The November 25, 1979 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 328 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 46 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 233 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, in 131 days. You have lived for 17,035 days, or about 408,855 hours, or about 24,531,348 minutes, or about 1,471,880,880 seconds.
Date: 26 November 1979
Far Eastern Economic Review correspondent Salamat Ali is charged by Pakistan with violating martial-law regulations by allegedly presenting false picture of country in review and will be tried; 1 of 3 regulations he is accused of violating carries maximum penalty of death (S)
Date: 25 November 1979
By LEE A. DANIELS
Lee DANIELS
Assembly subcommittee begins hearing testimony on proposed amendment to NYS law protecting confidentiality of reporters' notes and sources of information; amendment, sponsored by Steven Sanders, would establish procedure in criminal trials that could result in reporters' being compelled to divulge such information; most of those who testified at hearing, held in Manhattan offices of NYC Bar Assn, supported Sanders' contention that judicial decisions had effectively rendered state law inoperable; they generally approved of broadening protection of law to include freelance writers and authors of books; but most opposed establishment of any method enabling judges to order reporters to disclose information; witnesses include Jack Landau (Reporters Committee for Press Freedom), Justice Sybil Hart Kooper and A H Raskin (National News Council); Judge Hugh F McShane and subcommittee member Mark Alan Siegel comment (M)
Date: 26 November 1979
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Press freedom seen 'robustly enshrined' in Spain 4 years after Francisco Franco's death; tribulations suffered by liberal journalists shortly after his death noted; case of Jose Antonio Martinez Soler cited; he comments; illus; less than 10% of people buy daily newspapers, giving nation low ranking in Western Europe; El Pais editor Juan Luis Cebrian comments (M)
Date: 25 November 1979
Manager George Benford sues ABC for over $4 million charging network violated his privacy when it used hidden camera to film his sales presentation to 2 elderly women (M)
Date: 26 November 1979
Daytona 250 Mile Auto Race: Bill Whittington wins; race is marred by 14 accidents; no serious injuries are reported (S)
Date: 25 November 1979
RICHARD HAITCH
Richard HAITCH
Follow-up on conditions at Itel Corp (Sept 12 article); problems, caused by carbon monoxide in air-tight building, have been cleared up with improvements in building's circulation system (S)
Date: 25 November 1979
AAU national cross country championships held; Alberto Salazar wins men's senior race; Margaret Groos wins women's race (S)
Date: 26 November 1979
Gueiler Tejada appoints Hugo Rocha Patino as new army chief in effort to end revolt by officers opposed to military leadership (S)