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1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
1979 in the United States - Wikipedia. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2014) 1979 in the United States. 1979 in U.S. states and territories. States. Alabama. Alaska. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware. Florida. Georgia. Hawaii. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky.
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1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September.
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January 4 – The State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootingsFebruary 1 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exileMarch 4 – The U.S. Voyager 1 spaceprobe photos show Jupiter's ringsApril 1 – Iran's government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the ShahofficiallyJanuary 2 – Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actressJanuary 12 – Marián Hossa, Slovakian hockeyplayerJanuary 16 – Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)January 20 – Will Young, Englishsinger and actorJanuary
1. January 3 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887) 2. January 5 – Charles Mingus, American bassist (b. 1922) 3. January 16 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932) 4. January 18 – Gaston Heuet, French long-distance runner (b. 1892) 5. January 26 – Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908) 6. January 27 – Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer (b. 1890)
February
1. February 2 – Sid Vicious, English musician (b. 1957) 2. February 7 – Josef Mengele, Nazism war criminal (b. 1911) 3. February 8 – Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet writer (b. 1896) 4. February 9 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-British engineer (b. 1900) 5. February 12 – Jean Renoir, French film director (b. 1894) 6. February 17 – William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
March
1. March 1 – Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader (b. 1903) 2. March 7 – Klaus Egge, Norwegian nationalist (b. 1906) 3. March 15 – Alexandre Parodi, French Politician (b. 1901) 4. March 30 – José María Velasco Ibarra, 24th President of Ecuador (b. 1893)
Nobel Prize in Physics shared by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam, and Steven Weinberg for their work on electroweakinteractionsNobel Prize in Chemistry shared by Herbert C. Brown and Georg Wittig for their work with organoboranesNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey N. Hounsfield for their work on X-ray computed tomographyNobel Prize in Literature won by Odysseas Elytis, Greek poetMusic video. "1979" on YouTube. " 1979 " is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins ...
- "Ugly", "The Boy", "Cherry", "Believe", "Set the Ray to Jerry"
- January 23, 1996
- 4:24 (album, single, video version), 4:16 (radio edit)
1979 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia. Events from the year 1979 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents. Monarch – Elizabeth II. Prime Minister - James Callaghan ( Labour) (until 4 May), Margaret Thatcher ( Conservative) (starting 4 May) Events. January.