September 19, 1979: The Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts begin a 5-day run at Madison Square Garden in New York. They become known as "The No Nukes Concerts."
Performers include Crosby, Stills & Nash; Carly Simon and James Taylor, then married to each other; Bonnie Raitt in her starmaking turn; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in theirs; Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods, who sang their late 1960s anthem "Get Together"; rapper Gil Scott-Heron; The Doobie Brothers; Jackson Browne; and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.
Petty remembered hearing what sounded like "Boooooooo!" when he came onstage. Someone told him they were really saying, "Bruuuuuuuuce!" for The Boss. He decided that, if that was true, it wasn't much better for him.
Documentarians Daniel Goldberg, Anthony Potenza and Julian Schlossberg filmed the concerts, for a No Nukes, a film released in the Summer of the next year.
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September 19, 1979 was a Wednesday. These Major League Baseball games were played:
* The New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 2-0 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Tommy John almost pitched a 3-hit shutout, but needed Ron Davis to get the last out. Reggie Jackson hit a home run.
* The New York Mets were swept in a doubleheader by the Montreal Expos, 3-1 and 4-1 at Shea Stadium.
* A doubleheader was split by the Pennsylvania teams at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener, 9-6. This was a wild one. The Phils scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th to take a 6-1 lead. But the Bucs scored 3 in the 8th and 5 in the 9th to win it.
The Phillies won the nightcap, 6-5. Over the 2 games, Willie Stargell went 1-for-6 with 2 walks and an RBI, Mike Schmidt went 2-for-7 with a home run, a walk and 5 RBIs, and Pete Rose went 3-for-7 with 3 walks.
* The Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-0 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Bob Stanley, normally a reliever, pitched a 3-hit shutout. Rick Burleson got 3 hits all by himself. Carl Yastrzemski went 1-for-4 with a walk.
* The Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-0 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Jack Morris pitched a 4-hit shutout. Eddie Murray went 1-for-2 with 2 walks.
* The Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 6-0 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Ross Baumgarten pitched a 4-hit shutout.
* A doubleheader, between arch-rivals, was split at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1st game, 6-3. The Chicago Cubs won the 2nd game, 3-2. Jerry Martin hit a home run to win it in the top of the 10th inning.
* The Kansas City Royals beat the California Angels, 6-4 at Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium) in Kansas City. George Brett went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Rod Carew went 0-for-4, but had an RBI on a groundout.
* The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros, 6-5 at the Astrodome in Houston.
* The Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres, 3-2 at San Diego Stadium (later renamed Jack Murphy Stadium and Qualcomm Stadium.) Johnny Bench went 2-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs. Dave Winfield also went 2-for-4.
* The Los Angeles Dodgers beat their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
* The Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 9-4 at the Oakland Coliseum. Rookie Rickey Henderson went 1-for-4 with a walk an RBI, and 2 stolen bases.
* And the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Seattle Mariners, 12-1 at the Kingdome in Seattle. Robin Yount went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs. Paul Molitor went 1-for-5 with a walk.
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