1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival, Results, Section Two
The ACT, coached by Kevin Delmenico, had only two players with VFL experience in their team -  captain Kevin Neale and Fitzroy's Michael Conlan. Their only match was against Warren Roper's Queensland, who had failed to qualify for Section One. The Australian Capital Territorians themselves had qualified for the Section Two Final by winning a play-off against the Australian Amateurs, New South Wales and Northern Territory earlier in the year.


1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival, Honours, All-Australians
At the conclusion of the tournament, the best players were selected in the All-Australian team. It was the first All-Australian team named since 1972. Victoria had the most representatives chosen, with seven, with Western Australia and South Australia each having five players selected.


1979 Petatlán earthquake
The 1979 Petatlán earthquake, also known as the IBERO earthquake occurred on March 14 at 05:07 local time in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The earthquake had a surface wave magnitude of Ms  7.6 or moment magnitude of Mw  7.4 and maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter, onshore, was located 12 km south southeast of Vallecitos de Zaragoza.


1979 Petatlán earthquake
With a shallow hypocenter depth of 18.5 km, the earthquake caused extensive and widespread damage in Guerrero, including the near total destruction of campus buildings at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Five people died and 35 others were injured due to the earthquake. The earthquake was felt in the states of Jalisco, Guerrero and Puebla, where damage was reported.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Tectonic setting
Mexico is one of the most seismically active regions in the world; located at the boundary of at least three tectonic plates. The west coast of Mexico lies at a convergent plate boundary between the Cocos Plate and North American Plate. The Cocos Plate consisting of denser oceanic lithosphere, subducts beneath the less dense continental crust of the North American Plate. Most of the Mexican landmass is situated on the North American plate moving westward.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Tectonic setting
Because the oceanic crust is relatively dense, when the bottom of the Pacific Ocean meets the lighter continental crust of the Mexican landmass, the ocean floor subducts beneath the North American plate creating the Middle America Trench along the southern coast of Mexico. Occasionally, the contact interface or subduction zone megathrust release elastic strain during earthquakes. Large and sudden uplift of the seafloor can produce large tsunamis when such earthquakes occur.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred as a result of thrust faulting due to a rupture on the subduction zone near the west coast of Mexico. The Ms  7.6 earthquake was the largest subduction zone thrust event in the region since 1943. The quake partially ruptured the Guerrero gap; a seismic gap on the subduction one that is capable of an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater. Modelling of the finite fault suggest a rupture patch measuring 120 km by 120 km on the megathrust, involving two asperities. Slip on the megathrust occurred at depths ranging between 3 to 25 km.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Earthquake
Inversion of P wave data revealed a limited area where the slip was 0.7 meters, while the peak slip was 1.19 meters. The rupture zone of the 1979 earthquake is located immediately southeast of that of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Another magnitude 7.6 quake, the aftershock of the much larger 8.0 quake, ruptured the shallow section of the megathrust, up-dip of the 1979 quake.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami
A weak tsunami with a maximum height of 1.3 meters was generated. The tsunami was also recorded on ocean bottom tide gauges in the Pacific Ocean near the epicenter of the quake.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Impact
Substantial damage was reported in the Mexico City. The earthquake severely damaged and collapsed two buildings in the Ibero-American University compound. Nine structures suffered serious damage and 25 had significant damage. Despite the collapse, there were no casualties as it did not occur during school hours. In total, 90% of structures in the university was affected by the tremor. At the time of the quake, an estimated 7,200 students were enrolled in the univeristy. Scheduled lessons resumed on 22 March 1979 at the National Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering and Physical-Mathematic Sciences, which was undamaged. Water supply was disrupted by the earthquake, which left many residents without access to water for 48 hours. A total of 600 structures, including homes, cinemas, and other public infrastructures were damaged in the city.


1979 Petatlán earthquake, Impact
The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) recorded in Chilpancingo. The city suffered significant damage in the downtown area. A seven-story reinforced concrete building was demolished due to the severe damage it sustained during the quake. In Petatlán, Guerrero, the earthquake destroyed some adobe styled homes.


1979 Peter Jackson Classic
The 1979 Peter Jackson Classic was contested from July 26–29 at Richelieu Valley Golf Club. It was the 7th edition of the Peter Jackson Classic, and the first edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1979 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL).


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season
They appeared in the postseason for the second consecutive year, an attainment that the team had not achieved for three decades. They would make the playoffs again in the following two seasons before a six-year drought.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason
After going 9–7 in the 1978 season and making the playoffs, the Eagles found themselves having to follow rule 3 of the draft – "Teams that made the playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated" – meaning four teams with a record the same or better than the Eagles would pick in front of them.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The 1979 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1979 in New York City. As was started with the 1977 NFL Draft, this was 12 rounds.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The Philadelphia Eagles got the 19th to the 21st picks in the 12 rounds. They had overcome the traded-away draft picks of the Mike McCormack era. The Eagles had waited but they finally had a first-round pick and other low-round draft picks. They would use these and build a team as 7 of the 10 draft picks made the team for the coming years.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The draft began with first overall pick of Tom Cousineau, linebacker from Ohio State, by the  Buffalo Bills. With the number 7 pick the New York Giants selected Phil Simms, a quarterback from Morehead State. The crowd, made up of mostly New York fans, voiced their displeasure of his selection.


1979 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, Player selections
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another trade the Eagles made. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1979 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League East, 14 games behind the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason
Prior to the 1979 season, Pete Rose signed a four-year, $3.2-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, temporarily making him the highest-paid athlete in team sports. The Phillies were in the middle of the greatest era in the history of the franchise when Rose came on board. They had won the National League East three years running (1976–78) two of which were won with 101 win seasons.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason
The Phillies entered the 1979 season with one of the strongest lineups in the league with the addition of Rose but with numerous injuries on the pitching staff. AP sports writer Hal Bock picked the Phils to finish second behind the Pirates as the Phillies would enter the season with pitchers Larry Christenson, prospect Jim Wright, and Dick Ruthven all injured.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
On April 18, in a victory versus the Pirates, Greg Luzinski became the first visiting player to hit a home run into the fifth level of Three Rivers Stadium.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
On May 17, 1979, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field in ten innings with a 30-mph wind blowing out to left field. After the game, the Phils were 14 games over .500 and in first place by 3+1⁄2 games over the Montreal Expos.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
On July 10 Del Unser hit his third consecutive pinch hit home run. Unser tied a Major League Baseball record with homers in three straight pinch at bats. The at bats were on June 30, July 5, and July 10.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
By August 29, the team had fallen to fifth place and two games under .500, 12+1⁄2 games behind the Pirates. Mid -season injuries to Manny Trillo, Larry Bowa, and Greg Luzinski contributed to hurt the club. The team's decline led to the firing of manager Danny Ozark on August 31 who was replaced by Dallas Green. Green was named interim manager, a position made permanent shortly after the end of the season.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season, Alternate uniforms
The Phillies front office introduced an alternate all-burgundy version of the team uniform for the 1979 season to be worn for Saturday games. They were called "Saturday Night Specials", in a derisive nod to cheap handguns then called by that name and were worn for the first and last time on May 19, 1979, a 10–5 loss to the Expos. The immediate reaction of the media, fans, and players alike was negative, with many describing the despised uniforms as pajama-like.


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1979 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1979 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1979 saw the election of William J. Green III.


1979 Philadelphia mayoral election
Ahead of the election there had been an unsuccessful effort to amend the city charter to allow incumbent mayor Frank Rizzo to run for a third consecutive term.


1979 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1979 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Panthers competed in the 1980 Fiesta Bowl. Pitt was awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the champion of the East.


