Flashback to 1979 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@pamcornelius9122]

I graduated from high school in 1979 and got married to my HS sweetheart the following year in Miami. He interviewed Henry Winkler for our school newspaper (of which he was the assistant editor)! We were married for 41 years before he died very suddenly and unexpectedly in August of this year. The memories in this video feel like they happened only yesterday. Life is short.

[@sdmurphy20]

My mom also graduated this year. Her and my dad started dating soon after 😊

[@notyourconcern17306]

So sorry for your loss. I was born this year, and is great to look back at what it was like back then. I have heard plenty of stories .

[@tommyboy1653]

1978 grad married 1981,and lost about 6 friends by different causes ,and sorry for your loss .Time goes by like the wink of an eye.

[@ntvypr4820]

Graduated 1978, Married June 1979. While you are living it mostly life seems to go at a measured pace, but I have to say the last 20 years were like lightning. All the guys I ran with in HS are gone. Far too soon, and most of my class is gone. Life IS short. It doesn't seem that way when you start but at the other end oh, can you ever see it. I am sorry for your loss.

[@DanteVelasquez]

My condolences 😞

[@stillaboveground2470]

1979 was a great year for me... I miss being young.

[@JUVI9596]

I was 5. I recall a few small things

[@model-man7802]

Except for Jimmy Carter 1979 was a great year.Lots of Memories. 👌

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@model-man7802 I would even take Jimmy Carter back to be 23 again.

[@model-man7802]

@@charles-y2z6c me too.

[@deborahchesser7375]

I turned 13 that summer, one of the best.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

This is a wonderful series, and it gives me an adult perspective on the backdrop to my childhood.

[@kotysuefawcett6538]

This channel ROCKS! Thank you. 👍🤗✌️

[@mariamercy7317]

One of my best years, if not maybe the utmost best! It was the year I ran to the alter of a church, to give my heart and my whole life to The Lord. I had gone through torture before that! Thank You Lord! God bless all of you here in this site ❤️

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Amen

[@saminaneen]

@@deborahpellerito6117 I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay

[@okd521]

I gave my life to the Lord that year as well, and actually studied for the ministry for a while. Thank God I grew out of my childhood fantasies.

[@saminaneen]

@@okd521 You have been reported, for "hate speech" & "inciting violence", your account will be deleted and banned.

[@robertwhite9898]

Amen !

[@anthonypsomas1183]

I graduated high school in June 1979. This was an excellent 8 minute summary that drilled down quickly of the events of 79. Thank you for the memories! Great series on all the years! Keep them coming!

[@Afib95]

I graduated 1879 too.

[@MIMIDSH]

I started high school in Sept 1978, so the majority of my freshman year was 1979

[@LegendaryDCC]

My birth year in the May of '79. Thanks for showcasing noteworthy events on that particular year. 👍

[@Nieve_1231]

This is so fascinating to watch! I was born on New Year's Eve 1979!

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

On April 9 , 1979, I started my long time employment with Martin Marietta which later became Lockheed Martin. I just retired from that job about 2 weeks ago.

[@pegs1659]

Congratulations!

[@mmaranta785]

I worked at Lockheed in Sunnyvale from 1982 to 1988. I should have stayed longer.

[@josephanderson7237]

Impressive. Do you know Robert Cock or David Cook?

[@Russ113]

I turned 18 in the military in 1979. I was on bivouac at Ft. Benning, GA. They brought me in from the field for KP duty, lol. I miss the 1970’s. Thank you for these videos.

[@troylowe814]

This was the best year of my childhood. I can remember sitting in the backseat of my dad's monte carlo on a Sunday night after we left Sunday night church services. On the way home dad stopped at Kroger's to grab a few snacks for us to munch on while watching the NBC Sunday Night Movie, while waiting on dad my mom turned the radio on and "Minute by Minute" was playing. Never before or since did I feel more at peace. I miss my dad, my mom, the monte carlo and the peace I felt in 1979.

[@TheDhammond]

Thank you so much for this.♥️ This was a very special year for me.

