Le 7 août 1979 était un mardi sous le signe astral du ♌. C'était le 218ème 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 jeudi 7 août 2025, il y a 325 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le vendredi 7 août 2026, dans 39 jours. Vous avez vécu 17 127 jours, soit environ 411 057 heures, ou environ 24 663 466 minutes, ou environ 1 479 807 960 secondes.
Date: 08 August 1979
Bount County, Ala, Circuit Judge H E Holaday finds Greg McDonald, reporter for Birmingham Post-Herald, in contempt of court and sentences him to 3 days in jail for violating order prohibiting publication of trial account; fines McDonald and paper, represented by editor Angus McEachran, $100; newspaper's attorney David Olive asks for stay of sentence (S)
Date: 08 August 1979
Armed Islamic guards occupy offices of Ayandegan, leading Teheran newspaper, and Government officials say its publishers and editors will be prosecuted for 'counterrevolutionary policies and acts'; action appears to be part of Government crackdown on both domestic press and representatives of foreign news organizations; 4-man NBC-TV crew is ordered to leave Iran; Mehdi Momken, Deputy Minister of National Guidance for Press Affairs, comments on new law that empowers Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Government to suspend publications it deems critical of regime, bar anyone connected with ousted monarchy from publishing newspapers and magazines and ban foreign correspondents who damage 'Islamic revolution, notably Americans' (M)
Date: 07 August 1979
By JUDITH CUMMINGS
Judith CUMMINGS
Newsstand business in NYC is in slump, and crime is 1 reason cited; other causes are deoline in major NYC newspapers of general circulation from 7 in 1960's to 3 today; restrictions on what newsstands can sell to make up for loss of revenue; about 400 above-ground newsstands are operating in NYC, according to Department of Consumer Affairs; of total, about 250 are in Manhattan; NYC Consumer Affairs Comr Bruce C Rattner comments; illus (M)
Date: 07 August 1979
By CLYDE H. FARNSWORTH Special to The News York Times
Clyde FARNSWORTH
Illus
Date: 08 August 1979
Daily News names Michael O'Neill editor and executive vice president, Al Heltman vice president, James Artz assistant to president and vice president, Henry Wurzer executive vice president and director of sales (S)
Date: 07 August 1979
Co raises '79 capital expenditures to $213 million from $171 million (S)
Date: 07 August 1979
By CAREY WINFREY Special to The New York Times
Carey Special
Analysis of plan holds that, on positive side, plan signifies 'meeting of minds' but notes 'hazards are enormous'; says getting all parties to attend constitional conference will he 'herculean task'; says Jamaican Prime Min Michael Manley and Thatcher, in separate new conferences, took pains to keep their optimism 'within bounds of reason' (M)
Date: 08 August 1979
By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM Special to The New York Times
Analysis: rigged election of council to draft new Constitution and other policies of Khomeini have alienated moderate secular and religious leaders (M)