1979 News Headlines

  • Vietnam Takes Over Cambodia
  • Shah Leaves Iran for "Vacation"
  • Ayatollah Khomeini Returns To Iran From France
  • China Invades Vietnam
  • Accident At 3-Mile Island in Pennsylvania - Nuclear Plant Threatens Area
  • OPEC Announces Further Oil Price Increase, 50% In One Year
  • $1.5 Billion Federal Bailout Is Approved For Chrysler
  • US and China establish diplomatic relations, formal ties with Taiwan are severed
  • Voyager sends photos of Jupiter
  • Margaret Thatcher is elected First Woman British Prime Minister
  • Inflation 13.3%, Prime Rate 15.75%
  • "Archie Bunker's Place" with Carroll O'Conner premiers
  • "The Dukes Of Hazard" with Tom Wopat and John Schneider premiers
  • California is the first state to initiate gas rationing on alternate days, many states will follow
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