1979

Timeline

1978 ← 1979 → 1980

ExpandBefore 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8000 • 1100 • 218

CE: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1502 • 1853

Expand1900-1999

1900-1939: 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1918 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

Expand2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

ExpandFuture

2027 • 2028 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• The film Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress is considered but scrapped.

January

• 16 January: Ted Cassidy passes away at age 46.

February

• 9 February: Zhang Ziyi is born in Beijing, China.
• 17 February: Bear McCreary is born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

March

• 28 March: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, undergoes a partial meltdown. It remains the most severe accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history.

May

• 7 May: Megaloman premieres on Fuji TV.

July

• Marvel Comics' Godzilla concludes with its 24th issue.

August

• 10 August: Kisotengai republishes the pair of novelizations Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again.

September

• 1 September: Takeo Kita passes away at age 72.

December

• 7 December: Ayako Fujitani is born in Yodogawa, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
• 8 December: Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla cartoon finishes airing on NBC.
• 24 December: Megaloman finishes airing on Fuji TV.

In fiction

• Godzilla continues to rampage and battle other creatures in Marvel's Earth-616 universe. (Godzilla)

References

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