1979

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

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Nobel Prizes 5 Films released 6 Hit songs 7 New books

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 2 - Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actress
• January 12 - Marián Hossa, Slovakian hockey player
• January 16 - Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
• January 20 - Will Young, English singer and actor
• January 26 - Sara Rue, American actress
• February 9 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• February 11 - Brandy Norwood, American singer
• February 21 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress
• March 8 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
• March 9 - Melina Perez, American wrestler
• March 12 - Pete Doherty, English musician
• March 27 - Hiromu Shinozuka, Japanese manga artist
• April 4 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
• April 4 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian hockey player
• April 5 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
• April 24 - Marie Picasso, Swedish model and singer
• May 15 - Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
• May 16 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
• May 26 - Ashley Massaro American model and wrestler
• May 29 - Arne Friedrich German footballer
• August 3 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
• September 13 - Manuel Friedrich, German footballer
• October 3 - John Hennigan, American wrestler
• October 8 - Kristanna Loken, American actress
• November 14 - Michael Owen, English footballer
• November 27 - Hilary Hahn, American violinist
• December 26 - Chris Daughtry, American singer

Deaths

• January 16 - Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
• January 26 - Nelson Rockefeller, American politician and businessman (b. 1908)
• February 2 - Sid Vicious, English musician (b. 1957)
• February 7 - Josef Mengele, Nazism war criminal (b. 1911)
• June 11 - John Wayne , American actor (b. 1907)
• July 3 - Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1988)
• October 26 - Pak Chŏng Hŭi, President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1917)
• November - Ky Ebright, American Olympic rowing coach (b. 1894)
• November 1 - Mamie Eisenhower, American First Lady (b. 1896)
• December 27 - Hafizullah Amin, President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)

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

Films released

• Alien
• Apocalypse Now
• Monty Python’s Life of Brian
• The Warriors

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 Don't Like Mondays" - The Boomtown Rats
• "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