August

Rolling Stones' Miss You reached No. 1
1st NFL game played in Mexico
Love Canal in upstate New York declared toxic disaster area
3 Americans complete 1st Transatlantic Balloon trip
Frankie Valli's Grease reached No. 1

September

Keith Moon overdosed on drugs prescribed to combat his alcohol problem
A Taste of Honey's Boogie Oogie Oogie reached No. 1
Martina Navratilova defected to the West
Bulgarian defector assassinated by being stabbed with a pointed umbrella tip
Accord signed between Israel & Egypt at Camp David
Pope John Paul I died after only 34 days as pope
Exile's Kiss You All Over reached No. 1

October

Sid Vicious killed girlfriend Nancy Spungen
Castaways finally rescued from Gilligan's Island
Nick Gilder's Hot Child in the City reached No. 1

November

Anne Murray's You Needed Me reached No. 1
Jonestown Genocide began
Hans Mullikan crawled from Texas to Washington, DC
Iranian government banned religious marches

December

Mommie Dearest reached the best-seller list
USSR signed 20-year treaty of friendship with Afghanistan
Pioneer Venus 1 reached Venus
Serial killer John Gacy arrested after the remains of 33 men and boys were found on his property
Kenney Jones replaced Keith Moon as the Who's drummer

1979

January

US and China re-established diplomatic relations
In south Florida, Filberto Cardenas was abducted by aliens & reappeared 90 minutes later 16 miles away
Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh
UK's House of Lords debated the existence of UFOs
1st Person killed by a robot
Patty Hearst released from jail after being pardoned by Jimmy Carter

February

Ayatollah Khomeini returned to power after being exiled 15 years
Rockies Brewing Co./Boulder Beers founded
Sid Vicious died of heroin overdose
New York City's Guardian Angels established
Snow fell on the Sahara Desert

March

Voyager I flew past Jupiter
Grenada Revolution began
NFL rule added that plays be whistled dead whenever QB clearly tackled
Three Mile Island overheated
Idi Amin deposed
Committee on Assassinations Report issued by US House of Representatives stating JFK assassination was result of conspiracy

April

Khmer Rouge genocide discovered
Doobie Brothers' What a Fool Believes reached No. 1
Real People debuted
President Jimmy Carter attacked by a "Killer Swamp Rabbit"
Blondie's Heart of Glass reached No. 1

May

Margaret Thatcher 1st elected prime minister of Great Britain
Elton John became 1st western rock star to play USSR
DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, killing 273

June

Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe
Roscoe the dog caught his own tail (legend on statute in Far Side cartoon)
Coca-Cola's "Coke and a Smile" ad campaign launched
Sioux awarded 17.5 million dollars for land taken by US Gov't in 1877
SALT Treaty signed
US Reporter Bill Stewart brutally shot by Nicaraguan National Guardsmen, who were financed by US Gov't

July

Voyager 2 discovered 3 moons around Jupiter
Skylab space station fell out of orbit
Donna Summer's Bad Girls reached No. 1
Sandinistas took over Nicaragua
Women's Hall of Fame dedicated
Ayatollah Khomeini banned rock & roll in Iran
1st Test tube baby, Louise Brown, born
Nigeria seized UK oil installations to persuade Margaret Thatcher to be tougher on apartheid

August

Thurman Munson died in plane crash
The Knack's My Sharona reached No. 1
Lord Louis Mountbatten murdered by IRA bomb