Sep 1979
The following events occurred in September 1979: September 1, 1979 (Saturday) *The U.S. interplanetary probe ''Pioneer 11'' became the first Earth spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passed the planet at a distance of less than . At 16:29:34 UTC it came within of Saturn. Less than two hours earlier, it had come within of the moon Epimethus. *Hurricane David swept through the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 storm, devastating much of the western side of the island of Hispaniola and killing at least 2,000 people there. Neighboring Haiti, on the eastern side of Hispaniola, was not affected. *A 33-year old woman, Jessie Thomas, became the first person to receive an artificial spine, following a successful 19-hour surgery at the University of Maryland in Baltimore during which a metal device took the place of four vertebrae of her lower back. Dr. Charles Edwards designed the metal spinal prosthesis and led the surgical team in performing the surgery. *Color television was ...
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