1979 Caribbean Series, Summary
Aguilas Cibaeñas represented the Dominican Republic and finished second with a 4-2 record. Managed by Johnny Lipon, the team got wins from reliever George Frazier (2-0) and starters Nino Espinosa (a four-hit shutout) and Ken Kravec, but with no help from a shaky defense, which committed nine errors for a series high, and lacking a clutch hitter in crucial situations. Other players in the roster included Joaquín Andújar (SP), Bob Beall (RP), Bill Castro (RP), Ted Cox (IF), Miguel Diloné (OF), Al Holland (RP), Juan Jiménez (RP), Silvio Martínez (SP), Omar Moreno (OF), Nelson Norman (IF) and Rennie Stennett (IF), among others.


1979 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Criollos de Caguas of Puerto Rico, managed by Félix Millán, wasted home field advantage, ending in third place with a 2-4 mark. The team was first in fielding percentage (.970, five errors), but posted poor numbers in pitching (5.65 ERA) and hitting (.249). DH Tony Pérez (.333) paced the offense, while Jackson Todd and Sheldon Burnside collected the two wins. A high point in the series was the presence of José Cruz and his brothers Tommy and Héctor in the roster. The team also featured pitchers Larry Anderson,  Dennis Martínez, Tim Stoddard  and John Verhoeven; catchers Ellie Rodríguez and Don Werner; infielders Tony Bernazard, Iván de Jesús, Luis Rosado, Dave Rosello and Jim Spencer, and outfielders Jim Dwyer, Tony Scott and Rusty Torres.


1979 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Mayos de Navojoa of Mexico, managed by Chuck Goggin, finished last at 1-5. Pitcher Arturo González had their lone win, against Puerto Rico, while Antonio Pollorena dropped two decisions. Among others, the roster included players as Mike Easler (DH), Garry Hancock (OF), Jeffrey Leonard (OF), Mario Mendoza (IF), Randy Niemann (P), Dave Rajsich (P), Enrique Romo (P) Alex Treviño (C), Bobby Treviño (OF), and 20-year-old rookie outfielder Rickey Henderson, a future Hall of Fame member.


1979 Carmarthen District Council election
An election to Carmarthen 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 in Wales.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
A referendum on the approval of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy was held in Catalonia on Thursday, 25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia bill organizing the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona into an autonomous community of Spain.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Catalan Assembly of Parliamentarians on 29 December 1978, and by the Congress of Deputies on 13 August 1979, but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales, as established by Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The referendum was held simultaneously with a similar vote in the Basque Country.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
The referendum resulted in 91.9% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 59.3%. Once approved, the bill was submitted to the consideration of the Cortes Generales, which accepted it on 29 November (in the Congress of Deputies) and 12 December (in the Spanish Senate), receiving royal assent on 18 December and published in the Official State Gazette on 22 December 1979.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Legal framework
Articles 143 and 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 provided for two ordinary procedures for regions to access autonomy status:


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Legal framework
Once initiated, failure in securing the requirements laid out in each of these procedures determined a five-year period during which the corresponding provinces or islands would not be able to apply for autonomy under the same Article.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Legal framework
Additionally, Article 144 provided for an exceptional procedure under which the Cortes Generales could, because of "national interest reasons": a) Authorize the constitution of an autonomous community when its territorial scope did not exceed that of a province and did not meet the requirements of Article 143; b) Authorize the approval of statutes of autonomy for territories not integrated into the provincial organization; and c) Replace the local councils' initiative referred to in Article 143.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Legal framework
Draft statutes of autonomy approved under the procedure outlined in Article 151 of the Constitution required for its subsequent ratification in referendum, once ruled favourably by the Constitutional Commission of the Congress of Deputies. Under such Article, the ratification required the affirmative vote of at least a majority of those validly issued.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Legal framework
The electoral procedures of the referendum came regulated under Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related legal provisions. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?" (Spanish: ¿Aprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de autonomía de Cataluña? ).


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
Historical precedents for Catalan autonomy after the Nueva Planta decrees of 1714 dated back to the Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873, with Catalonia as one out of the seventeen projected states within the Spanish federal state; the Commonwealth of Catalonia established in 1914 as the only such provincial association that came to exist; and finally as an autonomous region during the Second Spanish Republic.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
In 1931, the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: Generalitat de Catalunya) was restored, followed by the approval of a Statute of Autonomy in 1932 which was of application until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the disestablishment of the Second Republic, when Catalan autonomy was suppressed by the Francoist regime.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
The death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 and the start of the Spanish transition to democracy led to negotiations between the Spanish government under then Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and Catalan president-in-exile Josep Tarradellas over the issue of Catalan autonomy. Political conflict arose between the Catalan opposition, which aimed at re-establishing the 1932 Statute, and Josep Tarradellas, who still considered himself the valid representative of the Government of Catalonia and aimed for its restoration with himself at its helm.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
After the 1977 Spanish general election an agreement was reached between the Spanish government, Tarradellas and the newly constituted Assembly of Parliamentarians, resulted in the second restoration of the regional Catalan government on 5 October 1977 and in Tarradella's return to Catalonia on 23 October. The new Catalan statute of autonomy would be drafted throughout 1978, and on 29 December the so-called "Statute of Sau" (Catalan: Estatut de Sau) was submitted to the Constitutional Commission of the Congress of Deputies for its review as outlined under Article 151.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
The period was dominated by numerous disagreements within the Government of Catalonia—where an all-party cabinet had been formed—between President Tarradellas and the parties commanding a majority in the Assembly of Parliamentarians, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) and the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), which had seen attempts from Tarradellas to delay the Statute's submittal to the Cortes until after the first ordinary Spanish general election in 1979.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
The parliamentary transaction of the proposed Statute bogged down for some months as a result of the dissolution of the Cortes Generales to hold the 1979 general election on 1 March and electoral campaigning for the subsequent local elections on 3 April, and again after the governing Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) sought to amend the proposed text in June 1979 to limit the extent of devolution on a number of issues, such as language, justice, education, economy, electoral system and public order.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
The final draft would be passed by the Constitutional Commission on 13 August 1979 after lengthy negotiations between the Catalan parties and Adolfo Suárez's government; the resulting text would be described by most Catalan politicians as improving on the level of devolution of that of 1932, though Tarradellas would express his disagreement over it.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Date
The date for the referendum of ratification of the Statute was set immediately after its approval in the Cortes Generales, being approved by decree by the Council of Ministers on 14 September 1979 and published in the Official State Gazette on 24 September. The referendum date was scheduled for Thursday, 25 October 1979, to be held concurrently with the referendum on the Basque Statute of Autonomy.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Campaign
President Josep Tarradellas was initially opposed to supporting the Statute, affirming that it had been drafted "by some gentlement from the [political] parties and by Prime Minister Suárez" and that it was "not an agreement, but a diktat"; however, pressure from several regional ministers led to Tarradellas reluctantly accepting that the Executive Council recommended a "Yes" vote for the text ahead of the referendum. The regional Government launched an institutional campaign for the referendum under the "Vote the Statute" slogan (Spanish: Vote el Estatuto).


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Campaign
The People's Alliance (AP) did not recommend any explicit choice for the Statute and gave freedom of vote to its supporters. The Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) issued a manifesto during the campaign where it aimed for the Andalusian community in Catalonia to "have their rights guaranteed as a community with their own personality".


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading choice's colour. The "Lead" columns on the right show the percentage-point difference between the "Yes" and "No" choices in a given poll.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Results, Overall
Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
The referendum resulted in the Statute being ratified by a wide margin, but the low turnout of 59.3%—partly attributed to bad weather during voting day—and the perceived poor preparations on the referendum logistics from the Government of Catalonia were met with disappointment within the Catalan political class. The Statute was brought to the Cortes Generales for its final ratification: the Congress would pass it on 29 November, the Senate would do likewise on 12 December, and the text would receive royal assent on 18 December to be published in the Official State Gazette on the 22nd. After speculation on whether President Tarradellas would choose to trigger a government crisis that could delay the first regional election indefinitely, negotiations with the central government resulted in it being scheduled for 20 March 1980.


