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Events of 1979

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

Deaths

January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

Unknown Dates

External Links

From Coronation Street Wiki

Events

• 7th March - A lorry crashes into the Rovers Return.
• 28th November - Gail Potter marries Brian Tilsley.

See also

• Coronation Street in 1979
• Category:1979 episodes

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

History of the Doctor Who Universe

February

• 17 - China invades Vietnam. This one of the events that inspires the Doctor to describe 1979 as "a hell of a year" (DW: Tooth and Claw).

May

• Margaret Thatcher leads the UK Conservative Party to power in the general election. (REF: The Time Traveller's Almanac)

July

• The US space station Skylab returns to Earth, with a little help from the Doctor. (REF: The Time Traveller's Almanac)

October

• Skagra goes to Earth in search of Salyavin. (DW: Shada)
• The first The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book is published, launching the franchise into the mainstream media on Earth. The Doctor was a fan. (DW: Ghost Light and The Christmas Invasion)
• A Kaftakkrofakian called Cecil transforms everyone at a Halloween party to Zombies, leaving only one survivor. (ISBN: Doctor who storybook 2008)

November

• 21 - Ian Dury and the Blockheads perform in concert at Sheffield, England. The Doctor attempts to take Rose to this concert when they instead end up in 1879 Scotland. Although a previous incarnation described 1979 as a "table wine year" (DW: City of Death), it appears to have aged well as the Doctor now calls 1979 "a hell of a year". (DW: Tooth and Claw)

Unknown Date

• Rose Tyler may have attended a concert by ABBA at Wembley Stadium in London (unconfirmed). (DW: Attack of the Graske; the canonicity of this interactive mini-episode is unclear)
• The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Count Scarlioni. Around this time, the Doctor and Romana arrive in Paris for a visit.
• Dr. Lavinia Smith moves from South Croydon to Moreton Harwood (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend).
• John Benton leaves the army and UNIT, and takes a job selling second-hand cars (DW: Mawdryn Undead).

Real World

January

• 1 - Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) is born.
• 6 - DW: The Power of Kroll Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 13 -DW: The Power of Kroll Episode 4 is first broadcast.
• 16 - Peter Butterworth, who played the Meddling Monk, dies from an apparent heart attack in Coventry.
• 18 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear is first published.
• 20 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 1 is first broadcast. Lalla Ward makes her first appearance on Doctor Who, playing Princess Astra. This episode is promoted as the 500th episode of Doctor Who.
• 27 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 2 is first broadcast.

February

• 3 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 10 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 4 is first broadcast.
• 17 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 5 is first broadcast.
• 24 - DW: The Armageddon Factor Episode 6 is first broadcast, concluding Season 16 and the Key to Time arc. Mary Tamm leaves the series after this episode as does, temporarily, John Leeson (another actor will take over the voiceovers for K-9 for Season 17, although the character doesn't appear on screen again until DW: The Creature from the Pit. Leeson will return for Season 18.)

March

• 29 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy is first published.

April

• American editions of DWN: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks and DWN: Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon published by Pinnacle Books. Over the next year, Pinnacle would publish US editions of 10 Target Books novelisations, most slightly reedited for American readers, with some of the more British terms (such as "jelly baby") replaced with American terms. Each book includes an introduction by SF author Harlan Ellison, as well as a brief primer on the Doctor and his companions.

May

• 24 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Robots of Death is first published.
  • DWN: Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot is first published. First of two attempts by Terrance Dicks at releasing versions of his novelisations for young readers.
• American editions of DWN: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion and DWN: Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks are published by Pinnacle Books.

June

• American editions of DWN: Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster and DWN: Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen are published by Pinnacle Books.

Summer

• Filming for DW: City of Death takes place in Paris, marking the first time Doctor Who has been filmed outside the United Kingdom.

July

• 6 - Malcolm Hulke dies.
• 26 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl is first published.
• 31 - Beatrix Lehmann dies.

