On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1979, the world population was approximately 4,368,539,528 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 1979, covering March 17, 1979.
Bee Gees
Rod Stewart
The Doobie Brothers
Dire Straits
Village People
Gloria Gaynor
Blues Brothers
Olivia Newton-John
Billy Joel
Elvis Costello And The Attractions
1979Stormy Daniels, American adult film actress[†]
Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, is an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper. She has won many industry awards and is a member of the NightMoves Hall of Fame, AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame, and Vanity Fair Hall of Fame. In 2009, a recruitment effort led her to consider challenging incumbent David Vitter in the 2010 Senate election in her native Louisiana.
1979Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Andrew James Stewart Ference is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. Ference played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. In 2011, Ference helped the Bruins to their sixth Stanley Cup championship. Ference was born in Edmonton, but grew up in nearby Sherwood Park, Alberta.
1979Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer[†]
Stephen Kramer Glickman is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Gustavo Rocque on the Nickelodeon sitcom Big Time Rush (2009–2013), and for co-hosting the podcast The Night Time Show.
1979Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist[†]
Mineko Nomachi is a Japanese essayist, columnist, illustrator, and radio and television personality. She is best known for her blog I'm Queer but I'm an Office Lady , which was published as a book by Bungeishunjū in 2006, and for multiple radio and television programs co-hosted with writer Mitsurou Kubo. Her name is a pen name derived from a combination of the names of her paternal and maternal grandmothers.
1979Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler[†]
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions. He is also known for his work with Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and WWE.
1979The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.[†]
Penmanshiel Tunnel is a now-disused railway tunnel near Grantshouse, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It was formerly part of the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar.
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Israeli Defense Min Ezer Weizman tells Defense Sec Harold Brown that cost of withdrawing from Sinai Peninsula will be $3.5 to $4 billion; Defense Dept officials say Carter Adm will pay about $1 billion to help build 2 airfields in Negev to replace 2 Sinai bases that Israel will hand over to Egyptians, say other costs of withdrawal will not be paid by US; say $2.5 billion will be provided to Israel to underwrite cost of withdrawal; delegation that includes Brzezinski leaves for Saudi Arabia and Jordan to seek support for treaty; illus (M)
Gov Grasso says she will go to ct, if necessary, to win United Illuminating a temporary reprieve from Fed environmental laws requiring it to burn low-sulfur fuel; EPA questioned state's authority to take such action (S)
Turkish Govt announces econ austerity plan, which does not include devaluation of beleaguered lira; devaluation seen taking place within next 6 mos (M)
Khomeini orders halt to closed trials and summary executions that have resulted in deaths of over 60 men in last mo; order was prepared during meeting with Bazargan and stops trial of Hoveida (M)
Justice Dept begins seeking candidates for apptmt as special prosecutor to conduct investigation of bank loans provided to Pres Carter's family's peanut business by Natl Bank of Ga; dept spokesman Terrence B Adamson says Asst Atty Gen Philip B Heymann has gotten in touch with several lawyers about post; move indicates that Atty Gen Griffin B Bell and other top Adm officials have concluded that apptmt of special prosecutor would defuse criticism that case is not being handled properly; Heymann is expected to make recommendation to Bell and Deputy Atty Gen Benjamin R Civiletti next wk and rept to Repub members of HR Judiciary Com; special prosecutor reptdly will investigate whether money from $7 million in loans was diverted to Pres Carter's '76 election campaign and whether bank pres Bert Lance improperly used influence to obtain loans and preferential interest rates for Carter; there has been no formal public accusation that Pres Carter, brother Billy or other family members have done anything wrong (L)
Mayor Koch announces new subway anti-crime program, including assigning subway stations to regular patrol routes of city police officers and issuing free transit passes to all policemen (S)
Pres Carter summons key Cabinet and econ advisers to special meeting at Camp David on Mar 19 to deal with projected energy shortfalls (M)
Congo Govt recognizes Vietnamese-backed Cambodian Govt (S)
Ugandan opponents of Pres Amin will hold talks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, next wk, to form united front in drive to bring down Amin regime and restore dem govt; Rev Festo Kivengere says Tanzanian Pres Nyerere has approved unity drive and will address meeting; former Ugandan Pres Milton Obote will attend (M)
Econ, soc and pol situation in Brasilia, which will be 19 yrs old in Apr, discussed; illus (M)