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
The Statute of Sau would allow Catalonia to acquire one of the highest levels of autonomy in Comparative Law, but it would also eventually lead to political conflict as other regions would attempt to achieve the same level of autonomy as that of the "historical regions".


1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
In January 1980, seeking to "rationalize" the autonomic process of all future autonomous regions over concerns that all would attempt to achieve maximum devolution within a short timeframe, the governing UCD officially would make public that it would not support the route of Article 151 for regions other than Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia, instead suggesting the application of the "slow-track" route of Article 143, which would eventually to the party's defeat in the Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum, as well as to the signing of the first autonomic pacts between UCD and PSOE on 31 July 1981, would see the agreement for a joint calendar of devolution for the remaining regions. This would be embodied through the approval, in 1982, of the Organic Law of Harmonization of the Autonomic Process (LOAPA).


1979 Cathay Trust Championships
The 1979 Cathay Trust Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 12 November through 18 November 1979. Fourth-seeded Bob Lutz won the singles title.


1979 Cathay Trust Championships, Finals, Singles
Bob Lutz defeated  Pat Du Pré 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3


1979 Cathay Trust Championships, Finals, Doubles
John Marks /  Mark Edmondson defeated  Pat Du Pré /  Bob Lutz 6–1, 3–6, 6–4


1979 Centennial Cup
The 1979 Centennial Cup is the ninth Tier II Junior "A" 1979 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1979 Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Abbott Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, and the Callaghan Cup.


1979 Centennial Cup
The tournament was hosted by the Prince Albert Raiders  in the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.


1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Revolución in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico between 15–17 June.


1979 Central Fidelity Banks International
The 1979 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Robins Center in Richmond, Virginia in the United States. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from August 13 through August 19, 1979. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.


1979 Central Fidelity Banks International, Finals, Doubles
Betty Stöve /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–4


1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team was an American football team that represented Central Michigan University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Herb Deromedi, the Chippewas compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Mid-American Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 291 to 133. The team played its home games in Perry Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 101,705 in five home games.


1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders were Gary Hogeboom with 1,404 passing yards, Willie Todd with 1,003 rushing yards, and Mike Ball with 457 receiving yards. Hogeboom was selected as the team's most valuable player and as the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. Seven Central Michigan players (OT Marty Smallbone, WR Mike Ball, RB Willie Todd, QB Gary Hogeboom, DT Bill White, DB Robert Jackson, and LB Tim Hollandsworth) received first-team All-MAC honors.


1979 Ceredigion District Council election
The third round election to Ceredigion 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 district and community councils in Wales.


1979 Ceredigion District Council election, Results, Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)
The sitting member was elected as an Independent in 1976.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)
The 1979 Challenge Cup was a series of international ice hockey games between the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League. The games were played on February 8, 10, and 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1978–79 NHL season. The Soviets defeated the NHL All-Stars 2 games to 1.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)
The team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League included 23 Canadians and 3 Swedish players. Bobby Orr commenting in the post-game interviews after Game 2, accidentally called the NHL All-Stars "Team Canada" (because of the number of Canadians on the roster). The Challenge Cup, unlike its predecessor, the Summit Series, included non-Canadian born players in the NHL rosters.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)
The NHL All-Stars team has been coached by Scotty Bowman. The Soviet Union national team has been coached by Viktor Tikhonov.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), Uniforms
The NHL vastly simplified their white All-Star uniforms, removing most of the striping and stars. The NHL shield on the front was enlarged, while the logos on the shoulders remained the same. The striping was reduced to two thin stripes, orange over black, separated by a thin white stripe. The names on the back remained in black with orange trim, and the numerals remained orange with black trim.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), Uniforms
The Soviet team used their standard red national uniforms, which they also used when touring against the teams of the World Hockey Association (while billed as the "Soviet All-Stars"). The jerseys featured two white stripes at the waistline - one thin stripe over a wider stripe studded with red diamonds. The sleeve stripes followed a similar pattern, but without the diamonds on the wide stripes, and an additional white stripe below the wide band. While the Soviet team normally used Cyrillic script on its uniforms, the names on the back of the jerseys for the Challenge Cup were romanized for the event. The front of the jerseys retained the Cyrillic СССР initials.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), Broadcasters
In the United States, Game 2, which was held on a Saturday afternoon, was shown on CBS as part of CBS Sports Spectacular. The network refused to expand CBS Sports Spectacular to carry the game in full so instead, the show came on during the second intermission, showed taped highlights of the first two periods, and then showed the final period live. The lead-in to Sports Spectacular was The World's Strongest Man. The then-CBS affiliate in Boston, the old WNAC-TV, broadcast a local college hockey game that led into Sports Spectacular.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), Broadcasters
The network, the show and their sponsors had a problem with the rink board advertising that the NHL sold at Madison Square Garden, and refused to allow them to be shown on television. As a result, CBS viewers were unable to see the far boards above the yellow kickplate, and could only see players' skates when the play moved to that side of the ice. Games 1 and 3 were shown on the NHL Network, where the advertising was no problem.


1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey), Broadcasters
Dan Kelly and Lou Nanne were the commentators for CBS while Dick Stockton served as the host.


1979 Champion Spark Plug 400
The 1979 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 19, 1979, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.


1979 Champion Spark Plug 400, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1968, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long.


1979 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Richard Petty defeated Buddy Baker by one second in essentially a fuel mileage race that determined whoever could preserve the most amount of fuel. There were 21 lead changes and five caution flags for 35 laps; making the race three hours and four minutes long. David Pearson earned the pole position with a speed of 162.992 miles per hour (262.310 km/h) while the average speed was 130.376 miles per hour (209.820 km/h). Blackie Wangerin would receive the last-place finish due to a crash with H.B. Bailey on lap 2 which resulted in Wangerin's car flipping outside of the track. John Anderson got his only top five finish in his Cup debut.


1979 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Al Rudd, Jr. would race his only NASCAR event here. The entire purse was $142,905 ($509,570.01 when adjusted for inflation). Notable crew chiefs for this race were Buddy Parrott, Joey Arrington, Kirk Shelmerdine, Darrell Bryant, Dale Inman, Harry Hyde, Bud Moore, Tim Brewer, and Jake Elder.


1979 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Jan Opperman, in a car owned by Will Cronkite was the only driver to not qualify.


1979 Chatham Cup
The 1979 Chatham Cup was the 52nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1979 Chatham Cup
Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Roundof the competition. In all, 131 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.


1979 Chatham Cup, The 1979 final
The final was the second all-Auckland final clash, the first having been between the same teams (but with a different winner) in 1973. North Shore's Adrian Elrick and Keith Hobbs appeared in both finals (the latter as a substitute in the first match), as did Mount Wellington's Tony Sibley and Bill de Graaf. North Shore won the final for a then-record equalling fifth time. The final was the first of five in a row to feature Mount Wellington.


1979 Chatham Cup, The 1979 final
The final has been described as "the one that slipped away", as the expected venue, Newmarket Park, was made unavailable after a small landslide destroyed much of the playing area. McLennan Park in Papakura stepped in as a replacement. Mount Wellington would have gone into the match as clear favourites, but the sending off of play-maker Brian Turner in the previous match rendered him suspended from the final,l evening the two sides up considerably.


1979 Chatham Cup, The 1979 final
In the first half goals were traded, with the Mount's John Leijh opening the scoring only for Keith Hobbs to level the score for North Shore. Early in the second spell Mount Wellington's Stewart Carruthers was sent off, tipping the scales towards the North Shore side. The Mount were entrenched deep in their own half for much of the remainder of the match but Ian Ormond was brought down in the box and slotted the ball home from the resulting penalty to take the cup over the Waitematā.


