Timeline August 1979

Events in August 1979 10

• 1895 – 1979 John Diefenbaker (1895-1979) Died 16 August 1979, aged 83 John Diefenbaker, who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963, died in Ottawa. His Progressive Conservative government introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights and extended the vote to First Nations peoples. He died on 16 August 1979.
• 1900 – 1979 Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) Died 27 August 1979, aged 79 Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India and a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was killed when the IRA planted a bomb on his fishing boat off the coast of County Sligo, Ireland. Three others, including his 14-year-old grandson, also died in the attack. His assassination was one of the most prominent killings of the Troubles.
• 1938 – 1979 Jean Seberg (1938-1979) Died 30 August 1979, aged 40 American actress Jean Seberg, known for Breathless and Saint Joan, was found dead in her car in Paris of a barbiturate overdose ruled a probable suicide. She had been the target of an FBI harassment campaign over her support for the Black Panther Party. Her body was discovered on 8 September, though her death is dated to 30 August 1979.
• 1979 US Open 1979 Men: John McEnroe · Women: Tracy Austin Tracy Austin, 16, became the youngest US Open champion at the time.
• 1979 Van Morrison releases Into the Music Spiritual turn The start of a long run of spiritually searching records.
• 1979 Led Zeppelin play Knebworth Last British shows Two huge shows, their last in Britain with Bonham.
• 1979 Apocalypse Now released Coppola's Vietnam War epic reaches cinemas Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, a loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness set during the Vietnam War, opened in US cinemas on 15 August 1979. Its troubled, over-budget production became almost as famous as the film itself. It shared the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier that year.
• 1979 Led Zeppelin release In Through the Out Door Last studio album Their final album recorded with John Bonham.
• 1979 The Doors' The End opens Apocalypse Now Film Francis Ford Coppola's film revives interest in the band.
• 1979 Bob Dylan releases Slow Train Coming Gospel period His conversion to Christianity produces a gospel trilogy, starting here.