[@encompassvideo5429]

I was 14 then and went from a small middle school to a large high school. That was tough for me. I was not prepared for this change. My grades were bad and my dad was pissed at me. He owned several businesses and was trying to support my whole family of 8 people. He was a shrewd guy and he succeeded. He died last year. We had a great relationship for most of his life. He was dedicated to his family and helped us all.

[@rr8960]

I married the love of my life in 1979. #42YearsStrong. ❤️

[@barrybebenek8691]

I was 8 in 1979. I remember all of this. I so enjoy all these flashbacks on this channel. Right back to early seventies. 🇨🇦👍🏼

[@TheValkryie]

I was age 8 too :)

[@warrenwhitman3005]

Graduated High School that year. I remember that is snowed on May 9th on Long Island that year.

[@Blaze_1961]

I was 18 in 79. What a generation to be part of, I wouldn't want to be a teenager in any other decade.

[@kristie7146]

Me either. It was such a different time. My brother and I were saying the other day how blessed we were to grow up in this time. No cell phones no twitter or facebook. People actually talked face to face. I really miss those times. Also the best music ever !!!

[@timothylawson3262]

Facts.

[@jc4388]

I was 8 and daisy duke could have had any man in the USA in 79.

[@Mike4metal]

I was 14 Years old and Loving Life music and youth!🔥✨

[@donnamarsh3474]

Me too!

[@Mike4metal]

@@donnamarsh3474 Awesome!🔥🔥✨

[@footballlvnlady]

I moved into a new home that my husband and I helped build in January. That summer I found out I was pregnant with our first child.

[@ShawnCaldwell11]

I was born on October 11th, 1979. My dad would always tell me stories of the 70s and how good life was back then. Yes there were problems, but nothing like it is now.

[@1954shadow]

Oct. 11, 1954 for me.

[@matrox]

America's best days were over by 79' it was well on its way to being the sh!thole it is today.

[@ShawnCaldwell11]

@@matrox i couldnt agree more....

[@ShawnCaldwell11]

@@1954shadow NICE

[@saminaneen]

@@matrox You have been reported for "hate speech" &" inciting violence", and your account will be banned & deleted, that is all, you are now dismissed

[@Exotic3000]

Thanks for posting!

[@bearforce187]

I was 14 in 1979, what a year, met my first girlfriend then thought it had to be real love LOL. There were some things I would love to go back and change that year, but it was still a good year for the most part, Much simpler times, the Sony Walkman was high tech stuff back then. Part of me wishes to go back to those times.

[@paposwing2925]

My cousin from NY gave me his Sony walkman. And I tell you, I remember the incredible sound even from the foam covered headphones. I remember it was very solid and well built. As a stupid 16 year old, I let one of my friend borrow it and one of his "friends" end up stealing it. I was so mad. At first I thought he made that up. But I ran into him recently. He's a well know Real Estate agent, and he seriously confirmed that's what really happened. That guy end up in jail for stealing credit cards.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Same thing happened to me!

[@briansacksteder8524]

Ah yes times were different then

[@Sam-blackwidow7329]

very simple back then, not like today

[@speckledhen409]

I was Twenty seven year old and I thought I was getting old. Didn’t know what old was,haha! I sure do now.

[@evierodriguez82]

My younger older brother and cousin were born in '79. Brother: New Year's Day. Cousin: New Year's Eve! ❤❤😘😘

[@timcarroll490]

1979 had a lot of different things. I was 13 and live near Pittsburgh and remembered Three Mile Island well. It was also the year my We Are Family Pittsburgh Pirates won it all. Willie Stargell was Mister Everything. It was also Disco Demolition Night At Comiskey Park in July. Sadly, also, we lost Thurman Munson of the Yankees on August 2nd that year. R.I.P. Thurman

[@julenepegher6999]

I was 20 in 79, I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, I was a big fan of the Pirates for most of the Seventies. Roberto Clemente was my favorite and Richie Hebner. Cheers to the good old days.