1979 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Won on penalties by Napier City Rovers (5-3) and Eden (5-4). † Halswell United and Wellington City disqualified


1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1979 Chicago Bears season
The 1979 Chicago Bears season was their 60th regular season and 14th postseason completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 10–6 record under second year coach Neill Armstrong but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the opening round of the playoffs.


1979 Chicago Cubs season
The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees. It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the county, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.


1979 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
On May 17, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23–22 at Wrigley Field in ten innings, with a 30-mph wind blowing out to left field. This was only the second time since 1913 that both teams scored 20 or more runs in a game, the only previous instance also being a Cubs–Phillies game.


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


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


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


1979 Chicago Marathon
The 1979 Chicago Marathon was the 3rd running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 21. The elite men's and women's races were won by Americans Dan Cloeter (2:23:20 hours) and Laura Michalek (3:15:45). A total of 2869 runners finished the race, a drop of nearly 1200 from the previous year.


1979 Chicago White Sox season
The 1979 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 80th season overall, and their 79th in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 73-87, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 15 games behind the first-place California Angels.


1979 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
The team opened the season with reserve infielder Don Kessinger acting as player-manager. He was relieved of his managerial duties on August 2, with the team's record at 46-60, at which point he also retired as a player. He was replaced by coach Tony La Russa, making his major league managerial debut. The team went 27-27 the rest of the season.


1979 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition Night (also known as "Anti-Disco Night" and "Disco Sucks Night") was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was held during a scheduled twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. After the first game, a throng of fans stormed the field, damaging it so badly that the second game had to be forfeited to Detroit.


1979 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1979 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1979 Chicago blizzard
The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches of snowfall in the two-day period. Only two to four inches of snow was expected but by the end of Sunday, January 14, the depth of snow on the ground peaked at 29 inches. The blizzard lasted for a total of 38 hours. At its peak, wind gusts reached speeds of 39 miles per hour. Five people died during the blizzard, with approximately 15 others seriously injured due to conditions created by the storm. One of the five deaths came when a snowplow driver went berserk, hitting 34 cars and ramming a man.


1979 Chicago blizzard
O'Hare Airport was closed and all flights were grounded for 96 hours, from January 13 to 15. The cold weather and snowfall throughout the rest of January and February resulted in frozen tracks throughout the Chicago 'L' system. Consequently, commuters overwhelmed the capacity of CTA buses, causing bus commutes that normally would have taken 30 to 45 minutes to take up to several hours. To avoid huge snowdrifts in the streets, the overcrowded buses were obliged to take numerous detours, adding additional time to the commute.


1979 Chicago blizzard, After the storm
Snow remained on the ground until March 6, a full fifty-one days. Deployment of plows was significantly delayed, and when they finally appeared they struggled to keep up with the snowfall. Much of the snow remained unmoved throughout the next two months, causing ongoing public transit delays and significant problems with trash collection. The city's inadequate response to the blizzard was blamed primarily on mayor Michael Bilandic, who had assumed the post after the 1976 death of Richard J. Daley. Newspaper articles at the time blasted Bilandic. Jane Byrne, Bilandic's main opposition in the Democratic primary, capitalized on this and defeated Bilandic in the February 27 primary, eventually becoming the first female mayor of Chicago.


1979 Chicago mayoral election
In the 1979 Chicago mayoral election, Democrat Jane Byrne defeated Republican Wallace Johnson by a landslide 66 percent margin of victory, winning more than 82 percent of the vote and becoming Chicago's first female mayor, and the first female mayor of any major American city.


1979 Chicago mayoral election
Byrne's 82 percent of the vote is the most any candidate has received in a Chicago mayoral election.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
In what was regarded to be a major upset to the Chicago Democratic political machine, Jane Byrne succeeded in pulling off an insurgent challenge to incumbent mayor Michael Bilandic.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Byrne, whom Bilandic had previously fired from the post of the city's Commissioner of Consumer Sales in 1977, had launched an underdog challenge to Bilandic, who had received the backing of the Cook County Democratic Party.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Turnout in the primary was among the greatest in Chicago mayoral history. By some reports, turnout was 839,443, which was  58.97% of Chicago's 1,423,476 voters. Turnout exceeded the average mayoral primary election turnout in the years since 1955 by more than 10 percentage points.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Byrne was a first-time candidate for elected office. She campaigned as a progressive reformer. Her campaign manager was Don Rose, who had previously served as the Chicago press secretary for Martin Luther King Jr. She attacked alderman such as Edward M. Burke and Ed Vrdolyak as an "evil cabal" who ran the city's government. Her candidacy was seen as a longshot.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Byrne had lambasted Bilandic's government's slow response to the 1979 Chicago blizzard, criticism which was greatly credited with fueling her upset victory.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary
Polls, up to the election day, had shown Bilandic in the lead.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Byrne won a majority of the vote in 29 of the city's 50 wards, with Bilandic winning a majority in the remaining 21 wards. She swept the city's black wards, winning more than 2/3 of votes from them.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Republican primary
Wallace D. Johnson, an investment banker who was the chairman of the firm Howe, Barnes & Johnson Inc., won a landslide victory in the Republican primary over his sole opponent. The total number of votes cast in the Republican primary was 21,144, equal to roughly 2.6% the 809,043 votes cast in the Democratic primary.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Republican primary
Johnson had, from 1970 through 1976, been a member of the Chicago Transit Authority board, where he was involved in creating the Super Transfer and Culture Bus, and in 1973 helped to lay the groundwork for the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, Primaries and nominations, Socialist Workers nomination
The Socialist Workers Party nominated Andrew Pulley. Pulley was a steelworker that had been the party's vice presidential nominee in 1972.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Democrat Byrne had the support of such trade unions as the Chicago Federation of Labor and United Auto Workers.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Socialist Workers Party nominee Pulley sought to convince voters that neither Democrats nor Republicans offered an adequate alternative for workers. He argued that, despite having support of trade unions, Byrne was "an anti-labor, anti-strike candidate". During his campaign, he urged trade union members to organize to form a labor party in Chicago, urging them to run independent labor candidates in the following year's congressional elections. Pulley, himself a member of United Steelworkers 1066 at U.S. Steel's Gary Works, argued, "If we don't act to establish a political party, the unions will be destroyed."


1979 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
With 82.05% of the vote, Byrne won the largest vote share in the history of Chicago mayoral elections (excluding the, invalid, April 1876 election). Wallace D. Johnson only carried 2 of the city's 3,100 precincts.


1979 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
Byrne won a majority of the vote in each of the city's 50 wards. In fact, Byrne won all but two of the city's 3,100 precincts.


1979 Chichester District Council election
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 1979, the same day as the general election.


1979 Chichester District Council election
The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.


1979 Chichester District Council election, Boundary changes
Boundary changes resulted in the creation of three new wards: Chichester North, Selsey North and Selsey South. The number of councillors representing Chichester West and Southbourne were reduced, from 5 to 3 and 4 to 3 respectively. The Selsey ward was abolished.


1979 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1979 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1979.


1979 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1979 Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach Dick Trimmer. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–3 FWC). The Wildcats were outscored by their opponents 150–234 for the season.


1979 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1980 NFL Draft.


1979 Chilean telethon
The 1979 Chilean telethon was the second version of the solidarity campaign held in Chile, which took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1979. The theme of this version was "Let's repeat the unbelievable." The symbolic girl was Valeria Arias.


1979 Chilean telethon
It was performed at the Teatro Casino Las Vegas (as was the First Telethon). This time, the goal was to surpass the total in the previous Telethon, and that money would serve to continue building the Teletón's rehabilitation institutes in Santiago, Antofagasta, Valparaiso and Concepcion.


