1st » The American space probe 'Pioneer 11' becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of convert 21000 km mi.
7th » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
12th » Indonesia is hit with an earthquake that measures 8.1 on the Richter magnitude scale e.g Richter scale.
13th » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
14th » President of Afghanistan named Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
22nd » The Vela Incident (also known as the South Atlantic Flash) is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
24th » CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
27th » The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the Congress of the United States e.g U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet (government) or Cabinet agency.
29th » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Republic of Ireland called Ireland.
30th » The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Kwun Tong Line called Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
Famous Birthdays on September in 1979
1st » Neg Dupree, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
27th » Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (b. 1898)
27th » Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million (band) One in a Million, Small Faces, Wings (band) Wings, Thunderclap Newman, and The Dukes (band) The Dukes) (b. 1953)
28th » John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)