28 August 1979

Tuesday

1979-08-28

Events

 * Four British soldiers are wounded when the IRA detonated a bomb under a bandstand in Brussels, Belgium, as British Army musicians were preparing to perform.
 * Gary Numan - Cars HNE in the UK Top 30 at no. 20 (see TOTP 30 August 1979). Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore, Boomtown Rats - I Don't like Mondays, B.A. Robertson - Bang Bng all stable at nos. 1, 2, 3 respectively.