1979 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Schedule
In the Backyard Brawl, Pittsburgh was led by freshman quarterback Dan Marino. He directed Pitt to a 24–17 victory in the last college football game played at old Mountaineer Field.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates had 98 wins and 64 losses and captured the National League East Division title by two games over the Montreal Expos. The Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds to win their ninth National League pennant, and the Baltimore Orioles to win their fifth World Series title – and also their last playoff series victory to date. The disco hit "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge was used as the team's theme song that season.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
The Pirates became one of only six teams in the 20th century to have won a World Series after trailing three games to one. Two of those teams were the Pirates, in 1925 and 1979. The others were the 1903 Boston Red Sox (in a best-of-nine series), 1958 New York Yankees, 1968 Detroit Tigers, and 1985 Kansas City Royals. Five Pirates had 10 or more hits in this series, a World Series record.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
Chuck Tanner's mother died the morning of Game 5 (this was mentioned during the telecast by announcer Howard Cosell). 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski threw out the first ball in Game 5. The Pittsburgh Pirates were the last team in the 20th Century to win Game 7 of the World Series on the road. U.S. President Jimmy Carter made an appearance in Game 7, he threw out the first ball, and after the game made a visit to the victorious Pittsburgh locker room.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
Willie Stargell at 39 was the oldest player to win MVP honors for both the National League and the World Series. In the World Series, he hit .400 with a record seven extra-base hits and matched Reggie Jackson's record of 25 total bases, set in 1977. Stargell, pitcher Bruce Kison, infielder Rennie Stennett, and catcher Manny Sanguillén were the only players left over from the 1971 World Series, when the Pirates faced the Orioles. Orioles' pitcher Jim Palmer, Mark Belanger, and manager Earl Weaver were the only ones who were still with the team that faced the Pirates in 1971.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
As was the case when the same two teams played in the 1971 World Series, a game in Baltimore was rained out. Game 1 of this series was postponed, while Game 2 of the 1971 series had to be moved back a day. In this Series, it was the American League team's "turn" to play by National League rules, meaning that there was no designated hitter and the Orioles' pitchers would have to bat.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
While this resulted in pitcher Tim Stoddard getting his first major league hit and RBI in Game 4. Overall, it hurt the Orioles because Lee May, their designated hitter for much of the season and a key part of their offense, was only able to bat three times in the whole series.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series
The Pirates wore four different uniform combinations during the series: gold cap, black jersey and gold pants for Games 1 & 5, black cap, gold jersey and black pants for Games 2, 6 & 7, black cap and solid white pinstriped uniform for Game 3 and a black cap and solid gold uniform for Game 4.


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 1
October 10, 1979, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,735


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 2
October 11, 1979, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,739


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 3
October 12, 1979, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 50,848


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 4
October 13, 1979, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 50,883


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 5
October 14, 1979, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 50,920


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
October 16, 1979, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,739


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
October 17, 1979, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 53,733


1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Postseason, World Series, Composite Box
1979 World Series (4-3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over Baltimore Orioles (A.L.)


1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League. The Steelers successfully defended their Super Bowl Championship from the previous year, despite not improving on their 14-2 record from last year with a 12–4 record. They went on to defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV. The Steelers started out to a 4-0 record. Adding to the previous season, the Steelers had won 12 in a row. They finished the regular season at 12-4. In six of those games the opponents were held to a touchdown or less.


1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
In the playoffs Pittsburgh defeated Miami, 34-14 and then for the second consecutive season beat Houston 27-13, in the AFC championship game. The Steelers ended the decade by defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in Super Bowl XIV. Despite them and the San Diego Chargers having 12-4 records, the Chargers were awarded the top seed in the AFC because of their victory over the Steelers.


1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
With the win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates win in the 1979 World Series, Pittsburgh would be the last city to claim Super Bowl and World Series wins in the same year until 1986 when the New York Mets won the World Series in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI 39–20 over the Denver Broncos.


1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
On February 23, 2007, NFL Network aired America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions, the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers, with team commentary from John Banaszak, L.C. Greenwood and John Stallworth, and narrated by Ed Harris. They are the last NFL team to win a championship to feature players that did not come from another team. The records for most points scored per game as well as in the regular season overall for the Steelers belonged to the 1979 squad, until they scored 436, amounting to 27.3 per game in 2014, the all-time franchise record in both categories.


1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Washington Redskins
In that game. Franco Harris became the 5th man to rush for 8,000 career rushing yards, and it was also Chuck Noll's 95th win as a head coach, the same number that Vince Lombardi won during his career.


1979 Plateau State gubernatorial election
The 1979 Plateau State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. NPP candidate Solomon Lar won the election.


1979 Plateau State gubernatorial election, Results
Solomon Lar representing NPP won the election. The election held on July 28, 1979.


1979 Player's Canadian Open
The 1979 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto in Canada that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix and of the 1979 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from August 13 through August 19, 1979.


1979 Player's Canadian Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe defeated  Heinz Günthardt /  Bob Hewitt 6–7, 7–6, 6–1


1979 Player's Canadian Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Lea Antonoplis /  Diane Evers defeated  Chris O'Neil /  Mimmi Wikstedt 2–6, 6–1, 6–3


1979 Plymouth City Council election
The 1979 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.


1979 Pontins Professional
The 1979 Pontins Professional was the sixth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1979 in Prestatyn, Wales.


1979 Pontins Professional
The tournament featured eight professional players. Four players advance to the semi-final while the other four were eliminated in the group stage. All frames were played during the group stage matches.


1979 Pontins Professional
Doug Mountjoy won the event, beating Graham Miles 8–4 in the final.


1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt in Filderstadt in West Germany. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 5 November through 11 November 1979. Third-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles event, successfully defending her 1978 title, after defeating world No. 1 Martina Navratilova in the final. Austin was entitled to $20,000 first-prize money but elected to receive a Porsche 924 instead.


1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Wendy Turnbull /  Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–3


1979 Portland State Vikings football team
The 1979 Portland State Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Portland State University as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fifth season under head coach Mouse Davis, the team compiled a 6–5 record. The team utilized the run and shoot offense popularized by Davis. On the field, the team was led by junior quarterback Neil Lomax. Lomax became the all-time leader in college football history with a career total of 13,200 passing yards.


1979 Portland Timbers season
The 1979 Portland Timbers season was the fifth season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.


1979 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Roster players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1979 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Replacement players
This list shows players used during the brief player strike on April 14, 1979.


1979 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Replacement players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1979 Portland Timbers season, North American Soccer League, National Conference, Western Division standings
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:


1979 Portuguese legislative election
The Portuguese legislative election of 1979 took place on 2 December. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic, 13 seats less than those elected in 1976.


1979 Portuguese legislative election
The last election, three and a half years before, in April 1976, was won by the Socialist Party under the lead of Mário Soares, who became the Prime-Minister of the 1st Constitutional government after the revolution.


1979 Portuguese legislative election
However, the government suffered several attacks and in December 1977, Soares lost the voting of a confidence resolution because all the opposition, the Democratic and Social Center, the Social Democrats and the Communists united in order to vote against it, and so, the Soares' government fell. Soares would become Prime-Minister again in January 1978, in coalition with the Democratic Social Center, but in July this party would force the end of the government due to disagreements about agrarian reform.


1979 Portuguese legislative election
In August, Nobre da Costa became Prime-Minister by personal decision of the President of President Ramalho Eanes, after a failed attempt to unite the parties on the Parliament. However, the program of Nobre da Costa's government was never approved and two months later, da Costa was replaced by Mota Pinto who would govern with extreme difficulties for less than one year.


1979 Portuguese legislative election
In July 1979, the President finally decided to dissolve the Parliament and call for a new election for December. Mota Pinto was replaced in the period between the dissolution and the election by Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (the only women to lead a government in Portugal).


1979 Portuguese legislative election
The right-wing parties, the Social Democratic, the Democratic and Social Center and the People's Monarchist Party united in the Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Democrática or AD) under the lead of Sá Carneiro won the election, receiving 43% of the vote. The Socialists lost more than 30 MPs and the Communists, now allied with the Portuguese Democratic Movement in the United People Alliance achieved their highest total ever, with almost 20% of the voting.


1979 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The Assembly of the Republic has 250 members elected to four-year terms. The total number of MPs was reduced to 250 from the previous 263, elected in 1976. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 126 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved.


1979 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude. The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties.


1979 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
For these elections, and compared with the 1976 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:


1979 Portuguese legislative election, Parties
The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the first half of the 1st legislature (1976-1980), as this election was a national by-election, and that also contested the elections:


1979 Portuguese local elections
The Portuguese local elections of 1979 took place on 16 December. They were the 2nd local elections in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.


1979 Portuguese local elections
The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected president, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president, this last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.


1979 Portuguese local elections
The Socialist Party finished on the top of the results table, however that was because the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic and Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participated in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities


1979 Portuguese local elections
The left-wing United People Alliance dominated the election in the municipalities of the South of the country, gathering more than 60% of the voting.


