On this particular day in 1979 you probably heard about the sudden death of former vice-President Nelson Rockefeller at 70 from a heart attack. You would probably also hear later that he was rumored to have died with a smile on his face, but that was long before the days of TMZ. Other news you were probably hearing about were the continued and intensifying demonstrations in Tehran over the newly installed Shah-replaced government and the prevention of Ayatollah Khomeni from landing in Iran. You also heard about Pope John Paul II and his tour of Mexico, being greeted by upwards of a million people and the breathless anticipation on what he was going to say to the crowd later in the day. You would probably be hearing about all that and a lot more and wondering if it really was worth getting out of bed on this particular day.

And that was the question. But in the meantime, here is the CBS World News Roundup for January 27, 1979.