September

• Doctor Who Annual 1980 published.
• 1 - DW: Destiny of the Daleks Episode 1 is first broadcast, marking the debut of Season 17. Lalla Ward returns to the series as the newly regenerated Romana. Although a new voice actor for K-9 has been cast, the character does not appear in the serial.
• 8 - DW: Destiny of the Daleks Episode 2 is first broadcast.
• 9 - Publication of REF: The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures by Terrance Dicks.
• 15 - DW: Destiny of the Daleks Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 22 - DW: Destiny of the Daleks Episode 4 is first broadcast. Last Doctor Who episode written by Terry Nation.
• 25 - DWN: Doctor Who and the War Games is first published.
• 29 - DW: City of Death Episode 1 is first broadcast. Partially filmed in Paris, it is the first Doctor Who episode to have been produced outside the UK.
• American edition of DWN: Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang published by Pinnacle Books.
• Prior to October, the Doctor Who comic strip in TV Comic is discontinued to make way for the strip to be featured in the new Doctor Who Weekly.

October

• A story record version of DW: Genesis of the Daleks, with original TV dialogue and sound effects and with newly recorded narration by Tom Baker, is released.
• 6 - DW: City of Death Episode 2 is first broadcast.
• 13 - DW: City of Death Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 17 - John Stuart, who had an uncredited role as a Didonian in DW: The Rescue, dies in London.
  • First issue of Doctor Who Weekly (later named Doctor Who Monthly and Doctor Who Magazine) released; the long-running DWM comic strip also makes its debut. Both would continue to be published 30 years later.
• 20 - DW: City of Death Episode 4 is first broadcast.
• 27 - DW: The Creature from the Pit Episode 1 is first broadcast. David Brierley debuts as the new voice of K-9, the character having been absent since the end of DW: The Armageddon Factor.
• 30 - Graham Ashley (the Overseer in DW: The Underwater Menace) dies.

November

• Early November - John Nathan-Turner officially begins his 10-year stint as producer of Doctor Who (he is not involved in the production of the season currently underway). Among the changes he implements for the coming season is the introduction of a new arrangement of the theme song by Peter Howell, an updated opening credits sequence, and the announcement that the 1980-81 season will be Tom Baker's last as the Doctor.
• 3 - DW: The Creature from the Pit Episode 2 is first broadcast.
• 10 - DW: The Creature from the Pit Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 17 - DW: The Creature from the Pit Episode 4 is first broadcast.
• 20 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks is first published.
• 24 - DW: Nightmare of Eden Episode 1 is first broadcast.
• American edition of DWN: Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora published by Pinnacle Books.

December

• 1 - DW: Nightmare of Eden Episode 2 is first broadcast.
• 8 - DW: Nightmare of Eden Episode 3 is first broadcast.
• 11 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation is first published.
• 15 - DW: Nightmare of Eden Episode 4 is first broadcast.
• 22 - DW: The Horns of Nimon Episode 1 is first broadcast.
• 29 - DW: The Horns of Nimon Episode 2 is first broadcast.
  • Lalla Ward appears on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.

Unknown dates

• Labour action forces production to be halted on the six-episode serial, DW: Shada. Ultimately, it is decided to abandon the serial, which signaled a premature end for the 1979-80 season with DW: The Horns of Nimon.
• REF: Terry Nation's Dalek Special First Published. This Target Books trade paperback release, edited by Terrance Dicks, includes the novella Daleks: The Secret Invasion, written by Terry Nation, which is the first piece of original Doctor Who-related fiction to be published by Target, as well as Nation's only fiction writing for the company. As the book includes a synopsis of DW: Destiny of the Daleks it can be surmised it was probably published after that serial was broadcast.

