Waiting for the school bus
Church Christmas Play
1979
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Waiting for the school bus
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Church Christmas Play
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Sports History
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..Philadelphia Phillies (MBL) | .84-78 | .. |
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..Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) | ..40-25-15 | .. |
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..Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) | ..11-5 | |
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..Philadelphia 76ers (NBA) | ..47-35 | |
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..Philadelphia Fury (NASL) soccer | ..10-20 | |
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..Philadelphia Fever (MISL) soccer | ..11-13 | |
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..Penn State (College Football) | ..11-1 | |
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What
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| 01/13/1979
- YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 01/14/1979 - Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday 01/26/1979 - "Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland 03/01/1979 - "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances 03/08/1979 - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) 04/13/1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 05/03/1979 - 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) 06/03/1979 - World's worst oil spillage occurred in the Gulf of Mexico 06/09/1979 - Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time 09/12/1979 - Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club 10/01/1979 - RKO radio network begins operation 10/06/1979 - Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House 10/09/1979 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford Conn 10/14/1979 - Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3 10/14/1979 - NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal 10/15/1979 - 1st Monday night game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) 10/22/1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest 11/03/1979 - 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 11/13/1979 - Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for president 11/20/1979 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital 11/21/1979 - Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies 11/23/1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 11/24/1979 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 12/16/1979 - QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys |