By Geena & Regina

Boom! Nineteen Seventy Nine was a year full of explosive events. The year started off with celebrations when a peace treaty was signed between Egypt Israel ending a war that lasted for 31 years. This serene peace was followed by a bang with a core meltdown at Three Mile Island. Shortly after tragedy strikes with the Iranian Hostage Situation in Tehran, Iran. Morale Majority is founded by the Jerry Falwell. Nineteen Seventy-Nine ended with a pleasant note when Spectacular Bid won the Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes.

• Pittsburgh beats Dallas 35 to 31 in Miami, Florida on January 21 in Super Bowl XIII.

• The peace treaty signed by Egypt’s President Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Begin at Washington March 26 ends a state of war that has existed for nearly 31 years.

• On March 28 there is an accident at Unit II of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station near Harrisburg, Pa. 144,000 people are evacuated.
• After many years in Soviet labor camps Human Rights Activists Aleksandr Ginzburg , Mark Dymshitz, Eduard S. Kuzentsov, Valentyn Moroz, and the Rev. George Gins are released by the Soviet son April 27.
• The U.S. Department of Education is established by Congress on May 4.
• Björn Borg wins in men’s singles at Wimbledon, Martina Navratilova in women’s singles; John McEnroe, 20, wins in men’s singles at Forest Hills, Tracy Ann Austin, 16, in women’s singles.
• Billie Jean_King recorded her 20th Wimbledon Championship title on July 7.
• John Wayne dies of lung and stomach cancer at Los Angeles, June 11, at age 72.
• On July 12, Mafia boss Carmine Galante is gunned down while having lunch in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• On October 17 the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1979 World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3.
• Boston’s John F. Kennedy Library Library designed by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei is dedicated by President Jimmy Carter on October 20 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Iranian militants, demanding the Shah be returned for trial, take more than 100 U.S. citizens hostage on November 4, as they seize the US embassy in Tehran, Iran. It will be more than a year before the hostages are released.
• Eleven concertgoers are crushed to death December 3 in a stampede for seats to a concert by The Who  at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, casting a pall over the $2-billion-per-year rock concert business.
• Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10.
• Knots Landing debuted on December 27 on CBS with Donna Mills, Ted Shackelford.
• 40 story Xerox Center opens in Chicago, Illinois. Architect Helmut Jahn, has created a new vision for office buildings.
• The Walkman Cassette Player introduced by Sony Corp. is a $200 pocket stereo with two pairs of earphones, making it possible to hear high-fidelity sound in any location without disturbing one’s neighbors.
• The Moral_Majority is founded by Lynchburg, Va., evangelist Jerry_Falwell
• Spectacular Bid wins the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, Coastal the Preakness.
• NBA adopted the three point shot.
• The Executioner's Song by Norman  
• Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz premiers with Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ben Vereen; Franc Roddam’s Quadrophenia with Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Sting.

Emmy Awards
Best Comedy: Taxi (ABC)
Best Drama: Lou Grant (CBS)

22nd Annual Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: What a Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers
Album of the Year: 52nd Street, Billy Joel
Song of the Year: What a Fool Believes, Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald
Best New Artist: Rickie Lee Jones

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