1979 Portuguese local elections
Turnout in these elections increased compared with the 1976 election, as 71.7% of the electorate cast a ballot, the highest turnout recorded in a nationwide local election.


1979 Portuguese local elections, Results, Municipal Councils, City control
The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 1970 Census.


1979 Portuguese local elections, Results, Maps
The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Councils in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)


1979 Portuguese local elections, Results, Maps
The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)


1979 Portuguese local elections, Results, Maps
The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)


1979 Pot Black
The 1979 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs except the final which was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.


1979 Pot Black
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 29 December 1978 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.


1979 Pot Black
This tournament had the TV debut of Steve Davis who played veteran namesake Fred Davis on the programme transmitted 19 January and won the frame 83-23 but failed to reach the semi-finals. The first Pot Black champion Ray Reardon regained the title 10 years after his first beating reigning champion Doug Mountjoy 2–1.


1979 Prague Skate
The 1979 Prague Skate was held in November 1979. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1979 Preakness Stakes
The 1979 Preakness Stakes was the 104th running of the $235,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 19, 1979, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Spectacular Bid, who was jockeyed by Ronnie Franklin, won the race by six and one half lengths over runner-up Golden Act. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a track listed as good in a final time of 1:54-1/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 72,607, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1979.


1979 Preseli District Council election
An election to Preseli District Council was held in May 1979. It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a UK General Election and elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1979 President's Cup Football Tournament
The 1979 President Park's Cup International Football Tournament (Korean: 제9회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 국제축구대회) was the ninth competition of Korea Cup. It was held from 8 to 21 September 1979, and was won by a Brazilian club Vitória-ES for the first time, who defeated South Korea in the final.


1979 Primera División de Chile
The 1979 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 47th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its twelfth title.


1979 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1979 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 23, 1979.


1979 Prince Edward Island general election
The election was held just one year after the 1978 election, which featured a 17–15 split in MLAs in the legislature. Following the resignation of former premier Alex Campbell from his seat, the Legislature was in a 15–15 tie in voting members (the Liberal Speaker, Russell Perry, could not cast active votes in his role), the new Premier Bennett Campbell decided to call an election in an effort to regain his lost majority. The gambit failed, and instead the Progressive Conservatives led by Angus MacLean formed a strong majority government.


1979 Prince Edward Island general election
The campaign was the first to feature a female party leader running in PEI, with Doreen Sark serving as interim leader of the NDP. The campaign was also the only one in which the "Draft Beer Party of PEI" ran, with one candidate in 5th Queens.


1979 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1979 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward they were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.


1979 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.


1979 Princeton Tigers football team
In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.


1979 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.


1979 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 1979. It was the 58th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Three Troikas, a three-year-old filly trained in France by Criquette Head and ridden by her brother Freddy. The filly won by three lengths from Le Marmot with the odds-on favourite Troy in third. The winning time was 2:28.9.


1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Full result
* Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck


1979 Prize of Moscow News
The 1979 Prize of Moscow News was the 14th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 28 – December 1, 1979. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.


1979 Pro Bowl
The 1979 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 29th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1978 season. The game was played on Monday, January 29, 1979, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California before a crowd of 38,333. The final score was NFC 13, AFC 7.


1979 Pro Bowl
Bum Phillips of the Houston Oilers lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Los Angeles Rams head coach Ray Malavasi. The referee was Jerry Markbreit in his second year as a referee.


1979 Pro Bowl
Ahmad Rashād of the Minnesota Vikings was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500.


1979 Pro Bowl
As of 2019, this was the last Pro Bowl to be played on a Monday, and the last one to be played in Los Angeles. It was the last one to be played outside Hawaii until the 2010 Pro Bowl which was in Miami Gardens, Florida.


1979 Pro Bowl
This was also the first Pro Bowl to have players sport their respective team helmets, a custom that still stands today.


1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season.


1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Starters
Offense: se Burrell/Ray Smith, lt Feil, lg Schwan, c Quinn, rg Hall, rt McKenzie, te Young, qb Herrmann, fb Augustyniak, tb Jones/McCall, fl Harris, k Seibel


1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Starters
Defense: de Kingsbury, lt Clark, mg Loushin, rt Jackson, de Turner, lb Motts/Looney/Marks, cb W. smith/Kay, ss Seneff, fs Williams/McKinnie, p Hayes


1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Staff
Assistants: Bob Bockrath, Leon Burtnett, Mike Hankwitz, Randy Hart, Doug Redmann, Bob Spoo, Larry Thompson, Ed Zaunbrecher


1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Michigan State
Mark Herrmann broke the Big Ten career completion record set by Michigan State's Ed Smith in the previous year.


1979 Qatif Uprising
The 1979 Qatif Uprising was a period of unprecedented civil unrest that occurred in Qatif and Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, in late November 1979. The unrest resulted in 20–24 people killed in what was described as a sectarian outburst of violence between the Shi'a minority and Sunni majority in Saudi Arabia and the beginning of the modern phase of the Qatif conflict.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Background, Status of Shiites in Saudi Arabia
Since Al-Hasa and Qatif were conquered and annexed into the Emirate of Riyadh in 1913 by Ibn Saud, Shiites in the region had experienced state oppression. Unlike most of Saudi Arabia, Qatif and much of the Eastern Province has a Shiite majority, and the region is also being of key importance to the Saudi government due to it both possessing the bulk of Saudi oil reserves as well as the main Saudi refinery and export terminal of Ras Tanura, which is situated close to Qatif.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Background, Status of Shiites in Saudi Arabia
Furthermore, despite possessing the bulk of the oil which funds the Saudi state, the region had traditionally was Semi - Neglected by central government and left to be a regular community, with developmental priority being given to Sunni majority areas, with the region particularly lagging in respect to healthcare. When American jets landed in Dhahran King Abdulaziz Air Base for manoeuvres, the Shiites organized the biggest demonstration ever. The demonstrators spent the evening of 11 November 1979 shouting slogans against the royal family and the Americans.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Background, Increased community tensions in leadup to the uprising
With the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Shiites in the region felt encouraged to try to secure equal treatment as that given to Sunnis. Shiites in Saudi Arabia were very receptive to Ruhollah Khomeini and his attacks on the Saudi royal family on the grounds that Islam and hereditary kingship are not compatible. As a result, 1979 saw a marked increase in the mobilization of the Shiite community in Saudi Arabia, with demonstrations often being centered on Shiite festivals. The celebration of these festivals, including that of the Day of Ashura, was banned.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Background, Increased community tensions in leadup to the uprising
Although the Shiite minority was looked down upon by the Saudi Community, this traditionally was rarely in the form of direct violence against the community. In the lead-up to the uprising, due in part to unease about growing discontent within the community, the Saudi security services began to engage in more direct oppression, such as through mass detentions of individuals without trial for many months, serving to increase tension between the Shiite community and the Saudi security apparatus.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Background, Establishment of the OIR
The OIR emerged as a force on the eve of the attempted Qatif Uprising in 1979. In the ensuing violence many OIR members and supporters were arrested. The OIR itself claimed that 60 of its members died, 800 were wounded, and that 1,200 were arrested. Following the failed uprising Saffar, along with much of the leadership of the OIR, went into exile in Iran, along with Western Europe and North America. Within Iran, most of the exiles tended to congregate in Tehran, where the Saudis constituted the bulk of the students at the Hawza of the Imam of the Age.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, November 25
In August, Shiite community leaders in Qatif announced that they would publicly celebrate the Day of Ashura festival, despite the fact that celebration of Shiite festivals was banned. Despite government threats to disperse protests, on 25 November 4,000 Shiite in Safwa took to the streets to publicly celebrate the Day of Ashura.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, November 28
Encouraged by the march in Safwa, protests spread to other parts of the Qatif area, and on the evening of 28 November thousands took to the streets of Saihat, close to Dammam. Protesters shouted anti-regime slogans demanding the abdication of the King, and the protesters advanced on a nearby group of National guardsmen. The violent confrontation with Saudi security forces was led by the protesters and by Hussein Mansur al-Qalaf, a recent graduate from Aramco's Industrial Training Center.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, November 28
The Saudi National Guardsmen initially controlled the crowd through the use of clubs and electric prods, which angered the crowd and was met by protesters throwing stones and wielding bars and wooden canes as weapons, with some of the Shiites holding sharp weaponry. The National Guardsmen then opened fire with rubber bullets on the crowd, wounding, amongst others, the 19-year-old Hussein Mansur al-Qalaf.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, November 28
Qalaf was rushed to the local Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization by fellow protesters but was refused treatment by the administration of the facility as they didn't have prior government permission to treat him. He was then taken to the hospital in Qatif, which was more than a half-hour away, but Qalaf had died by the time they reached the hospital. The body was then seized by Saudi security forces, who told the family they would only release the body to investigate the cause of death. After a week the body was released by the government, despite the lack of evidence, on the condition that there would be a short funeral and the burial would be hurried. The family complied with the government conditions.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, Late November-early December
Following the initial protests and clashes there were numerous other skirmishes between protesters and state security forces, mostly in the Qatif area. These further skirmishes resulted in further deaths, including ten protesters who were fired on by security forces when they attempted to Damage Tarout Island and harm the Officers. There were also reports of random killings resulting from Shiite gangs beating Sunni citizens and Security Forces opening fire onto said gangs on the Surrounding Neighborhoods.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, Late November-early December
The protests largely dissipated after 3 December, when large Shia marches were held in Damman and Khobar. The bloody showdown between the armed forces and the Shiites had resulted in thousands of arrests, hundreds of injuries, and 24 deaths.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Events, Late November-early December
The Saudi authorities were also busy at the time dealing with the concurrent seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Aftermath, Government response
In response to the protest movement, the Saudi government acknowledged the poor conditions in Qatif and increased local spending in order to both address these issues and in turn placate the protest movement, with the local administration of Qatif being granted an extra 700 million Saudi Riyals in early December for a new sewage network, alongside 39 million for a street improvement program and 3.25 million for an experiment farm in Qatif. The governor of Al-Hasa also announced an extra 1 billion in spending on various local projects. These projects were only part of a comprehensive plan launched by the Saudi government in order to develop the Qatif region, with other projects including new hospitals, schools, and a Real Estate Development Fund designed to help locals build new homes for themselves also being announced.