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Releases

January

• TOS novel: Trek to Madworld, by Stephen Goldin
• TOS comic #59: To Err is Vulcan by Arnold Drake

February

• TOS novel: World Without End, by Joe Haldeman
• TOS comic #60: The Empire Man, by John Warner

March

• TOS comic #61: Operation Con Game, by George Kashdan

May

• TOS novel: The Fate of the Phoenix, by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath

November

• TOS novel: Devil World, by Gordon Eklund

December

• TOS novelization #1: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Gene Roddenberry

Connections

• 1979 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1979 productions article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1979 page at the Complete Starfleet Library
• 1979 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

From DC Database

Creators

The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1979:

Vicente Cifuentes

Titles

The following comic titles debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Best of DC Vol 1 · Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales Vol 1 · Time Warp Vol 1 · World of Krypton Vol 1

The following Comic titles were last published with a 1979 cover date:

Isis Vol 1 · Superboy Vol 1 · Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 · World of Krypton Vol 1

The following One Shots were published with a 1979 cover date:

America at War: The Best of DC War Comics Vol 1 1

Characters

The following characters debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Alexander Tuttle (New Earth) · Anton Allegro (New Earth) · Aram Al Ashir (New Earth) · Barnabus Boulton (Earth-One) · Carl Draper (New Earth) · Chakal (New Earth) · Chey-Nu (Pre-Zero Hour) · Clive Yorkin (New Earth) · Conrad Cabel (New Earth) · Earl Sanderson, Jr. (New Earth) · Frederick Vaux (Earth-Two) · Grant Haskill (Earth-One) · Joseph Rigger (New Earth) · Kari Limbo (New Earth) · Lar-On (Earth-One) · Lucius Fox (New Earth) · Lyle Corley (New Earth) · Maximillian Zeus (New Earth) · Mongo Ironhand (New Earth) · Rejis Thomak (Pre-Zero Hour) · Roger Romaine (New Earth) · Valoric (New Earth) · Wi Kan Muur (Pre-Zero Hour) · Xavier Simon (Earth-One) · Yer Sti-Tuan (Pre-Zero Hour)

Teams

The following teams debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Force 3

Chronology

The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1979. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1979. The passage of time in the DC Universe is nebulous and subject to change and interpretation. Events from historical time periods are indexed under their corresponding years.

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Earth-S

From Muppet Wiki

Television & Movies

• The Muppets Go Hollywood on CBS, May 16
• The Muppet Movie released June 22
• The Muppet Show Season 4 begins in syndication, September
• Sesame Street Season 11 begins airing on PBS
• John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together on ABC, December 5

International Television & Movies

• The Muppet Movie (Mupparna) released in Sweden, September 29
• Die Muppets in Hollywood (The Muppets Go Hollywood) premiers in Germany on ZDF, November 9
• Barrio Sésamo premieres in Spain
• Iftah Ya Simsim premieres in Kuwait
• Production of The Muppet Show was brought to a halt for eleven weeks (between August and October) due to a strike affecting the technicians of ITV (of which Associated TeleVision, the company that made The Muppet Show, was one of the affected companies)

Appearances

• 60 Minutes features a report on The Muppet Show, March 17
• Kermit the Frog guest-hosts The Tonight Show, April 2
• Big Bird is featured in Bob Hope's special The Road to China on NBC, September 15
• The Muppets visit The Mike Douglas Show to promote The Muppet Show, December
• The failed pilot for The Orson Welles Show features the Muppets and an interview with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Live appearances

• Kermit, Sweetums, Gonzo and Miss Piggy at the Blackpool Illuminations, August 31

Books

• The Amazing Mumford Forgets the Magic Words!
• Big Bird's Rhyming Book
• Cookie Monster's Book of Cookie Shapes
• Cookie Monster's Storybook
• Ernie's Work of Art
• The Four Seasons
• Learn at Home the Sesame Street Way
• The Many Faces of Ernie
• The Up and Down Book
• The Sesame Street Library (Volumes 13-15)

Albums

• The Muppet Movie (soundtrack)
• A Christmas Together
• Muppet Show Music Album in UK

Sesame Street:

• At Home with Ernie and Bert
• Every Body's Record
• Welcome!
• Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation
• The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
• Sesame Disco
• Dinah! I've Got a Song

Merchandise

• Muppet Valentines from Hallmark
• Sigma Christmas ornaments
• Picco watches
• Keds sneakers
• Martex sheets and towels
• Stormin' Norman disco jackets
• 1979 Sesame Street Calendar