1979 Chilean telethon
At 21:35 the target was passed with the total of: CL$ 85,427,324. Over the whole event a total of CL$138,728,450 was raised.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election
The Christchurch Central by-election of 1979 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the death of Bruce Barclay, a Labour Party MP, and resulted in Geoffrey Palmer, also of the Labour Party, being elected to replace him for the seat of Christchurch Central. Palmer would eventually go on to become Prime Minister. The by-election was somewhat embarrassing for the National Party, whose candidate was pushed into third place by Social Credit's Terry Heffernan.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Background
Bruce Barclay, the incumbent MP, died on 28 June 1979. He had been ill for some months prior to his death where it was reported he was suffering from cancer and had already had two surgical operations. His absence was noticed at Labour's first caucus meeting in February 1979 and Rowling stated he had visited Barclay earlier and expressed concern at his health after Barclay had become unable to perform his electorate duties earlier in the month.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Candidates, Labour
As Christchurch Central was a safe Labour seat, there was a large amount of interest in the candidacy from the local Labour Party. There were 18 nominated candidates for the nomination. They were:


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Candidates, Labour
Despite the large field of candidates, there were three who emerged as frontrunners by the time nominations had closed; McCann, Matthewson and Palmer − and it was widely known that Palmer was leader Bill Rowling's preferred choice. The selection meeting was held on 23 July at Linwood Intermediate School with over one hundred delegates present. A straw poll of members showed a majority of support for Palmer. The nominees were shortened to three; McCann, Matthewson and Palmer who were invited for interviews with the selection panel. Palmer was chosen and his success as the nominee was announced by party president Jim Anderton to the members present at 2:00 am.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Candidates, National
National selected 29-year-old insurance consultant David Duncan. He was chairman of National's St Albans branch.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Candidates, Social Credit
The Social Credit Party selected a high school teacher Terry Heffernan as their candidate. He had stood for the nearby seat of Sydenham in 1978. Heffernan had a high-profile endorsement from former Labour MP and party vice-president Gerald O'Brien, reaffirming his rift with Labour.


1979 Christchurch Central by-election, Results
Labour increased its vote slightly but the largest gains were made by the Social Credit Party, who came second in an urban seat for the first time in its history. National were pushed into third place who saw their vote shrink to the point where its candidate only just managed to avoid losing their deposit.


1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bearcats, led by head coach Ralph Staub, participated as independent and played their home games at Nippert Stadium.


1979 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1979 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 10th season in the National Football League, and the 12th overall. Fullback Pete Johnson powered his way to 15 touchdowns, but the Bengals struggled to their second straight 4–12 record. After the season, former Cleveland coach Forrest Gregg was named to replace Homer Rice as Bengals head coach.


1979 Cincinnati Open
The 1979 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1979 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 20 through August 26, 1979.


1979 Cincinnati Open, Finals, Doubles
Brian Gottfried /  Ilie Năstase defeated  Bob Lutz /  Stan Smith 1–6, 6–3, 7–6


1979 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90-71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros. It was a year of great change for the Reds, who lost long-time star Pete Rose to the Philadelphia Phillies, who signed Rose as an unrestricted free agent. Also, long-time manager and future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson was fired by new general manager Dick Wagner when Anderson refused to make changes in his coaching staff.


1979 Cincinnati Reds season
McNamara guided the Reds to its first West Division title in three years. Wagner replaced long-time GM Bob Howsam, who retired after running the Reds for 12 years. Through some good drafts and several key trades, Howsam built a team that won six division titles, and played in four World Series, winning two, during the 1970s.


1979 Cincinnati Reds season
However, the Reds lost the National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games. It was the first time in four tries the Pirates had upended the Reds in a league championship series since Major League Baseball went to divisions in 1969. It would be Cincinnati's last postseason appearance until 1990.


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


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


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


1979 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on were held on the same day as the general election, with one third of council up for election as well as double vacancies in Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope and Heaton. The University incumbent had defected from Labour to Independent Labour the year before. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 72.7%.


1979 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1979 City of Lincoln Council election
The 1979 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Democratic Labour Party.


1979 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1979 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Danny Ford, the team compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the ACC, lost to Baylor in the 1979 Peach Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 205 to 116. The team won the 300th game in Clemson history on September 22 and played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1979 Clemson Tigers football team
Bubba Brown and Billy Lott were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Billy Lott with 1,184 passing yards, Marvin Simms with 743 rushing yards, Perry Tuttle with 544 receiving yards, and placekicker Obed Ariri with 62 points scored (16 field goals, 14 extra points).


1979 Cleveland Browns season
The 1979 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 30th season with the National Football League.


1979 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
In a season which could be titled "The Birth of The Kardiac Kids" the Browns, who finished 9–7, nearly made the playoffs while involved in a number of close games. They won their first three contests, all by three points, over the New York Jets in overtime 25–22, Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 and Baltimore Colts 13–10. They lost to the Washington Redskins by four points, 13–9, midway through the season, then beat the Cincinnati Bengals by one, 28–27, the following Sunday and the Philadelphia Eagles by five, 24–19, two weeks later.


1979 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
The Browns proceeded to lose to the Seattle Seahawks by five points, 29–24, beat the Miami Dolphins by six, 30–24, in overtime and lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers by three, 33–30, again in OT. That was the last of the Browns three overtime games that season. Then came a virtual "blowout" – a seven-point victory over the Houston Oilers, 14–7 – followed by two "one-sided" losses, by five points to the Oakland Raiders, 19–14, and by four to the Bengals, 16–12, to end the year. Add it all up, and 12 of the Browns' 16 games were decided by seven points or less. The club went just 7–5 in those games, though, which was the difference in that season from 1980, when the Browns were 10–2 in 12 contests decided by seven points or less.


1979 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
How tight was the 1979 season overall for the Browns? So much so that they outscored their foes by just seven points all year. The Browns moved to 4–0 – their fastest start since 1963 – by stunning heavily favored Dallas 26–7 on Monday Night Football. The Browns gave up 51 points at home to the Steelers, who would go on to win their second straight Super Bowl and fourth in six years, yet scored 35 on the vaunted Steel Curtain defense and lost by 16. The game was shown on national TV, but NBC cut away to another contest, leaving only the Pittsburgh and Cleveland markets watching, after the Steelers vaulted to a 27–0 lead.


1979 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
RB Mike Pruitt rushed for 1,294 yards and nine TDs, while wideout Dave Logan led the team in catches with 59 and missed getting 1,000 receiving yards by just 18. Logan, TE Ozzie Newsome and veteran WR Reggie Rucker combined for 22 TD catches.


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


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


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


1979 Cleveland mayoral election
The 1979 Cleveland mayoral election took place on November 6, 1979, to elect the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. George Voinovich defeated incumbent mayor Dennis Kucinich. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the October 2 primary advancing to the general election.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, Background
Kucinich had a turbulent mayoralty since he was elected in 1977. He had, in 1978, survived Cleveland's first-ever mayoral recall election.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, Primary
As election season approached, Kucinich decided to run again in the mayoral primary. In April, state senator, Charles L. Butts announced that he would enter the race. On July 5, council majority leader, Basil Russo joined the race. Finally, after off-and-on remarks of his candidacy, Republican George Voinovich, who initially supported Kucinich in 1977, decided to give up his position as lieutenant governor of Ohio to run on July 26.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, Primary
Unlike the 1977 race, however, there were very few debates. The Plain Dealer endorsed Voinovich while The Cleveland Press endorsed Butts. On primary night at Kucinich headquarters, "the band played the theme from Rocky," while Kucinich spoke of the race in the form of a football metaphor: "We are trailing at the half, but what counts is who's winning at the end of the fourth quarter." However, in the primary, the mayor finished second to Voinovich, 47,743 to 36,515 votes. Russo and Butts were eliminated.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, General election campaign
Most expected a heated campaign between the two politicians of South Slavic descent (Kucinich being a Croat and Voinovich a Serb). Early in the race, Kucinich jumped on a quote that Voinovich made to The New York Times on August 26: "I like fat cats. I want as many in Cleveland as I can get. Cleveland needs their tax dollars and the jobs they bring." In response, Kucinich stated: "George Voinovich has proven conclusively...–he is the candidate of the fat cats...and he would love to become the mayor of the fat cats so he can repay their generosity." Part of Kucinich's campaign tactics involved distributing political pamphlets throughout the city entitled "Who Owns Voinovich?" The cover illustration depicted three fat cats with Voinovich in front of them with handfuls of money.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, General election campaign
However, everything came to a virtual halt when Voinovich's nine-year-old daughter, Molly, was struck by a van and killed. Kucinich could no longer continue his aggressive campaigning against Voinovich. Polls, which were already leaning in Voinovich's favor, now showed overwhelming support for the former lieutenant governor. On November 6, he won the general election with 94,541 votes to 73,755. Of the 33 wards of Cleveland at the time, Kucinich only won eight.


