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Famous Births
- Mar. 30: Norah Jones - Musician
- Apr. 19: Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
- May 04: Lance Bass - NSYNC
- Jun. 24: Mindy Kaling - The Office
- Jun. 25: Busy Philipps - ER
- Dec. 15: Adam Brody - The O.C.
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 06: Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
- Jan. 20: Chic - Le Freak
- Feb. 10: Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
- Mar. 10: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
- Mar. 24: Bee Gees - Tragedy
- Apr. 07: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
- Apr. 14: The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
- Apr. 21: Ami Stewart - Knock on Wood
- Apr. 28: Blondie - Heart of Glass
- May 05: Peaches and Herb - Reunited
- Jun. 02: Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
- Jun. 09: Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out
- Jun 16: Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
- Jun. 30: Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
- Jul. 14: Donna Summer - Bad Girls
- Aug. 18: Chic - Good Times
- Aug. 25: The Knack - My Sharona
- Oct. 06: Robert John - Sad Eyes
- Oct. 13: Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til...
- Oct. 20: Herb Alpert - Rise
- Nov. 03: M- Pop Muzik
- Nov. 10: The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
- Nov. 17: The Commodores - Still
- Nov. 24: Streisand / Summer - No More Tears
- Dec. 08: Styx - Babe
- Dec. 22: Rupert Holmes - Escape Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
52nd Academy Awards
- Presented on: April 14, 1980
- Best Picture: Kramer vs Kramer
- Lead Actor: Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer
- Lead Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae
- Best Director: Robert Benton for Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Documentary: Best Boy RopesofSilicon: Complete Oscar winners list
Top Athletes
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January 2 1979
January 2: The murder trial of The Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious opened up as he was accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Vicious died of an overdose while on bail.
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January 1979
- January 7: Vietnamese troops end the the Khmer Rouge government after capturing the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
February 1979
- February 1: After 14 years of exile, religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran.
- February 17: China invades Vietnam marking the beginning of the Sino-Vietnamese War
March 1979
- March 26: Jimmy Carter is credited by both leaders of Israel and Egypt of making peace possible between the two nations as they sign the Camp David Peace Treaty.
- March 28: The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant partial meltdown occurs, known as the biggest accident in the history of the American commercial nuclear power generating industry.
May 1979
- May 4: Margaret Thatcher is sworn in as the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
July 12 1979
July 12: Between doubleheader Baseball games between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox's at Comisky Park in Chicago. Disco Demolition Night erupted into a full scale riot.
July 1979
- July 16: Saddam Hussein becomes the President of Iraq.
October 1979
- October 6: John Paul II became the first Pope to visit the White House. where he was received by President Jimmy Carter.
- October 10: Wayne Gretzky makes his National Hockey League debut with the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzy would go on to shatter most offensive records before he retired in 1999.
November 1979
- November 4: American hostages are taken at the Iranian Embassy in Tehran, beginning of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
- November 21: After Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini blamed the United States (falsely) for the occupation of Mecca, a mob of Pakistani's stormed and destroyed the American embassy in Islamabad, and killed 1 marine.
December 1979
- December 3: 11 people are crushed and killed in Cincinnati while attending a The Who concert.
- December 21: The U.S. Congress approves 1.5 Billion in "emergency loans" in an effort to save the Chrysler Corporation.
- December 24: The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
- December 27: Afghanistan President Hafizullah Amin is executed during a Soviet Union led coup.
1979 Questions
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What bands performed in the 1979 concert at Giant Stadium 1 AnswerMy mom's first concert was Boston at Giants Stadium in 1979. She has only been to three concerts. I bought her tickets for Eric Clapton for her birthday one yea... read more
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