1979 Qatif Uprising, Aftermath, Government response
The initial government response was largely successful, and Shia groups in the Qatif region largely abandoned the protest movement as well as the idea of challenging the Saudi state. However, the project's aim was to signal a real structural change in the Saudi government's attitudes towards Shiites in the Kingdom.


1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 6 June 1979 in Australia.


1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.


1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia), Order of Australia
The following appointments were made in the Order of Australia.


1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia), Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
The following appointments were made in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.


1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia), Order of the British Empire
The following appointments were made in the Order of the British Empire.


1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
The 1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 1979年度十大中文金曲得獎) was held in 1979 for the 1978 music season.


1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大中文金曲) of 1979 are as follows.


1979 Race of Champions
The 1979 Race of Champions was a Formula One non-championship motor race held at Brands Hatch, United Kingdom on 15 April 1979. The field was made up of seven Formula One cars that competed in the World championship while the rest of the field usually competed in the Aurora series.


1979 Race of Champions, Race summary
Brabham had brought two brand new BT48s onto the circuit. Another new car introduced was the Lotus 80, but Mario Andretti only used it in qualifying. Ferrari's Gilles Villeneuve drove a slightly modified 1978 Ferrari 312 T3 instead of the new 312 T4.


1979 Race of Champions, Race summary
At the start Niki Lauda got away well from the front row and quickly pulled a lead of a few seconds, while the pole sitter Mario Andretti was dropped down to third. Gilles Villeneuve was second, followed closely by Andretti and Nelson Piquet. By lap eight the chasing three drivers had caught Lauda and they were going nose to tail. But that didn't last for long, as Lauda had to pit at the end of the eight lap, but he was able to rejoin rather quickly.


1979 Race of Champions, Race summary
Villeneuve took over the lead, only to lose it a few laps later as he ran wide at the exit of Hawthorn corner. Andretti moved into the lead in his Lotus 79. On lap 11 Piquet was also forced to pit in, so the leading battle was between Andretti and Villeneuve, while Jochen Mass in the Arrows had taken advantage of the pitstops and moved up to third place.


1979 Race of Champions, Race summary
The positions in the front of the field remained the same for the next 12 laps. Andretti's lead was up to four seconds after Villeneuve's mistake, but the Canadian closed the gap slowly but surely. By lap 26 Villeneuve was all over the back of Andretti and a few laps later took the inside line into Paddock Hill bend and retook the lead. Andretti had no answer to Villeneuve's pace and the gap increased rapidly. Piquet had moved ahead of Mass into third and his team mate Lauda, who had pitted twice, was fifth. A few laps from the end Piquet overtook the slowing Andretti as well. But in the end it was Villeneuve who crossed the line first, lapping everyone up to the fourth place man.


1979 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1979 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 53rd staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 11 March 1979 and ended on 1 April 1979.


1979 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Munster were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Connacht in the semi-final.


1979 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 1 April 1979, Leinster won the cup following a 1-13 to 1-09 defeat of Connacht in the final. This was their 18th Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1977.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak
The 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak was a tornado event that occurred on April 10, 1979, near the Red River Valley. It is noted for the F4 tornado that hit Wichita Falls, Texas, and is commonly referred to as "Terrible Tuesday" by many meteorologists. Additional tornadoes were reported across the Southern Plains as well as in the Mississippi River Valley on April 10–11, 1979.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Meteorological Synopsis
A deepening low pressure system formed in Colorado as a warm front lifted north pulling warm, moist, unstable air. There was strong upper level dynamics all coming together to produce strong tornado-producing supercells. In the early afternoon hours, three supercell thunderstorms formed. They moved northeastward, and as a trio spawned families of tornadoes. These supercells caused the most damaging tornadoes of the outbreak.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Meteorological Synopsis
The first tornado formed near Crowell, Texas, at around 3:05 p.m. About 35 minutes later, the first killer one of the outbreak ripped through Vernon and killed 11 people. Then the supercell spawned one that killed three people in Lawton, Oklahoma. The second supercell spawned one that moved 64 miles (103 km).


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Meteorological Synopsis
The third supercell was the one that formed the Seymour and Wichita Falls tornadoes as part of a three-member tornado family. The first tornado formed near Seymour at around 4:53 pm. The storm spawned a second tornado that moved through the south and east sides of Wichita Falls at around 6:00 pm. The third member of the family formed near Waurika, Oklahoma, at around 8:00 p.m.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Wichita Falls, Texas
The Wichita Falls tornado formed in Archer County and moved northeast and damaged a few rural homes and high voltage towers. It rapidly intensified as it entered the city near Memorial Stadium by McNiel Jr. High on Southwest Parkway, which was located to the west of Wichita Falls at approximately 6:07 p.m. damaging both structures severely. Hail the size of golf balls preceded the touchdown and continued for approximately 15 minutes. It then became calm before the winds began to pick up.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Wichita Falls, Texas
The massive wedge tornado, which was at its maximum 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, cut a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) swath of destruction through the south side of town, leveling everything in its path. It destroyed an apartment complex near the beginning of its path. It also took its first lives there. It later destroyed a restaurant, the majority of Sikes Senter, the major mall, and another apartment complex where it took more lives. Neighborhoods all along Southwest Parkway were leveled and nothing but debris and destruction remained.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Wichita Falls, Texas
A number of people tried to flee as the tornado moved along U.S. Highways 281 and 287. Roughly half of the 46 people killed were in their cars. It then moved into Clay County and changed its appearance to display a multiple-vortex structure. There were at times five separate vortices visible within the tornado. It inflicted additional damage south of Dean and Byers, but no more fatalities occurred. It crossed into Oklahoma where additional damage occurred before it dissipated.


1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Aftermath
At the end of the outbreak, 54 people lost their lives in Texas, three were killed in Oklahoma and one was killed in Indiana. The Wichita Falls tornado alone killed 42 people and caused $400 million in damage ($1.84 billion in today's dollars). The tornado cut a path 8 miles (13 km) through the city, with significant devastation.


