1979

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Years: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Events

September 1 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km
September 7 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy
September 7 - ESPN starts broadcasting
September 16 - Three families flee from East Germany by balloon
September 20 – French paratroopers help David Dacko to overthrow Bokassa
September 22 - The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test
October 14 - A major gay rights march in the United States takes place in Washington, DC, involving many tens of thousands of people
October 16 - 23 people die in Nice, France, when the coastal town is hit by a tsunami
October 21 - 259 Muslim radicals occupy Kaaba and the Grand Mosque in Mecca.Saudi-Arabian army goes in to expel them
October 26 - South Korean president Park Chunghee killed by KCIA head Kim Jaekyu
October 27 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains independence

Births

January 12 - Isidra Vega, actress
January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress
January 27 - Rosamund Pike, actress
February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
February 9 - Zhang Ziyi, actress and dancer
February 21 - Jennifer Love Hewitt
April 4 - Bunko Kanazawa, actress
April 12 - Claire Danes, actress
April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress
April 23 - Jaime King, actress
May 9 - Rosario Dawson, actress
May 25 - Monica Keena, actress
October 4 - Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
October 8 - Kristanna Loken, actress
December 23 - Summer Altice, model and actress

Nobel Prizes

Films released

Hit songs

"A Message To You Rudi/Nite Klub" - The Specials
"Accidents Will Happen" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"After the Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Ambition" - Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect
"Bad Case Of Loving You(Doctor Doctor)" - Robert Palmer
"Bang Bang" - B.A. Robertson
"Bat out of Hell" - Meat Loaf
"Boogie Wonderland" - Earth Wind and Fire with the Emotions
"Born To Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez
"Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure
"Boys Keep Swinging" - David Bowie
"Breakfast In America" - Supertramp
"Bright Side Of The Road" - Van Morrison
"California Über Alles" - The Dead Kennedys
"Can You Feel The Force" - The Real Thing
"Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police
"Chiquitita" - ABBA
"Comme disait Mistinguett" - Dalida
"Computer Games" - Mi-Sex
"Cool for Cats" - Squeeze
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
"Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe
"Dance Away" - Roxy Music
"Death Disco" - Public Image Limited
"Do Anything You Wanna Do" - Thin Lizzy
"Does Your Mother Know?" - ABBA
"Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen
"Dreaming" - Blondie
"Driver's Seat" - Sniff and the Tears
"Duchess" - The Stranglers
"Electricity" - OMD
"Eton Rifles" - The Jam
"Every Day Hurts" - Sad Cafe
"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" - The Buzzcocks
"Gangsters" - The Specials AKA
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" - ABBA
"Girls Talk" - Dave Edmunds
"Go West" - Village People
"Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - Viola Wills
"Goodbye Stranger" - Supertramp
"H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" - Edwin Starr
"He must have been eighteen" - Dalida
"Helwa Ya Baladi" - Dalida
"Here Comes The Summer" - The Undertones
"Highway to Hell" - AC/DC
"I Only Wanna Be With You" - The Tourists
"I Have A Dream" - ABBA
"Il faut danser reggae" - Dalida
"In The Navy" - Village People
"Into The Valley" - The Skids
"Is It Love You're After?" - Rose Royce
"Is She Really Going Out With Him?" - Joe Jackson
"Jimmy Jimmy" - The Undertones
"Just The Way You Are" - Barry White
"Just What I Needed" - The Cars
"Lady Writer" - Dire Straits
"Lay Your Love On Me" - Racey
"Let me dance tonight" - Dalida
"Let's Go" - The Cars
"London Calling" - The Clash
"Lucky Number" - Lene Lovich
"Making Plans For Nigel" - XTC
"Milk And Alcohol" - Dr. Feelgood
"Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" - Dalida
"Morning Dance" - Spyro Gyra
"Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"On My Radio" - The Selector
"One Step Beyond" - Madness
"On The Inside - Lynne Hamilton
"Parisenne Walkways" - Gary Moore
"Problemorama (L'Argent... L'Argent...)" - Dalida
"Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan
"Roll Over Beethoven(EP)" - Chuck Berry
"Roxanne" - The Police
"Sarah" - Thin Lizzy
"Slap And Tickle" - Squeeze
"Smash It Up" - The Damned
"Something Else/Friggin' In The Riggin'" - The Sex Pistols
"Spiral Scratch(EP)" - The Buzzcocks
"Stop Your Sobbing" - Pretenders
"Sultans Of Swing]" - Dire Straits
"Take Me To The River" - Talking Heads
"Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop" - The Beat
"The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull
"The Cost Of Living(EP)" - The Clash
"The Logical Song" - Supertramp
"The Long Run" - The Eagles
"Transmission" - Joy Division
"Union City Blue" - Blondie
"Up The Junction" - Squeeze
"Vedrai Vedrai" - Dalida
"Voulez-Vous" - ABBA
"We Are Family" - Sister Sledge
"Whatever You Want" - Status Quo
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
"You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray

New books

A Bend in the River - V. S. Naipaul
Beyond Reason - Margaret Trudeau
The Dead Zone - Stephen King
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
The Fight for Manod - Raymond Williams
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth
Jailbird - Kurt Vonnegut
James Bond and Moonraker - Christopher Wood
Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer
Kindred - Octavia Butler
The Last Enchantment - Howard Fast
The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There - Philip P. Hallie
The Legend of Brian Boru - Morgan Llywelyn
The Matarese Circle - Robert Ludlum
Memories of Another Day - Harold Robbins
Montmartre - Philippe Jullian
Overload - Arthur Hailey
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
Smiley's People - John le Carré
Sophie's Choice - William Styron
The Tree - John Fowles
Year of the French - Thomas Flanagan

1979

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Events

Births

Nobel Prizes

Films released

Hit songs

New books