Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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EVENTS Iranian students seize the U.S. Embassy along with 60 American hostages on No- vember 4, 1979. Iran pro- poses a trade of the hostages for the Shah. One year later, 52 Americans are still being held by the Iranians. John Wayne, also known as “the Duke,” dies June 1 1, 1979 of complications from can- cer. Wayne, who won an Oscar for his role in “True Grit,” was 72. Starlight, Starbright First Star I see in sight. Wish I may. Wish I might. Get the date I’d like to- night. Jackie Oh. Eleven rock fans are trampled to death at a Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio on December 3, 1979. The Hamilton County, Ohio’s coronor’s office said that the eleven victims all died from asphyxiation. The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born July 25, 1978 in Lancashire, England. The 5-pound, 15-ounce infant was delivered by Caesar- ian section. Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager are sentenced to three and a half years in prison and are fined $20,000 each for income tax evasion. One of the most famous jet set crash pads. Studio 54 played host to many luminaries such as Halston, Liza Minelli, Andy Warhol and Bianca dagger. Will we ever forget the blizzard of ’78? From Febru- ary 5 to February 7, a record-breaking 27 inches is dropped on New England. That meant no school for a week, bans on leaving campus, walking trips to the Triple A, food shortages, and a raging flue that went around campus. Somehow, we all survived and anxiously await- ed the next massive snowfall.