1979
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Events
Dated Events
- Real World: January 7. Vietnamese and Cambodian insurgent forces announce the end of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia.
- Real World: January 16. The Shah of Iran and his family flee to Egypt in the face of increasing unrest.
- Real World: February 1. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran.
- Real World: February 3. Ayatollah Khomeini creates the Council of the Islamic Revolution.
- Real World: February 7. Ayatollah Khomeini's supporters take over key sectors of the Iranian government, including the law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. Pluto moves inside the orbit of Neptune, becoming the eighth planet of the solar system until 1999.
- Real World: February 11. The Iranian military sides with Ayatollah Khomeini.
- Real World: February 17. The People's Republic of China invades Vietnam.
- Real World: March 26. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign a peace treaty at the White House.
- Real World: March 28. A nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania releases radiation into the immediate area.
- Real World: April 1. Iran officially becomes an "Islamic republic."
- Real World: April 2. At Sverdlovsk, Russia, airborne anthrax spores leak into the air from a Soviet bio-warfare lab, killing 66 people and many livestock.
- Real World: May 4. Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the U.K.
- Real World: June 18. SALT II treaty signed by the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
- Real World: July 9. A note purportedly written by the rumored Nazi fugitive network ODESSA claims responsibility for a car bombing aimed at "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld in France.
- Real World: July 16. Saddam Hussein becomes President of Iraq.
- Real World: July 19. The Sandanistas take control of Nicaragua.
- Planet of the Apes (Animated): August. Astronauts Jeff Allen, Bill Hudson, and Judy Franklin are launched from Earth aboard the NASA spacecraft Venturer. Their vessel enters a strange energy distortion and disappears. (Source unknown)
- Real World: September 22. A mysterious flash- possibly a nuclear weapons test by South Africa or Israel- is detected in either the south Atlantic or Indian Oceans between the Norway-dependent island of Bouvet and the South Africa-dependent Prince Edward Islands.
- Real World: November 4. The U.S. embassy in Tehran is seized by Iranian radicals, beginning the Iran Hostage Crisis.
- Real World: November 20. Islamic militants seize the Grand Mosque of Mecca.
- Real World: December 4. The Islamic militants are driven from the Grand Mosque.
- Real World: December 24. The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
Undated Events
- DC (Generations): Batman III and Supergirl defeat Brainiac. Bruce Wayne Sr. disappears. Bruce Wayne Jr. and Kara Kent marry. Lex Luthor kills Lois Kent; Joel Kent kills Kara, but dies himself when his powers kill him. Superman begins trying to hunt Luthor down. Bruce Wayne Jr. takes in Mei-Lai Kent and her infant son by Joel Kent. Lex Luthor travels ten years into the future, while leaving behind schemes that, over the next decade, result in all of Superman's closest friends being killed. (Superman & Batman: Generations)
- DC (Generations): By Knightwing's estimate, Amanda Mason is born around this time. (Superman & Batman: Generations II)
- It's Walky: Alex, Joe Rosenthal, Mike Warner and Daniel Wilcox are born. (It's Walky! - The Cast)
- Tick (Live): The Red Scare is built and programmed to kill President Jimmy Carter. ("Pilot Episode")
- Real World: The Guardian Angels are formed in New York City.
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Dead Zone by Stephen King, Ghost Story by Peter Straub.
Notable Films
Alien, The Amityville Horror, Mad Max, Moonraker, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Notable Television Series
- Beginning: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, Jason of Star Command, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, Quatermass, Sapphire and Steel, Spider-Woman, Star Blazers (U.S.).
- Continuing: Blake's 7 (Season 2), Challenge of the Super Friends becomes The World's Greatest Super Friends, Doctor Who (Season 17), The Incredible Hulk (Season 2), The Tomorrow People (Season 8).
- Ending: Godzilla and the Super 90, The New Fantastic Four.
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