1979 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum
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1979 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the People's Republic of the Congo on 8 July 1979. The new constitution was approved by 96.93% of voters, with a 90.3% turnout.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an adventure interactive drama video game developed and published by iNK Stories, with assistance from by N-Fusion Interactive. It was released in April 2016 for Microsoft Windows and macOS, in June 2016 for iOS devices, and in December 2016 for Android devices; the game was released in July 2018 for PlayStation 4, and August 2018 for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. The player controls Reza Shirazi, an aspiring photojournalist, who returns to Iran amidst the Iranian Revolution.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday
As he becomes more involved in the events of the Revolution, Reza is forced to make decisions in order to survive. The player make timed responses throughout the game, determining the outcome of the plot. They are tasked with taking in-game photographs of their surroundings, and given historical background of the events.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday
The game was in development for four years, and was created to combine elements from video games and documentaries with an engaging narrative. Game director Navid Khonsari, who was a child in Iran at the time of the Revolution, developed the game with the intention of making the player understand the moral ambiguity of the situation. The development team conducted extensive research for the game, interviewing historical scholars and Iranians who lived in Tehran during the Revolution, as well as gathering numerous archival photos and historical speeches. The game's performances were recorded using motion capture, and each of the characters was developed with ambiguous attitudes and morals.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday
At release, 1979 Revolution was well received by critics, with praise particularly directed at the narrative, characters and performances, and historical representations, though some criticism was directed at the quick-time sequences and visual quality. The game was also criticized by an Iranian journalist who declared it as propaganda. Khonsari felt afraid to reenter Iran as a result, and other members of the development team adopted aliases for protection. The game was nominated for multiple year-end accolades from several gaming publications.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Gameplay
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an adventure interactive drama video game. The player controls Reza Shirazi—an aspiring photojournalist who returns to Iran amidst the Iranian Revolution. Throughout the game, the player is presented with the ability to interact with their surroundings, including crowds of people on strike, and a homeless mother and her infant child. Upon interaction, the player is frequently prompted to take photographs of the selected person or event using Reza's camera. Menus appear on screen, comparing the in-game photograph to real images of the event taken by photographer Michel Setboun. The player also collects tapes throughout the game, featuring the speeches of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Gameplay
Some parts of the game require timed responses from the player, often leading to significant decisions that impact the game's story. Some conversation trees require the player to select a response within a limited time, otherwise Reza remains silent. The game also requires action choices, wherein the player must decide what to do in specific circumstances; for example, one sequences tasks the player with choosing whether to take aggression during a protest, or to take photographs. Other characters will respond to the decisions accordingly, and a notification feature indicates that a character will remember the selected response. In action-based sequences, the player follows on-screen prompts for quick time events in order to stay alive. Should the player fail to follow the prompts in the allocated time, the game restarts from prior to the quick time event.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
The game opens in 1980, as aspiring photojournalist Reza Shirazi (Bobby Naderi) is ambushed at his hideout by police, and taken to Evin Prison, where he is interrogated by Asadollah Lajevardi (Navid Negahban). Reza, who was part of the Iranian Revolution in an attempt to overthrow the Shah, chooses whether or not to cooperate with Asadollah, who goes by the name of Hajj Agha.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
The game cuts to September 1978, as 18-year-old Reza and his pacifist friend Babak Azadi (Omid Abtahi) watch crowds chanting about the revolution from a rooftop, and Reza takes photographs. The two then walk the streets, and arrive at a protest where revolution leaders are giving speeches. Reza's cousin Ali Shirazi (Nicholas Guilak) arrives and, when the protest is interrupted by soldiers and the crowd begins to disperse, he tries to convince Reza to throw rocks at the soldiers.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
Babak opposes, and Reza is left to decide whether to act aggressively and throw rocks, or act passively and voice his concerns instead. When the soldiers start threatening the crowds by firing, Reza and Babak flee into an alley, shortly followed by Ali and an injured Abbas (Ray Haratian), one of the revolution leaders who was stabbed in the commotion. After briefly being tended to, Abbas is escorted away by Ali and Bibi Golestan (Mozhan Marnò).


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
In a flashforward at the prison, Hajj brings out Reza's brother Hossein Shirazi (Farshad Farahat), and threatens to harm him if Reza does not cooperate and provide information about Bibi. The game returns to Reza and Babak, who arrive at the rebellion hideout. Reza meets with Abbas, who is convinced that one of the revolution leaders betrayed and stabbed him, and tasks Reza with discovering the culprit. As he is investigating, Reza is approached by some of the leaders and accused of stabbing Abbas. A brief argument ensues, but is shortly ended as police begin to ambush the hideout. Abbas hurriedly demands an answer from Reza regarding the betrayer, and Reza is forced to decide which of the revolution leaders stabbed Abbas. In a flashforward, Hajj reveals to Reza that he chose the wrong person, but they were killed shortly thereafter.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
At the hideout, Reza is arrested by the police, but Hossein arrives and demands to know where Ali is located. Reza refuses to tell him, and Hossein drives him to their parents' household. The following day at a protest, Reza and Babak discover that martial law has been declared. They move to the streets and join the large crowds. Soldiers arrive and demand the crowds to disperse; when the crowds hold their ground, the soldiers begin firing at them. Reza rushes to Ali, who has been shot, and bandages his wound.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
Babak and Bibi help move Ali away from the commotion and into an alley, where they find Hossein. Hossein aims his gun at Ali, threatening to shoot him for his crimes, and Ali produces his gun and threatens Hossein. Reza tries to convince the two to stop, but is interrupted by firing soldiers. Reza then chooses whom to save from the gunfire: Hossein or Ali. Should Reza save Hossein, the latter is thankful and directs him to the nearest hospital; Ali dies regardless of Reza's choice. Bibi and Reza escort Babak, who was wounded in the gunfire, towards the nearest hospital, but he shortly dies of his wounds.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Plot
In a flashforward to the prison, the ending is determined based on Reza's actions to Hossein throughout the game: if Reza was unpleasant to Hossein, Hajj frees the latter, who begins to choke Reza and demands Bibi's location; if Reza was favorable to Hossein, Hajj shoots and kills the latter, before pointing the gun to Reza's head and demanding Bibi's location.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development
1979 Revolution: Black Friday was in development for four years; the first two years consisted of seeking money from financiers, and the game was developed over the following two years. The game is based on events that occurred during the Iranian Revolution, namely Black Friday. The development team chose this setting shortly after the founding of development studio iNK Stories in 2010, as they felt the chaotic environment would make the player wary of which characters to trust. The team coined the term "vérité game" to describe 1979 Revolution, based on the cinéma vérité style of documentary filmmaking.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development
They consider it an interactive storytelling technique that combines elements from video games and documentaries, blending them with a flexible narrative. The team wanted to avoid the game being considered strictly educational, ensuring player entertainment and engagement was the highest priority. They also wanted to ensure that its simple gameplay would allow for both gamers and non-gamers to take part. Director Navid Khonsari said that the game's development was the result of "a culmination of doing games, falling in love with narrative storytelling and ... fascination with documentary".


