Flashback to 1979 - A Timeline of Life in America 

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ❤️

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 ⚫.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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!

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.

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!🤣👍🇺🇸

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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

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

I was at The Who concert in 1979. It was my 15th birthday. Nobody was rushing in to get seats. Rather, it was a general admission show with no seating. The doors were opening late, the band stayed a sound check, too many people thought the concert was starting, and all hell broke loose. My feet didn't touch the ground the entire time.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Born in '65. Great times growing up.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

high school memories-- THANK YOU!

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

Pinwheel was first broadcast as a channel on the Qube cable box in Columbus, Ohio in 1977. Turned into Nickelodeon in 1979. While airing, in the morning, Pinwheel for around 5 hours which later became Nick Jr. I was born 1977 in Columbus, Ohio. 😉👍🏻

Also on April 10th a mile wide tornado devastated the North Texas city of Wichita Falls killing 44

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

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!

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

I had a Walkman

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Led Zeppelin released their final studio album in through the out door in 1979. Pink Floyd also released the wall.

This channel ROCKS! Thank you. 👍🤗✌️

Wish these were longer and more detailed...

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!!

Number one in that year Hot stuff Bad girls Reunited Babe Sail The pina cola song ( final number one song for 1970s )

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.

this is a great series PLEASE DONT STOP!

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 😆

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

Thanks for posting!

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.🤔

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Well, now, I would have thought the Dec. release of Star Trek TMP much more culturally significant than KvK.

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.

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.

I know you can't cover everything in these but one event you missed was July 12th 1979 the infamous Disco Demolition at Comiskey Park in Chicago. If there was any sure sign the disco would be going soon that was it.

Tensions in the Middle East imagine that....guess what? still is! Over 40 years! Btw daisy was so danm hot let's face thats why most of us guys watched it like bay watch...

No mention of both Pittsburgh’s championships in football and baseball.

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.

Singer Diana Ross appeared at the 1979 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, New York State. While she was on the Big Apple float, she sang her latest hit song which was entitled "Who was the Boss?".

. Thanks for the memories! On my birthday March 28, three mile island happened. That was right after the movie The China Syndrome came out. Scary stuff!

I graduated high school that year and saw a new band called Van Halen. Life was never the same.

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

No mention of the debut of ESPN in 1979?

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