29. srpna 1979 bylo středa pod hvězdičkou ♍. Byl 240 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl Jimmy Carter.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 46 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly pátek 29. srpna 2025 před 314 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou sobota 29. srpna 2026, za 50 dní. Žili jste 17 116 dní nebo přibližně 410 784 hodin nebo přibližně 24 647 043 minut nebo přibližně 1 478 822 580 sekund.
Date: 30 August 1979
Samuel I Newhouse, newspaper magnate, dies at age of 84; por (M)
Date: 29 August 1979
Special to The New York Times
China's newspapers, in unusual campaign, have admitted during past 2 months that they have lied in their news reports for years but are trying to reform; front page confessions by Tianjin Ribao, Peking daily, discussed (M)
Date: 30 August 1979
Thatcher visits Belfast to demonstrate her concern over recent killings by terrorists; denounces terrorist actions; refers to murder of Earl Mountbatten; Thatcher illus (M)
Date: 29 August 1979
Clyde Haberman Albin Krebs
Clyde Albin
Z M Gemazashvili is dismissed by Soviet Georgian authorities as editor of satirical weekly Niangi for his alleged lack of seriousness (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
Kenneth Drew resigns as member of NYC Commission on Human Rights after ruling by NYC Board of Ethics that he had used his official position to get advertising for NY Voice, weekly newspaper he publishes in Queens (S)
Date: 29 August 1979
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
CBS Inc vice pres William J Small resigns to become pres of NBC News; NBC vice chmn Richard S Salant comments (M)
Date: 29 August 1979
Continental Air Lines gets British permission for service between Los Angeles and Hong Kong via Honolulu and Guam (S)
Date: 30 August 1979
By PHILIP TAUBMAN Special to The New York Times
Philip Special
Philip Taubman analysis of probe into charges that Hamilton Jordan used cocaine; notes contradictory accounts of what occurred, and fact that cocaine charge was made by 2 men under indictment for tax evasion and perhaps seeking way to get charges against themselves reduced; notes their credibility and Landau's have come under question; Landau illus (M)
Date: 29 August 1979
British Rugby Bd invites multiracial S African team for 8-match tour of Britain in Oct (S)