1979

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Years: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

[edit] 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

[edit] Films released

  • 10
  • 1941
  • Alien
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Being There
  • The Black Stallion
  • California Suite
  • The China Syndrome
  • The Electric Horseman
  • Escape From Alcatraz
  • Hardcore
  • The In-Laws
  • The Jerk
  • Kramer vs. Kramer,
  • La Cage aux Folles
  • Love at First Bite
  • Mad Max
  • Manhattan
  • Meatballs
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian
  • Moonraker
  • The Muppet Movie
  • Norma Rae
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • Rock 'n' Roll High School
  • Rocky II
  • The Rose
  • Siberiade
  • Soldier of Orange
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Tess
  • Time After Time
  • The Tin Drum
  • Vengeance is Mine
  • The Warriors
  • Zulu Dawn

[edit] 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 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

[edit] New books

  • A Bend in the River - V. S. Naipaul
  • Beyond Reason - Margaret Trudeau
  • The Dead Zone - Stephen King
  • The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
  • The Fight for Manod - Raymond Williams
  • Ghost Story - Peter Straub
  • The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth
  • Jailbird - Kurt Vonnegut
  • James Bond and Moonraker - Christopher Wood
  • Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer
  • Kindred - Octavia Butler
  • The Last Enchantment - Howard Fast
  • Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There - Philip P. Hallie
  • Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru - Morgan Llywelyn
  • The Matarese Circle - Robert Ludlum
  • Memories of Another Day - Harold Robbins
  • Montmartre - Philippe Jullian
  • Overload - Arthur Hailey
  • The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
  • Smiley's People - John le Carré
  • Sophie's Choice - William Styron
  • The Tree - John Fowles
  • Year of the French - Thomas Flanagan