Le 21 octobre 1979 était un dimanche sous le signe astral du ♎. C'était le 293ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Jimmy Carter.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 46 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mardi 21 octobre 2025, il y a 263 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le mercredi 21 octobre 2026, dans 101 jours. Vous avez vécu 17 065 jours, soit environ 409 565 heures, ou environ 24 573 902 minutes, ou environ 1 474 434 120 secondes.
Date: 22 October 1979
Journalists Juan Zuleta Ferrer (El Colombiano) and Jeremiah O'Leary Jr (Washington Star) receive 79 Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for distinguished journalistic contributions to advancement of inter-American understanding; special citations received by Jerry Hannafin (Time), Andrew Heiskell (Time) and to Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica); O'Leary and Ferrer illus (M)
Date: 22 October 1979
By R.W. APPLE Jr. Special to The New York Times
R. APPLE
labor dispute that has kept London Times and London Sunday Times from publishing for almost 11 months is settled, and both newspapers plan to resume publication about middle of November; final all-night bargaining session between management and National Graphical Assn produced agreement; assn members ratify pact in time to beat final deadline of 4 PM, after which papers' proprietor, Lord Thomson of Fleet, vowed to close both papers for good; Thomson organization fails to achieve 1 of main goals of long suspension, introduction of computer typesetting technology; graphical assn wins common craft rate of almost $500 a week for its members, increase of about $60; Marmaduke J Hussey, newspapers' chief executive, negotiator Reg Brady and Harold Evans, Sunday Times editor, comment; under new agreement Sunday Times will increase in size from 72 to 80 pages (M)
Date: 21 October 1979
Inter American Press Assn annual report finds freedom of the press faces somber situation in Western Hemisphere and has suffered setbacks even in US (S)
Date: 22 October 1979
Afghan officials arrest Reuters correspondent Michael Fathers and wife Delia Denman on unspecified charges (S)
Date: 22 October 1979
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire on questions never raised at Presidential press conferences, leaving gaps in public's knowledge of public figures (M)
Date: 21 October 1979
Monica Feria, 25-year-old American-born Philippine reporter detained by military Govt since Oct 10 for alleged subversion, is freed for 1 day but later re-arrested (S)
Date: 22 October 1979
By THEODORE SHABAD
Theodore SHABAD
Article on unsuccessful efforts of Soviet censors to keep Leninsk, highly secret space city in Kazakhstan republic, out of public print; city has shown up inadvertently, for 2d time in recent years, in controlled Soviet press; map (M)
Date: 21 October 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
News follow-up: David Goddu and Victoria Pittorino, brother and sister who were arrested for incest and permitted to live together as brother and sister, are reportedly under contract to a national publication for exclusive rights to their story (S)