** Elena Sanz de Limantour ( 1922 – 1979 ), married in 1949 to Robert Borgs, and had issue:

** National Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from United Kingdom in 1979.

** 1977 – 1979 Golden Eagle

** 1977 – 1979 Jeep Golden Eagle

** 1977 – 1979 Golden Eagle

** Aaliyah, R & B singer and actress ( b. 1979 )

** Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 )-Although taking place almost entirely throughout the 1980s, the war officially started on December 27, 1979.

** Josef Mengele, German Nazi war criminal ( d. 1979 )

** Darla Hood, American actress ( d. 1979 )

** Alfred Deller, English countertenor ( d. 1979 )

** Barbara Hutton, American socialite ( d. 1979 )

** Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Pakistani journalist, theologian, and philosopher ( d. 1979 )

** Lazar Lagin, Soviet writer ( d. 1979 )

** John Wayne, American actor ( d. 1979 )

** S. J. Perelman, American humorist and author ( d. 1979 )

** Hope Summers, American actress ( d. 1979 )

** Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer ( d. 1979 )

** Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan ( d. 1979 )

** Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist ( d. 1979 )

** Ivon Hitchens, English painter ( d. 1979 )

** Gali Atari and Milk and Honey win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for Israel, with the song Hallelujah.

** Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0. 16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

** Jordi Bonet, Canadian artist ( d. 1979 )

** Long Dong Silver, a pornographic actor

** European Silver Ball Footballer of the Year France Football

** Silver in Best world player of the year IFFHS: 1989

** Venice Film Festival Silver Lion

** Venice Film Festival Silver Lion

** Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbons for Best Cinematography in B & W ( Gianni Di Venanzo ), Best Director ( Federico Fellini ), Best Original Story ( Fellini and Flaiano ), Best Producer ( Angelo Rizzoli ), Best Score ( Nino Rota ), Best Screenplay ( Fellini, Pinelli, Flaiano, Rondi ), and Best Supporting Actress ( Sandra Milo )

** 3 Silver Ribbons awarded by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design

** Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Winner

** Elizabeth II commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow, Scotland.

** The Silver Thursday market crash occurs.

** Zuleyka Silver, American fashion model and actress

** Silver Meikar, Estonian politician

** The London and North Eastern Railway commences the Silver Jubilee, Britain's first streamline train service.

** Silver trout, † Salvelinus agassizi ( extinct )

** Diplodus argenteus caudimacula, Silver porgy

** Silver Pheasant, ( L. nycthemera )

** Jolly Roger-Astley Baker Davies, Silver Bird Productions, Channel 4-Mark Baker

** Silver Ridge

** Silver Run

** Silver Creek

** Silver City

** Silver Streak-Donald O. Mitchell, Douglas O. Williams, Richard Tyler and Harold M. Etherington

** Silver Spooner ( voiced by Rob Paulsen )-A silver alien that rides on a giant spoon and is a Herald of Barbequor.

** Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear-Special Jury Prize.