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesame Street: Osvaldo, el Gruñón, Honkers, Telly Monster, Elmo (as a minor character)
• The Muppet Show: Foo Foo, various background Muppets
• Barrio Sesamo: Caponata, Perezgil
• Iftah Ya Simsim: Nu'Man, Malsun, Yaqut

Attractions

• The Art of the Muppets exhibit debuts at Lincoln Center in New York City

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features Miss Piggy in a Rolls Royce, followed by the rest of the Muppets in the Electric Mayhem Bus

From Grand Theft Wiki

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1979

Game World

GTA 2 Era

• Johnny Rotten gets one year suspended jail ban for illegally prescribing untested drugs.

GTA III Era

• The Hyman Memorial Stadium is opened in Downtown, Vice City.

GTA IV Era

• Patrick McReary is born.

From the eWrestling Encyclopedia.

This article contains information on e-wrestling events that happened in 1979.

Notable 1979 births

Notable 1979 deaths

1979 handler births/deaths

See also

• Help:Year articles - Information on editing and adding information to year articles.

An Ice Hockey Wiki article.

These events occured in 1979 in the world of hockey:

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From Marvel Database

All Comics for 1979 Without Month Designations

Avengers Annual Vol 1 9	Conan the Barbarian Annual Vol 1 5	Fantastic Four Annual Vol 1 14	Fantasy Masterpieces Vol 2 1
Fireside Book Series Vol 1 6.jpg Fireside Book Series Vol 1 6	Fireside Book Series Vol 1 7	Fireside Book Series Vol 1 8	Fireside Book Series Vol 1 9
Marvel Comics Super Special Vol 1 10	Marvel Comics Super Special Vol 1 11	Marvel Comics Super Special Vol 1 12	Marvel Comics Super Special Vol 1 13
Marvel Team-Up Annual Vol 1 2	Marvel Treasury Edition Vol 1 21	Marvel Two-In-One Annual Vol 1 4	Pocket Book Series Vol 1 Amazing Spider-Man 3
Pocket Book Series Vol 1 Captain America 1	Pocket Book Series Vol 1 Incredible Hulk 1	Uncanny X-Men Annual Vol 1 1979

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From Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki.

Han Solo at Stars' End released in April 1979.

A list of events in 1979 related to Star Wars.

• Kenner releases the following action figures:
  • Boba Fett
  • Luke Skywalker X-wing pilot
  • R5-D4
  • Power droid
  • 3B6-RA-7 aka 'Death Star Droid'
  • Ponda Baba aka Walrus Man
  • Momaw Nadon aka Hammerhead
  • Greedo
  • Snaggletooth aka Rachalt Hyst
  • Blue Snaggletooth aka Zutton

January

• 3 Star Wars Weekly 48 is published.
• 10 Star Wars Weekly 49 is published.
• 17 Star Wars Weekly 50 is published.
• Star Wars 22: To the Last Gladiator is published. The Cover date is April.
• 24 Star Wars Weekly 51 is published.

February

• Star Wars 23: Flight into Fury is published. The cover date is May.

March

• 11: The first Star Wars newspaper comic strip is published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
• March - Star Wars 21: Shadow of a Dark Lord published.

April

• 01: Han Solo at Stars' End published.
• April - Star Wars 22: To the Last Gladiator published.

May

• 19: Caroline de Souza Correa is born.
• 29: Abel G. Peña is born.
• May - Star Wars 23: Flight Into Fury published.

June

• June - Star Wars 24: Silent Drifting published.

July

• July - Star Wars 25: Siege at Yavin published.

August

• August - Star Wars 26: Doom Mission published.

September

• September - Star Wars 27: Return of the Hunter published.

October

• 12: Han Solo's Revenge published.
• October - Star Wars 28: What Ever Happened to Jabba the Hut? published.

November

• November - Star Wars 29: Dark Encounter published.

• November 29 - Liz Wilson is born.

December

• December 30 - Catherine Taber is born.

• December - Star Wars 30: A Princess Alone published.
• The Wookiee Storybook published.
• The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot published.
• The Maverick Moon published.