237) and ninth in fielding percentage (.977) when his career ended.

Historical Context for November 18, 1979

In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]