[@dougthompson5449]

I was there at the last WS game ever played in Pittsburgh.

[@jimnoe406]

I was a senior in high school. Man to be young again

[@allan9603]

1979 was an interesting year for me. I spent the majority of it in South Korea in the US Army. The nightclubs in the "ville" dancing to disco music, the long summer days of the monsoon season, the endless cold nights pulling guard duty on the DMZ, and 12-14 hour work days.., are all etched forever in memory. As I look back today, I would do it all again.., minus the hangovers!🤣👍🇺🇸

[@mrdraper4633]

I was 3 but living at Ft. Campbell, my birthplace, but spent the other half at Ft. Polk, LA. Thank you for your service

[@joebrown1382]

I was 34 in 79. Your historical stories & videos should be required viewing by the young people of today.

[@stealthyBLK]

this is a great series PLEASE DONT STOP!

[@jackforbes826]

I remember all this stuff. Inflation, out of control crime, Gas prices and energy crunches, Concert tragedies, OMG I am stuck in a time loop

[@btetschner]

Sounds familar, right? There were even concert deaths recently (for an artist not comparable in greatness to The Who!)

[@dougmorris9317]

This was the year I graduated high school, I remember this stuff like it was yesterday but I just turned 60 a couple weeks ago and it seems like a century ago too... time sure flies!

[@donaldculp3759]

Me too! What a great year! And 60 is pretty damn cool these days!

[@mbankslje0nk]

I too was graduated in 79 and joined the Marine Corps.

[@briankreezan7843]

@@donaldculp3759 Yes it is was my year as well . " And can't believe it but two thirds of my life have gone by sentence." ( So keep that in mind all you out there thinking about quitting DON'T life is short )

[@donaldculp3759]

@@briankreezan7843 on my Harley vest..."Don't Fear Dying....Fear Not Living"

[@saminaneen]

@@briankreezan7843 I will NEVER quit smoking cigarettes', my doctor, told me, in 1972, that they are great for my health, I've been smoking for 45 years, and I have never felt better.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

In the spring of 1979, the late John Wayne made his final appearance and created an overnight sensation at the 1979 Academy Awards Ceremonies in Hollywood, California. Good times, baby, good times.

[@timcarroll490]

By the way, loving your series also there, Recollection Road. This is so great especially restaurants and years, especially 60's and 70's. I watch a new one every day and can't wait for a newer one. I'm constantly checking in 😆

[@Truly1Tom]

1979 was a great year for me. I was a teenager during the '70s. I believe we'll never see the like again. I know I'm old. I can remember when Michael Jackson was ⚫ black ⚫.

[@jackson5116]

he was still black in the 80's!

[@marywilliamson1260]

high school memories-- THANK YOU!

[@saminaneen]

@Mary Williamson, These were the days, when, there were not soyboys, or snowflakes, or Karins' and every boy and girl, in America, knew which bathroom, to use

[@Tiberius291]

I was 21 and went to my first concert to see Prince inside an auditorium, front row seats, Teena Marie opened for Prince. Huge fan of "This Old House" and Bob Vila. Travis Scott and "The Who" have something in common. "Alien" a great well acted movie i went to see with my girlfriend, i enjoyed 1979.

[@matrox]

This Old House still in production after 43 years.

[@danityvanityinsanity]

So famous musicians were doing Satanic sacrifices back then too.

[@saminaneen]

@@danityvanityinsanity I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay

[@btetschner]

@@matrox Is it? I am going to look that up, thank you for the reference.

[@pdennis93]

The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite show growing up and I was born in 1979.

[@Kelle0284]

I was born in 74. I didn't start watching it until the fall of 81. I caught up by seeing reruns later on.

[@btetschner]

I was born in 1979 also. My younger brother Luke (born in 1981) was named after Luke Duke. I thought a lot about that show for about 18 years, it was really big on my area.

[@timjohnson2186]

Well done

[@paulakpacente]

I remember it well. I was 25 years old... I lived in the Chicagoland area then and recall watching EVERYTHING about Flight 191. Such a tragedy caused by human error.

