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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1979. 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.
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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 poet1979 (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.
Hey Kid, Catch! " Hey Kid, Catch! " is a television commercial for Coca-Cola starring Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle "Mean" Joe Greene. The commercial debuted on October 1, 1979, and was re-aired multiple times, most notably during Super Bowl XIV in 1980. The 60-second commercial won a Clio Award for being one of the best television ...
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AD 79 ( LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 832 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination AD 79 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno ...
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Jun 6, 2023 · Upon its release, the commercial became an instant hit. Televised during the October 1, 1979 NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Houston Oilers, it immediately gained widespread critical acclaim and public affection. The ad went on to win a prestigious Clio Award in 1980 for Best Ad, and was even parodied in an episode of The Simpsons.
