3. октобар 1979. је био среда под знаком звездице ♎. Био је 275 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Jimmy Carter.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 46 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био петак, 3. октобар 2025., пре 267 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је субота, 3. октобар 2026., за 97 дана. Живели сте 17.069 дана, или око 409.679 сати, или око 24.580.754 минута, или око 1.474.845.240 секунди.
Date: 03 October 1979
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
US Secret Service gives overall security clearance to 14,000 journalists to cover visit of Pope John Paul II (M)
Date: 03 October 1979
New England Patriots football player Raymond Clayborn is fined $2,000 by Comr Peter Rozelle for scuffles with members of news media; encounters with Will McDonough (Boston Globe) and Bruce Lowitt (AP) noted (S)
Date: 03 October 1979
Energy Department official Assistant Secretary Duane Sewell acknowledges that at least 8 'highly sensitive' documents on thermonuclear weapons have been mistakenly placed on public shelves at Government library since 1971; says that crash review of 2,000 declassified reports related to nuclear weaponry have shown that 19 'no longer exist' (S)
Date: 03 October 1979
By MICHAEL KNIGHT Special to The New York Times
Michael Special
WGBH-TV will produce nightly and international news program for public stations across country; WGBH public affairs programming dir Peter McGhee comments
Date: 04 October 1979
Pope's itinerary in Philadelphia, Des Moines and Chicago, Oct 4; map
Date: 03 October 1979
US Court of Appeals for 7th Circuit decides to take no further action in Progressive magazine case; says District Judge Robert W Warren will have to decide what secret documents may be released from case file (S)
Date: 04 October 1979
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
John J O'Connor comments on TV coverage of Pope John Paul II's trips to Ireland and US (M)
Date: 04 October 1979
Fairchild Industries makes $33-a-share tender offer for 1.7 million convertible preferred, and common shares (S)
Date: 04 October 1979
By PRANAY B. GUPTE Special to The New York Times
Man in News article on Nigerian Pres Shehu Shagari; biographical and career sketch; por (M)
Date: 03 October 1979