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

I was born in 1979, great to see the events happened during the time I was born.

[@GuyPipili]

Was a freshman in high school. What a year. There was a teacher's strike my first year. As well as current events of the year.

[@anthonydio7829]

I remember that plane crash at O'Hare. That plane barely missed a trailer park.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Yeah -- I was watching TV waiting for a series when the news of this terrible plane crash came on. Sadly, not all of our memories of the past can be good ones.

[@stanbertmotors6817]

Thanks a lot for the memories, 1979 is a special year for me since it was the year i came to the USA, i was 16 years old. so it was like a new beginning for me, i keep playing the play 4 lotto ( which i still have not won ) and the numbers are 1979. but you can count on it that soon i will win it.

[@1985OldSkool]

The number 1s on the US Billboard Hot 100 during 1979: 1/6-13 The Bee Gees - "Too Much Heaven" 1/20-2/3 Chic - "Le Freak" (also #1 on 12/9 and 12/23-30 in 1978) 2/10-3/3 Rod Stewart - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" 3/10-17 and 4/7 Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" 3/24-31 The Bee Gees - "Tragedy" 4/14 The Doobie Brothers - "What a Fool Believes" 4/21 Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" 4/28 Blondie - "Heart of Glass" 5/5-26 Peaches & Herb - "Reunited" 6/2 and 6/16-23 Donna Summer - "Hot Stuff" 6/9 The Bee Gees - "Love You Inside Out 6/30-7/7 Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" 7/14-8/11 Donna Summer - "Bad Girls" 8/18 Chic - "Good Times" 8/25-9/29 The Knack - "My Sharona" 10/6 Robert John - "Sad Eyes" 10/13 Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 10/20-27 Herb Alpert - "Rise" 11/3 M - "Pop Musik" 11/10 The Eagles - "Heartache Tonight" 11/17 The Commodores - "Still" 11/24-12/1 Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer - "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" 12/8-15 Styx - "Babe" 12/22-29 Rupert Holmes - "Escape" (also #1 on 1/12/1980)

[@williamshea4425]

Thanks for this. Great music memories.

[@Chilly_Billy]

Oh man, seeing Alien in a dark theater at all of 12 years of age... scary stuff for sure!

[@starmnsixty1209]

That's for sure! Did you know science fiction writer A. E. Van Vogt successfully sued Alien's makers for plagerzation of at least one of his stories? Settled for a ridiculously small sum considering all the revenue the "Alien" franchise has generated since 1979.

[@randygreen007]

No kidding! My best friend and I were too young to drive so we convinced my mother to take us. She stayed to watch with us (needed an adult to get in plus my mom was just fun that way) but my friend and I went to the bathroom to smoke a cigarette right before the alien burst out of Kane’s chest. When we returned that scene was playing on the screen and my mother had her feet up on the chair with her head tucked between her knees screaming her lungs out. It took a whole lot of convincing just to get her to stay. She refused to take us to anymore movies like that though.

[@scratchdog2216]

Born in '65. Great times growing up.

[@overworlder]

My last year of high school. I remember thinking on the last day of school it was like stepping off a high-dive tower.

[@equalopportunityoffender6732]

Graduated in 1979; thought holy shit, now what ? What a strange ride it's been. I can see The End off the conveyor belt from here. Oh my !

[@morganbrittany3962]

My husband Jack Gill was the stunt double for John Schneider in “Dukes”! He drove the General Lee and did those incredible car jumps. Great times.

[@donnamarsh3474]

Wow! Awesome!!

[@Bigchet1223]

I turned 9 in December of 79. I was playing with hot wheels and legos then and didn’t have a worry in the world.

[@michaelblaine6494]

Right on,that’s the month I was born

[@btetschner]

Fantastic video, thank you so much for making it.

[@davidsquires154]

I remember the year 1979, it was my 4th year of living on my own. It was also my 4th year of working for Hudson's Eastland Mall. I also remember the long gas ⛽ lines at the gas stations. The Dukes of Hazzard came on TV 📺. The Disco group The Village People. The TV 📺 Sitcom Good Times starring John Amos and Esther Rolle. Good Times was a spin off the TV series Maude. I was 22 years old at the time.