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development
Khonsari first discussed the game in February 2011, announcing it as 1979: The Game; it was set to feature eight to ten playable characters, the first of which was an American-born State Department translator whose objective was to free the hostages in the Iran hostage crisis. It was initially intended to be episodic, consisting of three or nine episodes, with Black Friday set to be the focus of the first episode, but was later reduced to one game.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development
A crowdfunding campaign for the game was launched on Kickstarter in 2013 with a goal of US$395,000, but failed to reach its goal, with a total of US$304,741 raised. Additional fundraising was set up on the game's website. Following the failed campaign, the team partnered with the New Frontier Story Lab at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 and 2015, the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, and the Doris Duke Foundation. It was also selected for demonstration at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2015 as part of Interactive at Sheffield, and was playable at PAX West in 2016.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development
1979 Revolution was approved through Steam Greenlight in July 2015, and was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on April 5, 2016, iOS devices on June 10, 2016, Android devices on December 14, 2016, PlayStation 4 on July 31, 2018, Nintendo Switch on August 2, 2018, and Xbox One on August 3, 2018. The game was also planned to have Oculus Rift support; the team rewrote one of the interrogation scenes to fit with the experience. 1979 Revolution runs on the Unity game engine. Khonsari has expressed interest in a sequel, stating that it depends on the commercial success of the first game. He is also interested in developing additional games about other historical events.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Story and setting
Khonsari was a child in Iran at the time of the Revolution, and left the country shortly after it ended. Khonsari developed the game with the intention of making the player understand the moral ambiguity of the situation, due to the different beliefs in Iran, and to "feel the passion and the elation of being in the revolution". When the initial game concept was conceived, the location of Iran had not been decided; the development team was attracted to the idea of a game set during a revolution, ultimately settling on the Iranian Revolution. When representing the concept of a revolution, the development team wished to demonstrate the multiple definitions of the term. Khonsari stated that they "wanted to embrace that spirit of revolution, but we also show the trajectory of a revolution", regarding the true negative and complicated results of real revolutions.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Story and setting
The team interviewed a group of 40 Iranians who lived in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. The game's setting and environments are based on photographs taken by real photojournalists during the era, such as Michel Setboun, and graffiti on the streets of Tehran at the time. The team also studied many documentaries, films, journals and documents regarding Iran, and sought feedback from academic, political, religious and cultural advisers. They interviewed over fifty history scholars, including sociologist and political scientist Jack Goldstone, gathered about 1,500 archival photos, and collected many of Ayatollah Khomeini's speeches during their research for the game.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Story and setting
The home video footage featured in the game is that of Khonsari's grandfather, recorded in Super 8 film from the 1950s to 1979. Producer Navid Negahban, who portrayed Hajj Agha in the game, was a high school student at the time of the Revolution. He said that the script "brought back memories", and he provided information to the writers based on his personal experiences of the time.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Character development
The game's performances were mostly recorded using motion capture technology, with remaining audio elements recorded later in a studio. The motion capture studio—House of Moves, in Los Angeles—uses over 70 cameras, synchronized to capture the full-body motion of each actor. The 90-page script for the game was recorded in three days of shooting on April 13–15, 2015. Khonsari, who directed the performances, shot full "master" takes in which the actors performed the entire scene without cutting; this was done to save time during production.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Character development
The game was initially set to follow the stories of 8–10 playable characters, beginning with an American-Iranian State Department translator trying to free American hostages. This was later reduced to a single character: an aspiring Iranian photojournalist. Khonsari's goal was to allow the player to "see the world is a lot more gray than black and white", achieving this by having a protagonist who experienced the Revolution. The game's characters are based on the interviews conducted with Iranians who experienced the Revolution. Executive producer Vassiliki Khonsari said the characters "do not fall into the typical good guy/bad guy, but everyone is a shade of gray ... to show the complexity of history". The team featured a variety of characters from different families, beliefs and social classes.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Development, Character development
Farshad Farahat, who portrayed Hossein Shirazi in the game, was present during the 2009 Iranian protests. He appreciated the game's interactivity, and the choices that the player is forced to make. The development team felt that allowing player choice for some of the game's dialogue and actions allowed for a more personable experience, and for the player to connect with the story and characters. Khonsari felt that it allows for a better understanding of the events and experiences of the revolution. The team also ensured that most choices had some effect, stating "a subtle or significant decision has repercussions".


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
1979 Revolution: Black Friday was well received by critics. Review aggregator Metacritic calculated an average score of 80 out of 100 based on 25 reviews for the PC version, 77 out of 100 based on seven reviews for the Nintendo Switch version, and 70 out of 100 based on ten reviews for the PlayStation 4 version. Reviewers liked the game's narrative, characters, and historical representations, though some criticism was directed at its quick-time sequences, and visual quality.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
IGN's Chloi Rad commended the game's blend of drama and action, as well as the realistic depiction of violence, and felt that the game's setting and period helped demonstrate the spirit of the revolution. Andrew Todd of Gameplanet praised the game's manner of dealing with issues like inequality, theocracy, and causes of anti-Americanism, and noted that they help create the atmosphere of the story and setting. Eurogamer's Jeffrey Matulef found the narrative's moral ambiguity refreshing, particularly the depiction of corrupting good people. He felt that the development team being primarily Iranian added to the game's authenticity. Kotaku's Evan Narcisse similarly appreciated the ambiguity, noting its close imitation to the era. The choices presented in the game split reviewers; some found them important and scary, while others found them ultimately inconsequential.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
Eurogamer's Matulef declared the game's characters superior and more sympathetic over those in other games, which would depict them "as cardboard henchmen or stormtroopers". IGN's Rad found the character of Reza to be likable, and Game Informer's Javy Gwaltney considered his story fascinating. The game's acting also received high praise; IGN's Rad called the performances "powerful", and Kotaku's Narcisse felt that they have the ability to "pull players into the drama". Gameplanet's Todd felt that the characters often "speak in exposition rather than emotion", but that "when the drama works, it really works".


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
Alexander Kriss of Kill Screen found the game's historical information to be "both genuinely educational but also tantalizing in their brevity", noting their reinforcement of the story's themes. IGN's Rad commended the game's ability to deliver enriching information "without bombarding" the player. Gameplanet's Todd deemed the setting of Iran "convincing and real", praising its complexity and detail, although found the density of the history somewhat overwhelming. Eurogamer's Matulef felt that the information may provide too much backstory for the characters and events, but attributed this to personal preferences.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
Criticism was directed at the game's quick-time sequences. Kotaku's Narcisse considered them clunky, and Eurogamer's Matulef found them to be "poorly constructed". Game Informer's Gwaltney similarly felt them to be "shoehorned" in between dialogue encounters. Kill Screen's Kriss wrote that such sequences are featured in games like The Walking Dead (2012) to reinforce a sense of urgency in the player, but felt that this is unnecessary in 1979 Revolution, as "the tension already feels real enough". The game's visuals also received mixed responses.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Critical response
Game Informer's Gwaltney considered the art and environments "impeccable", but criticized the character models; Eurogamer's Matulef likewise condemned the models and textures, describing the graphics as "competent at best and an eyesore at worst". IGN's Rad echoed similar remarks, identifying awkward animations of background characters, and Gameplanet's Todd felt that 1979 Revolution "lacks the polish" of works by Telltale Games.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Accolades
1979 Revolution: Black Friday received multiple nominations from gaming publications. It was nominated for Best Adventure Game from IGN at E3 2016. After its release, the game won the Grand Jury Award at IndieCade, and Best Meaningful Play at the 13th Annual International Mobile Gaming Awards. It was nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2016, for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and the D.I.C.E. Sprite Award at the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and for Best Adventure Game and Best Story from IGN.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Accolades
It was nominated for three awards at the New York Game Awards: Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game, and Herman Melville Award for Best Writing. The game was nominated for Excellence in Narrative at the 19th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards, where it also received honorable mentions for Best Audio and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize; it received an honorable mention for Best Debut at the 17th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. It won Game of the Year and Best Gameroom Game from Facebook in 2017.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Controversy
When the game started gaining popularity in June 2012, Iranian conservative newspaper Kayhan published pieces naming the game "pro-Western propaganda", and accusing director Navid Khonsari of espionage, and he felt afraid to reenter the country as a result. Members of the development team were also prompted to use aliases to protect themselves, and the game's concept artist fled Iran due to his involvement in the development. "Anytime Iran has something written about them in the west, they feel as if it is propaganda against them," Khonsari said.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Controversy
Following the release of 1979 Revolution in April 2016, the National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG) blocked all websites distributing the game in Iran, and began an operation to gather all copies illegally distributed in the country. NFCG director Hassan Karimi claimed the game has "hostile intentions and objectives", stating that it may "poison the minds of the youth and young adults ... by means of false and distorted information". Executive producer Vassiliki Khonsari felt that the ban is a result of the game documenting "the facts that different ideologies, different economic classes, different social classes came together to overthrow the Shah", which she described as the "gray area" that the NFCG accused of being inaccurate.


1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Reception, Education
In November 2016, 1979 Revolution: Black Friday was featured in a UNESCO report by Paul Darvasi about the impact of video games on learning about conflict resolution. Darvasi stated that the game "might be studied to determine if [it] can be used to support the production of historical empathy, global empathy, and ethnocultural empathy, all which contribute to the acquisition and development of intercultural understanding".


1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen
The 14th Rhein-Pokalrennen (Rhine-Cup Race), was the Round Eight of the 1979 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was the second time F2 visited the Hockenheimring, during the 1979 season, with the race on 10 June.


1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen, Report, Entry
A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event, however just 24 took part in qualifying. As with previous F2 events at Hockenheim, the race would be run over two heats, and the result aggregated to decide the winner.


1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen, Report, Qualifying
Stephen South took pole position for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in his March-BMW 792, for both Heats.