1979 Cleveland mayoral election, Endorsements
Kucinich also sought the support of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, but it voted to remain neutral.


1979 Clitheroe by-election
On 1 March 1979 a by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Clitheroe in Lancashire. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate David Waddington.


1979 Clitheroe by-election, Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), David Walder had died at the age of 49 on 26 October 1978. He had held the seat since the 1970 general election, having previously been MP for High Peak in Derbyshire.


1979 Clitheroe by-election, Candidates
The Conservative candidate was 49-year-old David Waddington, a barrister who had been MP for Nelson and Colne from 1968 until his defeat at the October 1974 general election. The Labour Party candidate was Lindsay Sutton, and the Liberals fielded Frank Wilson.


1979 Clitheroe by-election, Result
The result was a clear victory for Waddington, with a massively increased majority of 36.6% of the votes. The Labour vote fell by a few percent, but the Liberal share of the vote collapsed to 6.6% from its 20.8% high in October 1974.


1979 Clitheroe by-election, Result
Waddington held the seat until its abolition for the 1983 general election, when he was returned for the new Ribble Valley constituency. He went on to become Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Lords.


1979 Coca-Cola 500
The 1979 Coca-Cola 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1979, at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.


1979 Coca-Cola 500
By the following season, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.


1979 Coca-Cola 500
During qualifying an unnamed driver dared James Hylton to turn the slowest lap he could while qualifying. Hylton turned in a blistering 45 mph average for the lap, and NASCAR officials promptly fined him $500.


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Background
Pocono Raceway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races; the others are Daytona International Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°. However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°.


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
While originally scheduled for July 29, 1979, it was postponed one day due to rain. The race was run on Monday, so most of the NASCAR fans had to go work that day.


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
Two hundred laps were completed in four hours and twenty minutes. Seven cautions flags slowed the race for 49 laps; Cale Yarborough eventually defeated Richard Petty under the race's final yellow flag. This would result in Yarborough's third win of the year. Forty thousand fans attended a live racing event where the average speed of the vehicles would be 115.207 miles per hour (185.408 km/h). None of the drivers on the starting grid were born in Wisconsin; which is still true in 2016. Harry Gant qualified for the pole position with a speed of 148.711 miles per hour (239.327 km/h).


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
The majority of the vehicles involved in the race had Chevrolet as their manufacturer. Steve Gray would make his NASCAR debut that resulted in a last-place finish. He crashed on the very first lap of the race with Roger Hamby and Al Holbert; taking home only $1,305 in winnings ($4,653 when adjusted for inflation).


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
Darrell Waltrip pretty much lost the championship pitting late in the race and losing the led for good on lap 187. Had Darrell Waltrip kept on racing and toughed it out, Darrell Waltrip would have probably won a championship in 1979.


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
A freight train of cars ended up drafting and swapping positions for a majority of the event. It took 62 starts, but Ricky Rudd finally collects his first lead-lap finish in Winston Cup, nevertheless managing to collect 20 top-10s prior to this event.


1979 Coca-Cola 500, Race report
Cale Yarborough would take home $21,465 in winnings for finishing first in the race ($76,540 when adjusted for inflation). 56 lead changes were recorded in this race; a rarity outside Talladega Superspeedway and a definite record setter for Pocono Raceway. Dale Earnhardt fractured both of his clavicles by crashing into a wall on lap 98 of this race. As a result, he had to miss the next four races (re-emerging at the 1979 running of the Capital City 400). All of the 39 drivers that qualified for the race were American-born men.


1979 Colchester Borough Council election
Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held in 1979 alongside other local elections across the country.


1979 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward Results
There were 20 councillors elected from the same number of wards.


1979 Colgate International
The 1979 Colgate International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 June through 23 June 1979. Second-seeded Chris Evert survived four match points in the three-hour final against first-seeded Martina Navratilova to win the singles title and earn $20,000 first-prize money.


1979 Colgate International, Finals, Doubles
Betty Stöve /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Ilana Kloss /  Betty-Ann Stuart 6–2, 6–2


1979 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1979 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record. Angelo Colosimo and John Marzo were the team captains.


1979 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


1979 Colgate Red Raiders football team, Leading players
Two trophies were awarded to the Red Raiders' most valuable players in 1979:


1979 Colgate Series Championships
The 1979 Colgate Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1979 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from January 2 through January 7, 1980. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.


1979 Colgate Series Championships, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Chris Evert /  Rosemary Casals 6–4, 6–3


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters
The 1979 Masters (also known as the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between 9 January and 13 January 1980. It was the year-end championship of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix tour.


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters, Finals, Doubles
Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe defeated  Wojciech Fibak /  Tom Okker 6–3, 7–6, 6–1


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 against Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker.


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles
Björn Borg won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Vitas Gerulaitis.


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision-


1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1979 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1979 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1979 College Football All-America Team
The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season.


1979 College Football All-America Team
They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members; (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).


1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Schedule
Note: The game against Oregon was the first college football game ever televised by ESPN.


1979 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1979 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its seventh season under head coach Sark Arslanian, the team compiled a 4–7—1 record (3–4 against WAC opponents).


1979 Colorado State Rams football team
The team's statistical leaders included Keith Lee with 993 passing yards, Alvin Lewis with 635 rushing yards, and Cecil Stockdale with 361 receiving yards.


1979 Columbia Lions football team
The 1979 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.


1979 Columbia Lions football team
In their sixth and final season under head coach William Campbell, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 215 to 68. Brian O’Hagan and Geoff Stoner were the team captains.


1979 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 47 by Ivy opponents.


1979 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1979 Commonwealth Final
The 1979 Commonwealth Final was the inaugural running of the Commonwealth Final as part of the qualification for the 1979 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland. The 1979 Final was run on 1 July at the White City Stadium in London, England, and was part of the qualifying for riders from the Commonwealth nations.


1979 Commonwealth Final
Riders from Australia and New Zealand qualified for the new Final through the 1979 Australasian Final held at the Rowley Park Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia in February. Those from Great Britain (primarily from England), qualified through the British Championship Final held two weeks earlier at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry.


1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. 39 countries attended the meeting. It was held in Lusaka, Zambia, between 1 August 1979 and 7 August 1979, and was hosted by that country's President, Kenneth Kaunda.


1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in Rhodesia, the armed conflicts in Indo-China, the global growth of the refugee problem, the situation in Cyprus and Southern Africa. Sir Shridath Ramphal was re-appointed as Commonwealth Secretary-General during the meeting. The Lusaka Declaration of the Commonwealth on Racism and Racial Prejudice was issued at the end of the CHOGM, including a special declaration condemning apartheid.