[@sonyafox3271]

My dad could not miss and wouldn’t miss the Dukes of Hazard, on Friday night my mom bowled, but, my mom didn’t start till 9pm, my parents would socialize some before she got started and my dad would sit there and watch the clock, he’d go back home to watch the Dukes and return back to watch mom bowl once the Dukes went off.

[@Lyle_918]

11 June 79: John Wayne passed away at age 72. News hourly via AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio & Television Service) at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece.

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

I wish it was 79 such a great year

[@charles-y2z6c]

In 1979 Michael Jackson was still black.

[@smorgasbordtv4092]

MJ was always black it was a disease that turned him white

[@randygreen007]

@@smorgasbordtv4092 you’re absolutely right. It’s called vitiligo and it really sucks. My mother has it and it’s pretty tough psychologically.

[@brett4264]

Wish these were longer and more detailed...

[@MidKid61]

MAJOR MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR 1979: Man of the Year (Time) = Ayoatollah Khomeini Playmate of the Year (Playboy) = Dorothy Stratten Pet of the Year (Penthouse) = Cheryl Rixon Sportsman of the Year (Sports Illustrated) = Terry Bradshaw and Willie Stargell Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Buick Riviera Turbo Coupe Import Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Datsun 280ZX

[@jasoncataldi2053]

Long live The Dukes. Really a shame , my favorite show growing up & can no longer watch it.

[@jrussellcase]

John Schneider has a great KZbin channel. If you've never seen it, it's worth checking out.

[@noble604]

Maybe you’ll consider getting the entire DVD set. It’ll take you right back. 🙂

[@djbigpean]

I remember that album, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, I was four at the time, listening to it over my cousin's house. Great year for Pittsburgh, the Steelers won the super bowl, and the pirates won the world series.

[@model-man7802]

I bought that album too,I was 18.

[@veronicagallo2035]

Our Ma ma actually took all 4 of us kids to see ** The Jacksons* that yr a few months b4 Off the Wall hut the charts with A BuLLET !! EVERY song on there was just superb ! Saw RodStewart Barry Manilow and many more that yr also thanX to a great Mom who took us all to many shows , plays etc🤗🤗💖💖Yes , even besides music 😁📻 79 was one great year ☮️✨🌛 Beach in daytime 📻😃Drive Ins st night all bundled cozily + Very happily into our* beach wagon* ! WaitAminut I still do the same thing now come to thinking it but 79 WaS one GREAT YEAR! 🎵📻✨🌛

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I turned 16 in November of 1979. I remember much of those events.

[@johnblaze5252]

I was 11 years old .. I would give up all the technology in my life if I only could just for a one way ticket back to 1979.

[@btetschner]

Just curious, why do you prefer that year?

[@Madness832]

Now I'm gettin' anxious; you're closin' in on the 80s!

[@robertabrams8562]

Wow…I was 19 in ‘79 - thanks for the recap 👏🏼

[@booth2710]

If there was a door with a sign over it saying 1979 I would go through that door in a shot

[@allisonchancey7590]

On June 29, 1979 I married the love of my life. Being young and in love, we thought nothing of driving to Miami Beach for our honeymoon. Gas rations and lines were just unusual things we remembered to tell our children. This was one of the best years of my life!!

[@ShiftingDrifter]

You missed a lot of influential events that defined the year - Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall made #1 on billboard charts, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a drug overdose, John Wayne died that year of cancer, and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.

[@briansacksteder8524]

wow pretty heavy for a year, miss the simpler times. i was in the late 80's

[@paulwicklund5044]

My dad bought a 1979 Chevy Malibu station wagon new for $6,000. Gave me his 1970 Dodge Dart . President Reagan came to Luther North high school and filmed a TV commercial for his campaign. He's in my high school yearbook. Jane Byrne became Chicago's First women mayor after the city of Chicago got over 90 inches of snow.

