September 29, 1978 — Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days in office
One of the briefest reigning popes, Pope John Paul I (his papal named honoured his two immediate predecessors, John XXIII...
September 9, 2015
The Complete History
November 3, 1978 — “Diff’rent Strokes” premieres
If the phrase “wha chu talkin’ about Willis?” doesn’t make you cringe, you were presumably born after this show went...
September 4, 2015
December 30, 1978 — Dennis Nilsen commits his first murder
Also known as ‘The Kindly Killer’ and ‘The Muswell Hill Murderer’, Dennis Nilsen was 33 years old when he made...
August 29, 2015
February 2, 1979 — Sid Vicious dies
Born John Ritchie, the man best known to history as Sid Vicious is one of the names most associated with...
August 19, 2015
April 1, 1979 — Iran officially proclaimed an Islamic Republic
Although the revolution against him began in January 1978, the Shah did not flee Iran until January of 1979. Ayatollah...
August 14, 2015
May 4, 1979 — Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
One of the most controversial British heads of state since King Charles I, Margaret Thatcher was 64 when she became...
August 9, 2015
May 1979 — The Boys Next Door release “Shivers”
It’s unabashedly a good thing that Nick Cave decided that suicide really didn’t suit his style. From relatively inauspicious beginnings,...
August 4, 2015
June 11, 1979 — John Wayne dies
Marion Robert Morrison, better known as John Wayne, was The Cowboy. In the course of his fifty year career, he...
July 29, 2015
July 23, 1979 — Ayatollah Khomeini bans western music from Iran
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a decisive turn against Western influences, and a new, theocratic constitution that effectively made...
July 24, 2015
August 1, 1979 — The final episode of “Good Times” screens
“Good Times” was a distinctly Seventies show in many ways, but none moreso than its focus on African-American characters. Along...
July 19, 2015
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