1979 Congoleum Classic
The 1979 Congoleum Classic, also known as the Volvo Tennis Games, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was played at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California in the United States and was held from February 12 through February 18, 1979. Eighth-seeded Roscoe Tanner won his second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $35,000 first-prize money.


1979 Congoleum Classic, Finals, Doubles
Gene Mayer /  Sandy Mayer defeated  Cliff Drysdale /  Bruce Manson 6–4, 7–6


1979 Congoleum Classic – Doubles
Raymond Moore and Roscoe Tanner were the defending champions but lost in the second round to David Graham and John Sadri.


1979 Congoleum Classic – Doubles
Gene Mayer and Sandy Mayer won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Cliff Drysdale and Bruce Manson.


1979 Congoleum Classic – Singles
Roscoe Tanner was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Brian Gottfried.


1979 Connecticut Huskies baseball team
The 1979 Connecticut Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies were led by Larry Panciera in his 18th and final year as head coach, and played as part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a collection of northeastern universities with no other conference affiliation. Connecticut posted a 31–13 record, won the ECAC, and reached the 1979 College World Series, their fifth appearance in the penultimate college baseball event. The Huskies lost both games in the College World Series, being eliminated by eventual champion Cal State Fullerton.


1979 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1979 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by third year head coach Walt Nadzak, and completed the season with a record of 3–6–2.


1979 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1979 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the tenth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 currently unknown. Titikaveka won the championship, their tenth recorded championship in a row.


1979 Copa América
The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 18 and December 12. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals.


1979 Copa América, First round
The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


1979 Copa América, Finals
As both teams finished tied on points, Paraguay won the playoff on aggregate goals (3–1).


1979 Copa América, Goal scorers
With four goals, Jorge Peredo and Eugenio Morel are the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 63 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.


1979 Copa América Finals
The 1979 Copa América Finals were the final series to determine the champion of the 1979 Copa América, the 31st. edition of this continental competition. The final was played in the two-legged tie system, with the team earning more points being the champion. In case both teams finished tied on points, a play-off match would be played in neutral venue, which finally happened as Paraguay and Chile had won one game each.


1979 Copa América Finals
The first leg was held on November 28 in Defensores del Chaco of Asunción, where Paraguay beat Chile 3–0. The second leg was held in Estadio Nacional of Santiago on November 5, where Chile won 1–0. As both teams tied 2–2 on points, a play-off match was held on December 11 in Vélez Sarsfield's venue, José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires. After the play-off match also finished in a tie (0–0 after extra time), Paraguay was crowned champion on aggregate goals (3–1), winning its second Copa América title.


1979 Copa América Finals
Paraguay won the competition in the year when also a club team from the country, Olimpia, won its first Copa Libertadores. Some Olimpia players formed the basis of the national team that played the Copa América, with Alicio Solalinde, Hugo Talavera, Roberto Paredes, Evaristo Isasi and Carlos Kiese among them.


1979 Copa América squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1979 Copa América. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Peru, receiving a bye to the semi finals.


1979 Copa América squads, Group C, Uruguay
(N°8)Ember Quintas / /  MF (Sud America Uruguay) (N°12) Carlos Mario Goyen GK 8/14/1955 (River Plate Montevideo) (N°21) Gary Castillo Farias MF // (Sud America Uruguay) y (N°23) Mario Zoryez  DF 9/ 9 /1950 (Peñarol Uruguay)


1979 Copa Fraternidad
The Copa Fraternidad 1979 was played in two groups of six teams, the winners of each group decided the title in a double headed. It was the ninth edition of this tournament under this name.


1979 Copa Interamericana
The 1979 Copa Interamericana was the 7th. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Paraguayan Club Olimpia (champion of 1979 Copa Libertadores) and Salvadoran club FAS (winner of 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup). The final was played under a two-leg format in February–March 1980.


1979 Copa Interamericana
The first leg was held in Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, where both teams tied 3–3. The second leg was played at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, where Olimpia easily defeat FAS with a conclusive 5–0. Thus, the Paraguayan side won their first Copa Interamericana trophy.


1979 Copa Libertadores
The 1979 Copa Libertadores represented the 20th edition of the tournament, which saw Olimpia of Paraguay win the title for the first time, the first time a team from a country outside Uruguay, Argentina or Brazil won the tournament. This allowed the Paraguayan side to play the Intercontinental Cup against Malmö FF of Sweden, in which the South American side won.


1979 Copa Libertadores, Group stage
Boca Juniors, of Argentina skips to semifinals as current champions.


1979 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1979 Copa Libertadores Finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1979 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by club Boca Juniors and club Olimpia. The first leg of the tie was played on July 22 at Olimpia' home field, with the second leg played on July 27 at Boca Juniors'. It was Olimpia 2nd Copa Libertadores finals and 4th finals for Boca Juniors.


1979 Copa Libertadores Finals
Olimpia won the series after winning the first leg tie 2-0 at Asunción's Estadio Defensores del Chaco, and tying the second leg tie 0-0 at Buenos Aires's Estadio Alberto J. Armando and accumulated more points than their opponent.


1979 Copa Libertadores Finals, Rules
The finals will be played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulates the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs will be crowned the champion. If the two teams are tied on points after the second leg, a playoff in a neutral venue will become the next tie-breaker. Goal difference is going to be used as a last resort.


1979 Copa Perú
The 1979 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1979), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


1979 Copa Perú
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).


1979 Copa Perú, Finalists teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.


1979 Copa Polla Gol
The Copa Polla Gol 1979 was the 9th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 17, 1979 and concluded on April 14, 1979. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad de Chile won the competition for their first time, beating Colo-Colo 2–1 in the final. The points system in the first round awarded 2 points for a win, increased to 3 points if the team scored 4 or more goals.


1979 Copa Polla Gol, Quarterfinals
The team with the most points after the two legs advanced to the next round. If both teams were equal on points, an extra time took place (goal difference and away goals did not count).


1979 Copa Polla Gol Final
The 1979 Copa Polla Gol Final was played between Universidad de Chile and Colo-Colo at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on April 14, 1979, to determine that year's competition winner. Universidad de Chile won the match 2-1, lifting the cup for the first time in its history.


1979 Copa Polla Gol Final, Match details
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1979 Copa del Rey Final
The 1979 Copa del Rey Final was the 77th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calderón in Madrid on 30 June 1979. The match was won by Valencia CF, who beat Real Madrid 2 – 0. Valencia won the cup for the fifth time.


1979 Coppa Italia Final
The 1979 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1978–79 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 17 May 1979 between Juventus and Palermo. Juventus won 2–1 after extra time.


1979 Corby District Council election
The 1979 Corby District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party regained overall control of the council which it had lost to the Conservative Party at the previous election in 1976. The council has remained continuously under Labour control to this day.


1979 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1979 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 70th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 4 February 1979. The championship began on 11 May 1979 and ended on 19 August 1979.


1979 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 19 August 1979, Éire Óg won the championship following a 7–11 to 5–08 defeat of Mallow in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was first ever championship title.


1979 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1979 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 91st staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 11 April 1979 and ended on 21 October 1979.


1979 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Castlehaven at the semi-final stage.


1979 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 21 October 1979, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 3-14 to 2-07 defeat of Castlehaven in the final. This was their fifth championship title overall and their first title since 1976.


1979 Cork Senior Football Championship
Castlehaven's T. J. O'Regan was the championship's top scorer with 2-23.


1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 8 April 1979 and ended on 7 October 1979.


1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 7 October 1979, Blackrock won the championship following a 2-14 to 2-6 defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. This was their 28th championship title overall and their fifth of the decade.


1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Midleton's John Fenton was the championship's top scorer with 5-45.


1979 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1979 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.


1979 Cornell Big Red football team
In its third season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 215 to 152. Brad Decker and Jim DeStefano were the team captains.


1979 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 179 to 121.