[@btetschner]

Was that your high school?

[@redwandennaoui4508]

Very informative documentary on 1979, thanks

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities which age in 1979 Ariana Grande =0 John Davidson =38 Bill Cullen =59 Gene Rayburn =61 Eva Longoria =4 Angelina Jolie =4 Katie Holmes =1 January Jones =1 Sarah Michelle Gellar =2 Prince =21 Madonna =21 Michelle Pfeiffer =21 Valerie Harper =40 Michael Landon =43 Garry Moore =64 Jack Lord =59 Cameron Boyce =0 Cameron Diaz =7 Farrah Fawcett =32 Natalie Wood =41 Richard chamberlain =45 Richard Dawson =47 Whitney Houston =16 Mariah Carey =9 John Travolta =25 Donna summer =31 Sigourney weaver =30 Fred Astaire =80

[@digitalporch2062]

Ariana Grande (-14) Cameron Boyce (-20) 🤣

[@pernelldh]

Lisa Whelchel =16

[@1985OldSkool]

Richard Dawson was hosting "Family Feud" at the time on both ABC and in syndication, and Donna Summer had three number one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 that year, including a duet with Barbra Streisand late in the year.

[@thinkingoutloud6741]

In ‘79, we only thought government was evil. Looking back from today, after witnessing an evil government for real, ‘79 wasn’t so bad at all.

[@okd521]

Tell me you've been a lifelong Republican, without using the words I've been a lifelong Republican!

[@thinkingoutloud6741]

@@okd521 I’ve been a life long Independent.

[@williammoseley17]

The year I graduate High School. Was the best of times with nothing matching it since.

[@bostongirlsandy]

I won a Walkman in an art contest in '96. The only thing I have won to this day. It was a drawing of Rio de Janeiro.

[@btetschner]

Like winning a piece of history. Cool prize.

[@JT-1969]

I was a 10 year old kid in Indiana when that plane crashed, every time something came on the news I wanted to watch. I’m sure this has some influence on me becoming a pilot. When you look at 1979 and 2021 it’s strange how much they have in common?

[@jrussellcase]

I was a smidgen younger, I turned 8 in '79. I also found myself paying WAY too much attention to the news for a kid that age. That hostage crisis hit home for us, one of them was from our small city.

[@saminaneen]

@@jrussellcase I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay

[@btetschner]

There is a lot in common. We had gas lines recently and are certainly in a recession (soon to be a depression).

[@briansacksteder8524]

what is that plane crash @ 3:20'sh?

[@dwaynecoy1871]

This was the height of my "mixed tape" era. My best friend had a huge record collection and a great stereo system, which I had none of. I would get him a bunch of blank tapes and he would load them up with music from his collection of LP's. Also the year I graduated from HS, great times.

[@Chilly_Billy]

From an economic standpoint, 2021 feels an awful lot like 1979. Lots of "malaise" both years.

[@tearosy]

Inflation, high gas prices too. I was 23 in 1979. Now I'm 65 and on what my dad called Social Insecurity.

[@Paramount531]

You aren't kidding, I feel the same sense of rage over current events that I felt in 1979 and 1980, Jimmy's recession was brutal and it took me years to recover. Hopefully, we will have the same result in the election of 2024.

[@fenian123]

@@Paramount531 Ronnie's 82 recession was far worse than 79

[@btetschner]

Yes, very similar.

[@joshct9426]

Really love these shows about each year

[@davecerrillo4186]

I Always Say 1979 Was The Last Great Year on Earth ❤️

[@luisreyes1963]

Could have been, thanks to 3 Mile Island...☢️

[@BrianRetro]

July 12th brought us Disco Demolition Night at Chicago's Comiskey Park. It is widely known as the beginning of the end of the popularity for Disco music.