1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen, Report, Race
The final was held over 40 laps of the Hockenheim Grand Prix circuit, split into two 20 lap heats. Stephen South took impressive lights-to-flag victories in both heats, for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in their March-BMW 792. South won in an aggregated time of 1hr 20:56.57mins., averaging a speed of 126.004 mph. Second place went to his team-mate, Derek Daly. The best of the works March's was Beppe Gabbiani in third, ahead of Patrick Gaillard, Marc Surer and Bobby Rahal. Guest driver, Hans-Joachim Stuck had pushed South hard during Heat 1, before retiring with engine failure.


1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1979 was conducted on 18 March 1979 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.


1979 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
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1979 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1979 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–9–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the conference.


1979 Rhodesian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Rhodesia on 30 January 1979. It followed the Internal Settlement drawn up between Prime Minister Ian Smith and Abel Muzorewa, leader of the non-violent UANC. The new constitution would bring in black majority rule in the country, which would be renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia. The settlement was supported by the ruling Rhodesian Front, but opposed by the Rhodesian Action Party, which had broken away from the Front.


1979 Rhodesian constitutional referendum
The referendum was open only to white voters, passing by 85%. Voter turnout was 71.5%.


1979 Rhodesian constitutional referendum
Despite the transition to majority rule following elections in April, the country remained unrecognised by the international community, and the Patriotic Front parties continued the Bush War until the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement and fresh elections in 1980.


1979 Rice Owls football team
The 1979 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Ray Alborn, the team compiled a 1–10 record.


1979 Richmond Spiders football team
The 1979 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spiders were led by sixth year head coach Jim Tait and played their home games at City Stadium. They were classified as an Independent. The 1979 campaign marked Tait's final year as head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–11 record.


1979 Richmond WCT
The 1979 Richmond WCT, also known by its sponsored name United Virginia Bank Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Richmond, Virginia in the United States. The event was part WCT Tour which was incorporated into the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from January 29 through February 4, 1979. First-seeded Björn Borg won the singles title.


1979 Richmond WCT, Finals, Doubles
Brian Gottfried /  John McEnroe defeated  Ion Ţiriac /  Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3


1979 Rivers State gubernatorial election
The 1979 Rivers State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. NPN candidate Melford Okilo won the election.


1979 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Results
Melford Okilo representing NPN won the election. The election held on July 28, 1979.


1979 Romania rugby union tour of Wales
The 1979 Romania rugby union tour of Wales was a series of five matches played by the Romania national rugby union team in Wales in September and October 1979. The Romanian team won four of their tour matches and lost the fifth, against a full-strength Welsh national side, by only a single point. Wales were the reigning Five Nations champions at the time although they designated their team Wales XV for the game and did not award full international caps.


1979 Romika Cup
The 1979 Romika Cup was a men's Grand Prix Tennis Circuit tennis tournament held at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, West Germany. It was the 63rd edition of the tournament which was held from 22 May through 27 May 1979. First-seeded Manuel Orantes won the singles title.


1979 Romika Cup, Finals, Doubles
Wojciech Fibak /  Tom Okker defeated  Jürgen Fassbender /  Jean-Louis Haillet 7–6, 7–5


1979 Romika Cup – Doubles
Ion Ţiriac and Guillermo Vilas were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1979 Romika Cup – Doubles
Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker won the title, defeating Jürgen Fassbender and Jean-Louis Haillet 7–6, 7–5 in the final.


1979 Romika Cup – Singles
Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1979 Romika Cup – Singles
Manuel Orantes won the title, defeating Wojtek Fibak 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


1979 Rose Bowl
The 1979 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played in Pasadena, California, on January 1, 1979. It was the 65th Rose Bowl Game. The USC Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, (co) champions of the Big Ten Conference, 17–10. USC running back Charles White and Michigan quarterback Rick Leach were named the Players of the Game.


1979 Rose Bowl, Teams, Michigan
Michigan came into the game ranked fifth in both major polls with a 10–1 record, with their only loss to Michigan State. The Wolverines tied for the Big Ten title with Michigan State, and earned the Rose Bowl berth because the Spartans were on probation. Michigan had been to the previous two Rose Bowls, but lost both.


1979 Rose Bowl, Teams, USC
USC came into the game ranked third in both major polls with an 11–1 record. In September, USC decisively defeated then #1 ranked Alabama 24–14 in Birmingham, but subsequently suffered their lone defeat to new Pac-10 member Arizona State, falling 20–7 in Tempe in mid-October. USC defeated UCLA 17–10 to win the Pac-10, and then closed out the regular season by defeating defending national champion Notre Dame 27–25. USC had also defeated Big-10 regular season co-champion Michigan State 30–9 in late September. The Trojans entered the game as five-point favorites.


1979 Rose Bowl, Charles White's "Phantom Touchdown"
USC had driven deep into Michigan territory in the second quarter. At the three-yard line in a dive over the middle towards the goal-line, Charles White was hit hard by Michigan's great middle linebacker Ron Simpkins and fumbled the ball before he entered the end-zone. The officials for this game were made up of a Pac-10/Big Ten crew. Upon White's fumble, the umpire (a Pac-10 official) immediately and correctly marked the ball around the one-yard line and signaled that there had been a change of possession.


1979 Rose Bowl, Charles White's "Phantom Touchdown"
Then the line judge, a Big Ten official, came running in raising his hands signaling that White had scored a touchdown. This touchdown has become known as White's "Phantom Touchdown" as he was awarded the score after first fumbling, and entered the end-zone without the ball. This has been confirmed by White himself.


1979 Rose Bowl, Charles White's "Phantom Touchdown"
The touchdown put USC up 14–3 and they added a field goal before halftime. The only score in the second half was an extended play by Michigan in the third quarter that resulted in a 44-yard touchdown pass.


1979 Rose Bowl, Earthquake
A mild earthquake, 4.6 on the Richter scale, took place shortly before halftime but caused no disruptions.


1979 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Earlier in the day at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, #2 Alabama upset #1 Penn State, 14–7. USC vaulted into the #1 spot in the UPI poll, while Alabama was first in the AP poll.


1979 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The loss was Michigan's third straight in the Rose Bowl and fourth consecutive in major bowls; their most recent postseason win was in January 1965. Two years later, they returned to Pasadena and won the Rose Bowl.


1979 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
This was the fifth straight win for the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl and ninth in the last ten. USC returned the following year and successfully defended their title.


1979 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
This was the final Rose Bowl for television broadcaster Curt Gowdy; Dick Enberg took over play-by-play duties the following year.


1979 Rothmans International Series
The 1979 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Australian Formula 5000, World Formula 1 and Australian Formula Pacific cars. It was the fourth and final Rothmans International Series. The series was won by Larry Perkins driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet.


1979 Rothmans International Series, Calendar
The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.


1979 Rothmans International Series, Points system
Points were awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first three rounds.


1979 Rothmans International Series, Points system
Points were awarded on a 15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first fifteen places at the fourth round.


1979 Round Australia Trial
The 1979 Round Australia Trial, officially the Repco Reliability Trial was the twelfth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 5 and 19 August 1979. The event covered 19,000 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Peter Brock, Matt Philip and Noel Richards, driving a Holden Commodore.


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship also known as the Women's World Invitational Curling Championship or The Royal Bank Ladies World Curling Championship was the first ever women's world championship. It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth, Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979.


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships. The Championship was won by Switzerland, who beat Sweden 13-5 in the final.


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
The event was billed as the women's world championship, but was not sanctioned by the International Curling Federation at the time.


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lindsay Sparkes Third: Dawn Knowles Second: Robin Wilson Lead: Lorraine Anne Bowles


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Iben Larsen Third: Astrid Birnbaum Second: Marianne Jørgensen Lead: Helena Blach


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Janette Forrest Third: Enid Logan Second: Mary Aitchison Lead: Dorothy Shell


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Erna Gay Skip: Paulette Delachat Second: Suzanne Parodi Lead: Huguette Jullien


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Susi Kiesel Third: Gisela Lunz Second: Heidi Schapman Lead: Trudi Benzing


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Nella Alvera Third: Paola Zardini Second: Lidia Cavallini Lead: Loredana Da Giau


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ellen Githmark Third: Eli Kolstad Second: Kirsten Vaule Lead: Ingvill Githmark


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Beth Lindsay Third: Ann McKellar Second: Jeanette Johnston Lead: May Taylor


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Birgitta Törn Third: Katarina Hultling Second: Susanne Gynning-Ödling Lead: Gunilla Bergman


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Gaby Casanova Third: Betty Bourquin Second: Linda Thommen Lead: Rosi Manger


1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Nancy Langley Third: Dolores Wallace Second: Leslie Frosch Lead: Nancy Pearson


1979 Royal Tru-Orange season
The 1979 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1979 Royal Tru-Orange season, Championship
In the Second (Open) Conference, the Orangemen signed 6-7 Larry Pounds, a fifth-round draftee of the Golden State Warriors in 1975, and 6-11 Otto Moore, a veteran of NBA wars for nine seasons, as their imports. Royal emerge on top of the standings after the two-round eliminations with 13 wins and 3 losses and made it to the championship round by posting a 5-1 won-loss slate in the semifinals. On October 23, RTO defeated Crispa, 110–102, to reach the PBA finals for the first time in franchise history.