1979 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 43rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1978–79 bowl game season, it matched the tenth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent, and the #9 Houston Cougars of the Southwest Conference (SWC).


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic
Popularly called the Chicken Soup Game, it took place on an unusually cold day, the day after the worst ice storm in Dallas in thirty years. Quarterback Joe Montana, who had the flu, rallied Notre Dame to victory in the second half after eating a bowl of chicken soup. The Irish outscored the Cougars 23–0 in the fourth quarter, scoring the game-tying touchdown and game-winning extra point with no time remaining.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Pre-game information
Televised by CBS, the game kicked off shortly after 1 p.m. CST, as did the Sugar Bowl on ABC.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Pre-game information
The seats at the Cotton Bowl were half empty despite the fact that the game was officially sold out. This was presumably caused by the "worst icestorm in 30 years," which had recently hit the Dallas area. "Some 50,000 homes were" allegedly "out of electricity the day before.”


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Pre-game information
The game-time temperature was 22°F (–5°C) and an 18-mph wind caused a chill factor of –6°F (–21°C). The weather was expected to have an impact on the field conditions, as the "old artificial turf field," which was scheduled to be torn up after the season, was "icy at spots."


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
After Notre Dame took a 12–0 lead on two touchdowns in the first quarter, Houston scored 34 unanswered points to go up 34–12, ten minutes into the second half. At that point, Joe Montana, who had sat out the beginning of the half because of hypothermia, returned to the game and eventually led Notre Dame to a 35–34 win on two late touchdown drives, with the game-winning score occurring as time had expired.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, First half
All the scoring in the first half occurred off turnovers. Both teams scored two touchdowns, which gave Houston a 14–12 lead after a missed extra point and an unsuccessful two-point try by Notre Dame.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, First half
In the first quarter, Notre Dame scored the first twelve points of the game, with its first score coming on a rushing touchdown by Joe Montana. After recovering a muffed punt deep in Notre Dame territory, Houston scored a touchdown on a 3rd-and-13 completion by Danny Davis to Willis Adams.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, First half
The Cougars added another touchdown on a fourth-and-goal play after recovering another Notre Dame fumble deep in Irish territory. Late in the first half, two interceptions by Montana led to two field goals for Houston. Aided by the direction of the wind, Houston had thus gained the lead in the second quarter and led 20–12 at halftime.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
When the teams returned to the field to start the second half, Notre Dame quarterback Joe Montana remained in the locker room. During the game, Montana's body temperature had dipped to 96 °F (35.6 °C) and he had to fight off hypothermia. He was forced to retire to the locker room where the Notre Dame medical staff, led by orthopedic surgeon Les Bodner, warmed Montana by feeding him chicken bouillon soup, originally intended for offensive lineman Tim Foley, and covering him with warm blankets.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
In the third quarter, Houston built a 34–12 lead on two touchdowns coming on option running plays by quarterback Danny Davis. Montana returned to the field after missing just over ten minutes of game time and was cheered actively by the Notre Dame fans. He led Notre Dame to its first first down of the second half, but threw interceptions on his first two drives of the half (for a total of four in the game).


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
Playing with the wind in the fourth quarter, however, Notre Dame cut the Houston lead to six points. Having blocked a Houston punt on the Cougars' previous drive, the Irish repeated that feat, with Steve Cichy running the ball in for a touchdown. On Notre Dame's next offensive possession, Montana threw a 30-yard completion to Jerome Heavens and scored a rushing touchdown. Having converted a two-point attempt after both of these touchdowns, Notre Dame had closed the gap to six points to make the score 34–28 Houston.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
With a half minute left and fourth down and one on their own 29, Houston went for the first down and was stopped. With six seconds left on the eight-yard-line, Montana threw the ball out of bounds and only two seconds remained.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
The final play was a touchdown pass to receiver Kris Haines as time expired. Placekicker Joe Unis was forced to kick the extra point twice after a Notre Dame penalty, but was successful both times, and Notre Dame won by a point, 35–34.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary, Second half
With a high temperature of 24 °F (−4 °C), a strong 30 mph (50 km/h) north wind impacted both the subzero wind chill and the outcome of the game; all but seven of the game's 69 combined points were scored by the team defending the north end zone. Because of the weather, the stadium was less than half full in the first half and as few as 7,000 remained at game's end.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
The game is one of the most notable games in Montana's entire football career. It was his final game for Notre Dame and helped to reinforce his image with football fans as "The Comeback Kid." Six months after the game, Notre Dame put out a promotional film called Seven and a Half Minutes to Destiny. Notre Dame head coach Dan Devine called the movie a "Joe Montana film."


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
The Cougars returned the following year and staged a dramatic win of their own, defeating Nebraska 17–14 in the final seconds.


1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
Montana went on to a hall of fame career in the National Football League (NFL), winning four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers.


1979 County Championship
The 1979 Schweppes County Championship was the 80th officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won their first Championship title.


1979 County Championship
Ten matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the table. The number of points awarded for a tie was increased from 5 to 6 points and the number of points awarded to a side batting last in a drawn match with the scores level also increased from 5 to 6 points. The Championship was sponsored by Schweppes for the second time.


1979 Coupe de France Final
The 1979 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on June 16, 1979, that saw FC Nantes defeat AJ Auxerre of Division 2 4–1 thanks to goals by Eric Pécout and Oscar Muller.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake
The 1979 Coyote Lake earthquake occurred at 10:05:24 local time on August 6 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock occurred on the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County, California and resulted in a number of injuries, including some that required hospitalization. Most of the $500,000 in damage that was caused was non-structural, but several businesses were closed for repairs. Data from numerous strong motion instruments was used to determine the type, depth, and extent of slip. A non-destructive aftershock sequence that lasted throughout the remainder of the month was of interest to seismologists, especially with regard to fault creep, and following the event local governments evaluated their response to the incident.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Tectonic setting
The San Andreas Fault system (SAF) is a network of right-lateral strike-slip faults that form a portion of a complex and diffuse plate boundary. The faults span on and off shore along the California portion of the Pacific Rim, and in the area near San Francisco Bay, the extent of the various fault strands are limited to about 80 kilometers (50 mi) wide from east to west. This system of faults terminates in the north at the Mendocino Triple Junction where the north-northwest trending SAF meets the east trending Mendocino Fracture Zone. It terminates in the south in a more gradual fashion at the Salton Sea, where displacement transitions to a series of transform faults and spreading centers along the Gulf of California Rift Zone.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Tectonic setting
Several strands of the SAF in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area are the Hayward–Rodgers Creek and Calaveras Faults. The Hayward Fault exhibits fault creep, but it also has potential for large earthquakes, like the 1868 Hayward earthquake that occurred on its southern segment. The northern Calaveras Fault meets the Hayward Fault near the Calaveras Reservoir and can also produce large earthquakes. Except for a large shock that occurred in 1911, the central and southern segments might only produce smaller events and fault creep.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred on the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County. Although the Hayward Fault Zone is also nearby, making this an area of regular seismic activity, no observable foreshocks occurred within the preceding three months. The mainshock was felt throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, but damage was mainly limited to the nearby towns of Gilroy and Hollister. A large number of strong motion stations recorded the event, including an array of units along the rupture zone, and instruments at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake
The two closest stations at Coyote Creek and Gilroy, as well as the Berkeley stations, were used to refine the overall fault length, slip, and depth of faulting. The records revealed that strike-slip motion occurred over 8.7 mi (14 km) on a vertical fault, and that the total amount of slip varied with depth, with more slip occurring in the shallower regions.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
In Gilroy and Hollister, sixteen people were injured, and damage totaled $500,000. Chimneys fell (especially on older homes in the downtown area of Gilroy) and glass was broken, but in Gilroy, structural damage afflicted five buildings. A wall was cracked at city hall, and a court room ceiling collapsed. Damaged structural components at a Ford's Department Store forced its closure. In Hollister, a J. C. Penney had a hole and cracks in its ceiling and a parapet collapsed at a law office. At Casa de Fruta, a service station sustained structural damage, as did a fire station at Pacheco Pass.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
An early estimate by the Small Business Administration put total damage in Gilroy at twice the amount of what was seen in Hollister. Ten people were brought to Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister for treatment of lacerations, a cardiac problem, and anxiety. In Gilroy, the Wheeler Hospital saw six similar cases and a patient with a fractured hip. Most of those that sought care (including four that were transported by ambulance) were treated and released, but six were admitted.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Intensity
At the most extreme points of its perceptibility, it was felt with intensity II or III (Weak) at Healdsburg in the north and Santa Barbara in the south, Visalia in the central valley and Twain Harte in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It was also listed as having been felt (with no specific intensity level given) by residents in high-rise buildings in Reno, Nevada. Closer to the epicenter, several instances of damage were aligned with the highest observed intensity.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Intensity
The structural effects to the gas station's walls and roof at Casa de Fruta, the beam damage on the second floor of the Ford's department store in Gilroy, and the caved-in roof from the fallen parapet at the law office in Hollister were all considered by the United States Geological Survey to be consistent with intensity VII (Very strong) shaking.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Strong motion
The event was captured on seismographs at distances of up to 71 miles (114 km), including Richmond, with the unit 56 ft (17 m) "down hole" in bay mud. Other underground instruments on the BART Transbay Tube, as well as the Richmond site, showed accelerations that were very low. In San Juan Bautista, the U.S. Route 101/State Route 156 overpass saw peak acceleration of .12g on the ground and .29g on the structure. Instruments on the gymnasium roof diaphragm at the campus of West Valley College in Saratoga provided records of interest. Of a number of dams that had instruments installed, the San Luis Dam at San Luis Reservoir had the strongest response. The highest acceleration of .44g was seen at the San Ysidro School in Gilroy.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
The United States Geological Survey operated a network of seismograph stations in the region where the shock occurred since 1969. A survey of the aftershock activity  used data from these stations, along with a custom crustal velocity model, to narrow epicenter locations to within several tens of meters. The study indicated that the mainshock and the aftershocks were aligned with the strike and dip of the Calaveras Fault in that area and were classified into three distinct groups. The east-dipping northeastern group, a diffuse middle group, and a shallow and nearly vertical southwestern group showed variations of slip, especially in the 18 months after the mainshock, when fault creep was significantly higher in the northeastern and middle groups.