[@luisreyes1963]

It was a great moment in Chicago history. 😁

[@alexpeters3548]

1975 / 1979, The bestest time ever, Good people, friends, laughs, smiles and pretty girls. and a kegger or 2 for good measure

[@dano336]

wow!! that was great.. thank you

[@zymaymyn]

Also in 1979: Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans beat Larry Bird's Indiana State Sycamores to win the 1979 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. The "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1979 World Series. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl earlier that year as well. Christopher Cross released his self-titled album. Contains the hits "Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing", "Never Be the Same" and "Say You'll Be Mine". It won an 'album of the year' Grammy. ESPN was born. Disco Demolition Night forced the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers.

[@darrylh1971]

And CBS debuted the game show "Whew!" hosted by Tom Kennedy (April 1979).

[@1985OldSkool]

As of November 2021, it was the last time that an MLB game was forfeited in the American League.

[@btetschner]

ESPN being born is really important today.

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1979... The Facts of Life, a spin-off of 'Diff'rent Strokes' starring Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields premiered on NBC. 240-Robert starring John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon and Joanna Cassidy premiered on ABC. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo starring Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin and Mills Watson premiered on NBC. Archie Bunker's Place starring Carroll O'Conner and Danielle Brisebois premiered on CBS.

[@cnance1972]

Loved Archie

[@1985OldSkool]

Cable sports television network called the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (better known as ESPN) was launched on Friday, September 7, 1979

[@btetschner]

There was a show called Live in Front of a Studio Audience (aired on December 7th this year) where celebrities acted straight from a script from an episode of The Facts of Life.

[@UserHunca]

Thank you for doing this year. I appreciate the acknowledgment of the American Airlines crash in which my father lost his life. That was May; in August, I was in a terrible car accident which led to emergency surgery that rebuilt me sans the bionic parts. That surgery led to the life-threatening disease of subglottic tracheal stenosis which affects me to this day. My uncle died of a brain tumor in December. My grandmother lost two of five sons in the same year. Our lives were completely changed in 1979.

[@donnamarsh3474]

Sorry for your tragic losses.😢

[@btetschner]

Must have been a rough year.

[@SoapinTrucker]

1979, 10th and 11th grade days, yup, a BLAST!!!!!! :)

[@RichardinNC1]

I worked at a gas station during the gas crisis and crazy price increases. Our family moved from cold snowy northern Ohio to North Carolina and I headed off to college. I’ve been in NC ever since. I loved the Dukes of Hazard. Not just for Daisy but for the car chases and corny southern humor (since that was new to me). Surprisingly, my mother was a fan of The Village People.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Watch what you're callin' "corny," my man!

[@saminaneen]

@@starmnsixty1209 You have been reported for "hate speech" &" inciting violence", and your account will be banned & deleted, that is all, you are now dismissed

[@saminaneen]

@@starmnsixty1209 I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

In the spring of 1979, Kiss released their next album which was entitled "Dynasty." It featured two hit songs including "I was Made for Loving You, Baby!" and "I Sure Know Something." Then on Halloween night of the very same year, the four original long-haired kabuki guys appeared on NBC-TV's "The Tomorrow Show" which was hosted by the late Tom Snyder himself.

[@mikeyvicious2399]

❤️

[@okd521]

I had a friend at that time who really liked kiss and the band thin Lizzy and meatloaf. I thought they all sucked but I never said anything!

[@gillboardman8998]

Wow did my hair stand on end when that first pic of Flight 191 flashed on the screen. Seeing that jet sideways still makes my emotions sink and my eyes tear up. I flew on one of those new fangled DC-10s a few months later and was petrified the whole flight, Seattle to Anchorage. I literally left fingerprints on the seat arm.

[@RZ350NC]

A friend from work was on that plane. RIP Rebecca.

[@timjones7547]

An error in maintainence (engine change) damaged the pylon attacking the engine to the wing.

[@saminaneen]

@@timjones7547 You have been reported for "hate speech" &" inciting violence", and your account will be banned & deleted, that is all, you are now dismissed

[@squalli1297]

I worked for a funeral home that received 4 of the crash victims. American Airlines paid for all expenses. When something like this goes wrong, there's no time to prepare due to the shock & confusion. I've heard that the sheer terror of an event like this would cause heart failure & death before a crash. These things I cannot forget.

