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- Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album "Off the Wall" on August 10. More Information and Timeline for the Michael Jackson "Off the Wall"
- UK -- Public Sector workers strike. Public Sector workers go on strike in the United Kingdom. "Winter of Discontent" Leads to Election of Margaret Thatcher.
- ESPN launches. ESPN launches on cable television. More Information and Timeline for the ESPN Launch. The ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) television network is launched on cable television at 7pm Eastern Time on September 7th, 1979.
- SALT II Treaty. The Soviet Union and the United States sign the SALT II Treaty. More Information for SALT II. The United States and Soviet Union reach an agreement during the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks during June of 1979.
Major Events. Feb 1 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile. Mar 28 A partial meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US results in the release of radioactive gas and iodine into the atmosphere but no deaths.
Oct 30, 2009 · Why 1979 Was the Year That Truly Changed the World. Published Oct 29, 2009 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 9:29 PM EST. By Niall Ferguson. What exactly was the historical significance of...
Oct 15, 2016 · Historical Events for the Year 1979. 1st January » Formal diplomacy or diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States. 7th January » Sino-Vietnamese War or Third Indochina War Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
Nov 5, 2016 · Here's what happened in 1979: Jan 1, 1979: International Year of the Child begins. Jan 2, 1979: Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (versus West Indies). Jan 4, 1979: The State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootings.
- The USA was guided by the steady hand of Jimmy Carter as the world population rose to roughly 4.4 billion. For newly-minted parents, the most popul...
- The Oscar for Best Movie went to Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry...
- The Oscar for Best Director went to Robert Benton, for the movie Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin H...
- The Oscar for Best Actor went to Dustin Hoffman, for the movie Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Hen...
- The Oscar for Best Actress went to Sally Field, for the movie Norma Rae, starring Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle produced in the .
- The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to Melvyn Douglas, for the movie Being There, starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Ja...
- The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Meryl Streep, for the movie Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander,...
- In 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. Khomeini led the 1979 Iranian Revolution, establishing himself as Supr...
- The most popular and best selling books in 1979 were: Sophie's Choice by William StyronWar and Remembrance by Herman WoukHow To Prosper During The...
- According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1979 was the Year of the Goat.
Feb 22, 2024 · Here is a summary of the top news stories and history events that happened in 1979: President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT II Treaty, which “established numerical equality between the two nations in terms of nuclear weapons delivery systems.”
Apr 29, 2024 · November 4th, 1979 saw the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis, which involved 500 radicals storming the US Embassy based in Tehran. The radicals would claim 90 hostages, most of them American. The standoff would last until January 1981, claiming the lives of nine people, and resulting in the end of formal relations between Iran and the US ...
