WASHINGTON — A poorly forecast blizzard hit the D.C. Metro Area on February 18-19, 1979. Snow began falling at night on February 18 and ended in the morning of February 19. National Airport recorded ...
Jim MacDonald was 31-year old radio announcer back in February 1979 when he took a phone call from a listener with news that changed the lives of thousands of people on the Olympic Peninsula for years ...
Here's a little time capsule going back to late February, 1979: As we gear up for this summer's total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, it's worth looking back at the last time this astronomical spectacle ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25— In the rich Imperial Valley on the Mexican border, more than $10 million worth of lettuce is rotting in the fields. Striking members of the United Farm Workers of America, waving ...
SEATTLE - If you're more than 38 years old, you might remember it. In February 1979, crowds flocked to the Pacific Northwest for a chance to view from below as the moon blotted out the sun. Now, ...
LANESBOROUGH — While nearly half of the nation's television viewers last week were watching the sequel to Alex Haley's search for his "Roots" in Africa, area residents who happened to visit the ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The first break came with the massive blizzard that wreaked havoc on the East Coast, essentially locking television viewers in their homes. The Daytona 500, meanwhile, was to be ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — If Valentine's Day is a day set aside for affectionate exchanges between people in love, then Howard and Elsie Markham must live in a world where every day is the 14th of February.