[@melrose9252]

The DC 10 wasn’t “new fangled” and had been out since the early 70’s,

[@dw8840]

I had a Walkman

[@frankrizzo4460]

It's almost as if history is repeating itself with economic and inflation problems today. Sadly it will probably continue for some time. I was only a little kid but I do remember the gas shortages, when we had to do odds and evens license plate numbers to get gas.🤔

[@joeheid4757]

I came down here to comment the same thing. History truly does repeat itself.

[@charles-y2z6c]

Go even farther back to1919. You will see pandemic, communists attempting to change the government, and even an attack on the government.

[@allenmcgee6061]

Yea we had a Democrat president then too. I went to the Indian Ocean on CV-64 the Connie 2 months short of a year we made it back to San Diego. Democrats seem to always run the country down a s#it hole. If anyone was to wonder pelosi is the devil’s bi#ch, l hate that Cu#t. Allen

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@allenmcgee6061 Thank you for your service, what were you rated on the Constellation? I was on the Zippo CV59, a little bit after that.

[@rockabillykidd3085]

@@allenmcgee6061 Why does some Idiot like you always have to drag politics into these Recollection Road Flashbacks? 😂😂😂

[@Lousybarber]

Another 1979 event from Chicago was disco demolition night at Comiskey Park. A promotion that went horribly wrong and caused lots of mayhem.

[@robertshaw3711]

Another event that year was an accident at the final day of the Texas State Fair when two gondolas collided and fell to the ground killing one man and injuring a few others. People were stranded for as long as three hours before they could be rescued. The fair was forced to close six hours early. The gondola ride was then dismantled and never used again.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

What a pity!!!

[@pamelamays4186]

Catherine Bach should've taken out a patent or trademarked those shorts! Roscoe was at first mean, but Jim Best wanted him to be more comical.

[@jdtractorman7445]

I don't know if Catherine ever did, but she sure should have. Denim jean shorts for the ladies have even been deemed "Daisy Dukes" for the most part. Who can forget the image of her in those shorts, high heels and suntan pantyhose😘. Roscoe and Boss Hogg should have won Emmys for their comical humor, I miss those two guys. Even my grandfather used to laugh at them.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Catherine Bach (the REAL Daisy Duke!) was my first love! She was too old for me though so I married my second love in 1987. We were both 18 and we're still married!

[@jasoncataldi2053]

Met her at Dukes convention at Cooter’s in Nashville for the 40th Anniversary of the shows debut. She is still a beautiful , sexy, charming woman. A dream come true.

[@davidperry7271]

I turned 16 in 1979 and started driving fun year had a job making pizza and went to voc - tec for automotive wich I still do

[@aliceinchainz3003]

im 55 yrs old so i was 11 in 79 when all this was goin on i remeber most of it like it was yesterday cant help but feel sad a lil bit my mom was my best friend and she was the best mom a fella could ever have i miss her every day. and just to let u guys know whos moms are still alive with ya! u learn to live with it..u have too but that heart felt pain never goes away its just stored away.. in the basement.

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1979... WRTV and WTHR in Indianapolis, Indiana had swapped networks. WRTV formerly an NBC affiliate, now ABC affiliate. WTHR formerly ABC affiliate, now NBC affiliate.

[@billhonn2701]

Loved the dukes of hazards 1979 i also graduated high school in may

[@jdtractorman7445]

At 1:21, that image of the General Lee flying through the air with a trail of dust behind it is iconic.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

On Sunday night, December the sixteenth, 1979, movie & TV star Joseph Bottoms became the caped-crusading superhero himself called Major Effects on NBC-TV's "Disney's Wonderful World." It also featured Cybil & Tricia Barnstable (from the short-lived science-fiction comedy series "Quark") as themselves.

[@tomjonas7384]

Love the 70s so much simpler than now

[@donovanlong648]

Reagan put a stop to the hostage situation very quickly!! Great President!!!!