1979 Royal Tru-Orange season, Championship
On November 6, Royal Tru-Orange won their first PBA crown by defeating the Toyota Tamaraws, 102–101, rookie Ramon Dizon was the spark that ignited veterans on the team  Game 4 of the title playoffs for a 3-1 series victory. The Orangemen took the first two games, 104–99 and 100–95, the Tamaraws avoided a sweep by winning the third game, 99–98.


1979 Royal Tru-Orange season, Championship
Royal Tru-Orange joins U/Tex Wranglers as the only other ballclub not named Crispa or Toyota, to have won a PBA title in the 1970s as RTO mentor and former olympian Edgardo Ocampo won his first championship as a head coach.


1979 Rudé Právo Cup
The 1979 Rudé Právo Cup was the third edition of the Rudé Právo Cup ice hockey tournament. Five teams participated in the tournament, which was won by the Soviet Union.


1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8-3 record while competing as an independent. The team outscored its opponents 243 to 174. Against ranked opponents, the team lost, 45-10, to #7 Penn State and defeated #17 Tennessee, 13-7. The team's statistical leaders included Ed McMichael with 1,529 passing yards, Albert Ray with 567 rushing yards, and David Dorn with 468 receiving yards.


1979 Ryder Cup
The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held September 14–16, 1979, in the United States, at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.


1979 Ryder Cup
It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup. For the first time, players from continental Europe took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido of Spain). The new Team Europe replaced Great Britain and Ireland as the official opposition to the United States. It was hoped that the change would help raise the profile of the competition and bring about the end of near total domination by the United States that had existed since the end of the Second World War.


1979 Ryder Cup
However the change made no real impact at the first attempt as the United States won the competition easily by a score of 17 to 11 points and led after every session. Ballesteros and Garrido played together in all four team sessions and were 1–3; both lost their singles matches on Sunday. All four of Ballesteros' losses came against Larry Nelson.


1979 Ryder Cup
Jack Nicklaus, age 39, failed to make the team for the first time since missing his first chance at making the team in 1967. Tom Watson left the day before the competition for the birth of his first child and was replaced on the team by first alternate Mark Hayes.


1979 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was similar to the formats used from 1963 through 1975, but with fewer singles matches:


1979 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.


1979 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


1979 Ryder Cup, Controversy and fallout
On their return to the United Kingdom, Mark James and Ken Brown received the highest fines in professional golf up to this point. James received a £1500 fine for "unprofessional conduct" and Brown was fined £1000 and banned from international duty for 12 months.


1979 SANFL Grand Final
The 1979 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide beat South Adelaide by 63 to 32. There was a strong breeze, and all goals were scored at the same end.


1979 SANFL Grand Final
As of 2017, this is South Adelaide's last Grand Final appearance.


1979 SANFL season
The 1979 South Australian National Football League season was the 100th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1979 SANFL season
The final five was Central Districts, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Norwood and Woodville. Woodville was competing in the finals for the first time, but lost the Elimination Final to Norwood. Central Districts won their first minor premiership, but lost both its finals, first to Port then to South.


1979 SANFL season, Finals series, Grand Final
This is South Adelaide's last grand final appearance to date.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series
The 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series was the inaugural season for the CART Indy car series. It was the first national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 14 races. Rick Mears was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Bill Alsup. The 1979 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his first of four victories in the event.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series
The 1979 season was filled with controversy on and off the track. During the offseason, several Indy car owners broke off from USAC, and formed Championship Auto Racing Teams, a new sanctioning body to govern the sport of open wheel Indy car racing. USAC continued to sanction their Gold Crown Championship, resulting in two parallel national championships for 1979. The controversy over the first "split" in Indy car racing came to its first climax at the 1979 Indianapolis 500, when USAC rejected entries by certain CART owners. The owners won a court injunction to be allowed to race, and later, another controversy erupted, this time involving illegal wastegate exhaust pipes.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series
The 1979 CART season was held through an arrangement such that it fell under the sanctioning umbrella of SCCA. This one-year, temporary arrangement was such that it would be formally recognized by ACCUS.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series
With three wins, two poles, and 14 top tens (no finish worse than 7th), Rick Mears ran away with the inaugural CART championship title. Mears took a large points lead after winning the Indy 500, and never relinquished the top spot through the remainder of the season. Bobby Unser won six races, and finished second in points.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed for the 1979 CART World Series.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Schedule
The California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway was originally scheduled as a USAC race for September 2, but was switched mid-season to a CART series race. Additional races at Mosport and Rockingham were ultimately cancelled.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Races 7 and 8: Norton Twin 125s
In the first race, Bobby Unser won the pole, followed by Al Unser, Gordon Johncock, Wally Dallenbach Sr., and Rick Mears. Johncock jumped out to lead the first three laps, but Bobby Unser fought back and led until the first caution flew on lap 11 for Spike Gehlhausen's stalled car. Lee Kunzman stayed out under the caution and took the lead, while Bobby Unser's engine blew on lap 21. Al Unser would pick up the lead after the caution flew for Danny Ongais spinning, but he miscalculated fuel mileage and ran out of fuel with 17 laps to go. This allowed Gordon Johncock to take the lead and win. Mike Mosley finished second, Johnny Rutherford third, Rick Mears fourth and Wally Dallenbach Sr. fifth. 11 laps into the race, Tom Sneva encountered a fire in his pits, but no one was hurt.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Races 7 and 8: Norton Twin 125s
Before the second race, Bobby Unser's crew installed a new engine. Mike Mosley led the first lap, but he had fuel pump problems the next lap and dropped out. Throughout the next 25 laps, Johnny Rutherford and Rick Mears would trade the lead, before Unser charged to the front on lap 28 and never looked back, winning the race. Rick Mears finished second on track, but he was penalized for passing cars under the yellow, dropping him to fifth. Tom Sneva moved to second, Al Unser to third, and Gordon Johncock to fourth. Two cautions flew, the first for John Mahler's stalled car on lap 23 and the second for a crash involving Danny Ongais on lap 40.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Races 7 and 8: Norton Twin 125s
Following the second of the two races, Rick Mears was leading the points with a 460 point lead over Gordon Johncock. Bobby Unser was third, 470 points back, Johnny Rutherford fourth, 925 points back, and Mike Mosley rounded out the top 5, 960 points back.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Race 9: Kent Oil 150
Al Unser won the pole, with Bobby Unser, Danny Ongais, Rick Mears and Gordon Johncock making up the rest of the top five. In the race, Al and Bobby Unser dominated, the two brothers being the only ones to lead laps throughout the day. Bobby Unser took the lead for good after Al had transmission problems on lap 48, and led the rest of the race to win over Rick Mears. Gordon Johncock finished third, Danny Ongais fourth, and Al Unser fell to fifth.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Race 9: Kent Oil 150
With his win, Bobby Unser rose to second in points, 410 points behind Rick Mears. Gordon Johncock fell to third, 490 points back, Johnny Rutherford was in fourth, 1157 points back after dropping out with a blown engine, and Mike Mosley remained in fifth, falling to 1185 points behind after dropping out with a broken gearbox.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Race 10: Ditzler 150
Bobby Unser won the pole, with Gordon Johncock, Tom Sneva, Danny Ongais, and Rick Mears making up the rest of the top five.


1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series, Season Summary, Race summaries, Race 10: Ditzler 150
The race was postponed over a week due to rain. When the race did run, except for one lap led by Bill Alsup, Unser, Sneva, and Mears were the only ones to lead the race. Bobby Unser led the first 20 laps, before giving the lead to Mears. Tom Sneva then led at lap 57, followed by Unser regaining the lead on lap 69. Unser made a pit stop with 14 laps to go, giving the lead back to Sneva.