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# 1979

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Years : | 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: | 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

## [edit] 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

## [edit] 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

## [edit] Nobel Prizes

- Nobel Prize in Physics - Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam, Steven Weinberg
- Chemistry - Herbert C. Brown, Georg Wittig
- Medicine - Allan M. Cormack, Godfrey N. Hounsfield
- Literature - Odysseas Elytis
- Peace - Mother Teresa
- Economics - Theodore Schultz, Arthur Lewis

## [edit] Films released

- 10
- 1941
- Alien
- The Amityville Horror
- Apocalypse Now
- Being There
- The Black Stallion
- California Suite
- The China Syndrome
- The Electric Horseman
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The In-Laws
- The Jerk
- Kramer vs. Kramer,
- La Cage aux Folles
- Love at First Bite
- Mad Max
- Manhattan
- Meatballs
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Moonraker
- The Muppet Movie
- Norma Rae
- Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Rock 'n' Roll High School
- Rocky II
- The Rose
- Siberiade
- Soldier of Orange
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Tess
- Time After Time
- The Tin Drum
- Vengeance is Mine
- The Warriors
- Zulu Dawn

## [edit] 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

## [edit] 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
- Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There - Philip P. Hallie
- Lion of Ireland: 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

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