1979

This article is about the year 1979. For the number, see 1979 (number). For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). For the novel by Christian Kracht, see 1979 (novel).
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s 1970s 1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1976 1977 197819791980 1981 1982
1979 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1979
MCMLXXIX
Ab urbe condita2732
Armenian calendar1428
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԸ
Assyrian calendar6729
Bahá'í calendar135–136
Bengali calendar1386
Berber calendar2929
British Regnal year27 Eliz. 2  28 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2523
Burmese calendar1341
Byzantine calendar7487–7488
Chinese calendar戊午(Earth Horse)
4675 or 4615
     to 
己未年 (Earth Goat)
4676 or 4616
Coptic calendar1695–1696
Discordian calendar3145
Ethiopian calendar1971–1972
Hebrew calendar5739–5740
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2035–2036
 - Shaka Samvat1901–1902
 - Kali Yuga5080–5081
Holocene calendar11979
Igbo calendar979–980
Iranian calendar1357–1358
Islamic calendar1399–1400
Japanese calendarShōwa 54
(昭和54年)
Juche calendar68
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4312
Minguo calendarROC 68
民國68年
Thai solar calendar2522
Unix time283996800–315532799
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1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) 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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May 4: Margaret Thatcher becomes the country's first female prime minister

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References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1979.
  1. "Total Eclipse of the Sun: 1979 February 26". HM Nautical Almanac Office. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  2. "1979: Three die in Golborne mine blast". On This Day (BBC). Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  3. "1979: Early election as Callaghan defeated". On This Day (BBC). Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  4. "1979: Thatcher wins Tory landslide". Election 2005 (BBC News). 2005-04-05. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  5. "1979: Queen oversees Manx millennium". On This Day (BBC). Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  6. Google book review: Turnen and sport: transatlantic transfers author: Annette R. Hofmann, accessed: 12 January 2010
  7. Limbrick, Jim (2001). North Sea Divers - a Requiem. Hertford: Authors OnLine. pp. 160–162. ISBN 0 7552 0036 5.
  8. "US Marine Corps". Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  9. "U.S. fast food hits Singapore.". The Telegraph. 1980-10-08. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  10. "Singapore's Orchard Road: You Can Shop Until You Drop.". Daily News. 1990-04-11. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  11. "1979: Paperboy's killers convicted". On This Day (BBC). Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  12. "False Alarms on the Nuclear Front". Pbs.org. 2001-05-03. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  13. Tendler, Stewart; Bradley, Ian (1979-11-16). "Professor Blunt named as spy". The Times (60476) (London). p. 1.
  14. Mr. Anthony Blunt. Hansard HC Deb (21 November 1979) 974/402-520.

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