1979 Coyote Lake earthquake, Response
While none of the affected counties or cities declared a state of emergency following the event, the Small Business Administration approved a request by the Office of Emergency Services for a disaster declaration in late September. This formality paved the way for low interest loans for commercial or residential properties that suffered damage, but only about 50 claims were expected. Local authorities had trained for disasters on a regular basis, and the response to the light damage was considered smooth, though some officials sought room for improvement. Discussions followed the event, with local governments focusing on telecommunication problems, emergency power systems, and seismic safety.


1979 Cricket World Cup
The 1979 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup '79) was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup. Organised by the International Cricket Conference, it was held in England from 9 to 23 June 1979.


1979 Cricket World Cup
The tournament was once against sponsored by the Prudential Assurance Company and had eight teams participating in the tournament with the only change being Canada who qualified with Sri Lanka in the qualifier for the tournament. The format remained the same with two teams qualifying from each group with the final once again being at Lord's.


1979 Cricket World Cup
England joined first-time semi-finalists Pakistan as the qualifiers from Group A, while the West Indies finished top of Group B ahead of New Zealand. After the West Indies and England both won their semi-finals over Pakistan and New Zealand respectively, they met in the final at Lord's with the West Indies defending their title from four years earlier with a 92 run victory. West Indian batsman, Gordon Greenidge ended the tournament as the leading run scorer with 253 runs from four matches with English player Mike Hendrick ending up as the leading wicket taker with ten wickets.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Format
The eight teams at the tournament were split into two groups of four teams, with each team playing the others in their group in a single round-robin format. The top two teams from each group then advance to the semi-finals to play in a single-elimination tournament.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Participants
The 1979 tournament saw the first qualifiers in a World Cup. The 1979 ICC Trophy was held during late May and early June at various grounds in the English Midlands, with the two finalists qualifying for the World Cup where they joined the six Test nations who qualified automatically. Sri Lanka and Canada qualified after defeating Denmark and Bermuda respectively in the semi-finals.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
The opening round of matches took place on 9 June with four matches being played. England took on Australia at Lord's and after the home team elected to field first, restricted the Australians to 97 for one with fine fielding and bowling. After Andrew Hilditch dragged his second ball after lunch into the stumps, the Australians would be restricted for 159 which included four run-outs. The run-chase saw Mike Brearley and Graham Gooch controlled the innings and led England to a six wicket victory.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In a very close semi-final match, England prevailed. New Zealand won the toss and fielded. England began badly, falling to 38/2, before Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls, 3 fours) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) resurrected the innings. Derek Randall (42 from 50 balls, 1 four, 1 six) played well in the second half of the innings, as England recovered from 98/4 to post 221 (8 wickets, 60 overs). In the response, John Wright (69 from 137 balls) attacked well in the beginning. However, the loss of wickets bogged New Zealand down, and despite several late flourishes in the batting order, New Zealand started to drop behind. When New Zealand could not achieve the remaining 14 runs from the last over of the match, England went into the final.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Gordon Greenidge (73 from 107 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Desmond Haynes (65 from 115 balls, 4 fours) set a first wicket partnership of 132 runs in a match dominated by batting. Vivian Richards and Clive Lloyd also contributed solidly, as West Indies ran up 293 (6 wickets, 60 overs) against Pakistan. Majid Khan (81 from 124 balls, 7 fours) and Zaheer Abbas (93 from 122 balls) shared a second-wicket partnership of 166 runs in 36 overs in the response. However, none of the other Pakistani batsmen flourished, with Javed Miandad being bowled for a duck first ball, and Pakistan lost 9/74, beginning with the dismissal of Abbas. Pakistan was bowled out for 250 in 56.2 overs in the high-scoring semi-final, sending the West Indies to the final.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd. However, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and Collis King (86 from 66 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) consolidated the innings. King especially ripped through the English bowling, with a strike rate of 130.3. The West Indies were already at 238/5 when the 139 run partnership ended with the loss of Collis King. Vivian Richards and the tail then took the West Indies to a very imposing total of 286 (9 wickets, 60 overs).


1979 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The English batsmen got off to a good start. But the openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls, 7 fours) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls, 3 fours) scored very slowly. They put together a very methodical opening partnership of 129 runs in 38 overs, playing as if the match were a five-day Test. By the time both batsmen were out, the required run rate had risen too high. Graham Gooch played some hefty strokes in scoring his 32, taking England to 183/2. However, the loss of Gooch triggered the most devastating collapse in World Cup history, as England lost 8/11. They were eventually all out for 194 in 51 overs. Vivian Richards was declared Man of the Match.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Statistics
Gordon Greenidge ended the tournament as the leading run scorer with 253 runs coming from his four games. Second was fellow West Indian player, Viv Richards who finished with 217 runs from four games which included the highest individual score of the tournament of 138 in the final. Graham Gooch from England rounded out the top three. Mike Hendrick from England was the leading wicket taker for the tournament with ten wickets from five matches with a three-way tie for second place with Brian McKechnie (New Zealand), Asif Iqbal (Pakistan) and Chris Old each taking nine wickets for the tournament.


1979 Cricket World Cup, Attendance
The total attendance at the tournament was 132,000, including 25,000 at the final.


1979 Cricket World Cup Final
The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy.


1979 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
The match was the second consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following the inaugural 1975 final.