He took an extended leave of absence from Columbia in 1979 to become Fermilab's director.

* 1979 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

Also, Columbia was the female symbol of the U. S. After construction, the orbiter arrived at Kennedy Space Center on March 25, 1979, to prepare for its first launch.

Columbia was originally scheduled to lift off in late 1979, however the launch date was delayed by problems with both the SSME components, as well as the thermal protection system ( TPS ).

In 1979, Gilbert was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Frederick Sanger.

As the longest-serving British Columbia MP of his time, in office from 1979 to 2004, Svend Robinson is notable for having been the first Canadian MP to come out as gay, in the spring of 1988.

After six years White left 20th Century in 1979 to launch his own label, Unlimited Gold, with CBS / Columbia Records.

* 1979: The Joy of Flying ( Columbia )

* Lewis, Robin Jared, E. M. Forster's Passages to India, Columbia University Press, New York, 1979.

In August 1979, Fox competed in a marathon in Prince George, British Columbia.

featuring live recordings made at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, on 22 February 1979.

It was released in April 1979 on Columbia Records.

" In 1979, Columbia gave Spielberg $ 1. 5 million to produce what became the " Special Edition " of the film.

Knight and the Pips continued to have hits until the late 1970s, when they were forced to record separately due to legal issues, resulting in Knight's first solo LP recordings -- Miss Gladys Knight ( 1978 ) on Buddah and Gladys Knight ( 1979 ) on Columbia Records.

One of his most recognized accomplishments was signing the Boston group Aerosmith to Columbia Records in the early 1970s at New York City's Max's Kansas City, which was mentioned in the 1979 Aerosmith song " No Surprise ", where Steven Tyler sings, " Old Clive Davis said he's surely gonna make you a star, just the way you are.

Coe's 1979 Columbia album Spectrum VII contained a note stating " Jimmy Buffett doesn't live in Key West anymore ," a lyric from a song from Nothing Sacred.

But because of the success of Norma Rae ( 1979 ), with the same star ( Field ), director, and screenplay writing team ( Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch ), and with Field's new production company ( Fogwood Films ) producing, Columbia agreed.

But because of the success of Norma Rae ( 1979 ), with the same star ( Field ), director, and screenplay writing team ( Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch ), and with Field's new production company ( Fogwood Films ) producing, Columbia agreed.

On February 19, 1979, Columbia Pictures Television acquired TOY Productions ; the production company founded by Bud Yorkin and writers Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orestein in 1976.

In 1979, McCartney signed a new record contract, leaving Capitol, the company he had been with since he was a Beatle, in the United States and Canada and joining Columbia Records, while remaining with Parlophone in the rest of the world.

From 1979 to 1989, Khalilzad worked as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Looking to stave off bankruptcy, Columbia Pictures sold Arista to German-based Ariola Records in 1979.

New York: Columbia University Press, October 1979.

AIT is a non-profit public corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia on 16 January 1979 after the US established full diplomatic relations with the PRC on January 1, 1979.

* 1979: A concert with Jean Michel Jarre on the Place de la Concorde in Paris attracted one million people, securing an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest crowd at an outdoor concert.

The band has released two live albums of archival performances on Manifesto Records: Mutiny on the Bay, compiled from various live shows including a recording from their last show with Biafra in 1986, and Live at the Deaf Club, a recording of a 1979 performance at the Deaf Club in San Francisco which was greeted with more enthusiasm.

In 1979, MCA Records purchased ABC Records, absorbed some of its artists, and then shut the label down.

Also in 1979 Rhino Records released Devotees, a tribute album, containing a set of covers of the band's songs interspersed with renditions of popular songs in Devo's style.

By 1970, Dot had become an all-country label and in 1974, Paramount sold all of its record holdings to ABC Records, which in turn was sold to MCA ( now Universal Music Group ) in 1979.

* ( GI ) LP, 1979, Slash Records

* Germs Rock ' N ' Rule — Recorded Live At The Masque Christmas Party — Whisky A-Go-Go, December 1979, Hollywood, 1986, Xes Records

* Tooth and Nail, 1979, Upsetter Records

After moving to London, Vangelis signed with RCA Records, set up his own studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of electronic albums, such as Heaven and Hell ( 1975 ), Albedo 0. 39 ( 1976 ), Spiral ( 1977 ), Beaubourg ( 1978 ), and China ( 1979 ).

In 1979, ZZ Top signed with Warner Bros. Records and released the album Degüello.

After Gulf Winds ( 1976 ), an album of entirely self-composed songs, and From Every Stage ( 1976 ), a live album that had Baez performing songs " from every stage " of her career, Baez again parted ways with a record label when she moved to CBS Records for Blowin ' Away ( 1977 ) and Honest Lullaby ( 1979 ).

The band recorded five songs ; one of the tracks from the session, " Bela Lugosi's Dead ", running more than nine minutes, was released as the group's debut single in August 1979 on Small Wonder Records as Bauhaus ( the 1919 abandoned ).

The entire group was sold to MCA Records in 1979 ; as a result of subsequent takeovers, the remnants of the ABC music group are now owned by Universal Music Group.

Another version of the theme, ' Blake's 7 Disco ', was recorded by Federation and released in 1979 on Beeb Records with a B-side unconnected with the series.

A soundtrack was not commercially available until 1979, when Chalfont Records, with the composer's son George Korngold as producer and an orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt, made an early digital recording.

He also recorded Ess's band Y Pants for their debut release on 99 Records and performed with Rhys Chatham's Guitar Trio in 1977, a noise music experience that was very important in the development of his compositional voice ( Branca 1979 ).

* Musical Destruction ( LP Cassette, Riot / Clone Records 1979 )

In 1979, the band wooed guitarist Chris Hayes and moved to Chrysalis Records.

EMI purchased United Artists Records in 1979, which had absorbed Liberty Records in 1969, and phased out the Blue Note label which lay dormant until 1985, when it was relaunched as part of EMI Manhattan Records, both for re-issues and new recordings.

Despite being advertised as soon available in November 1979, Horrendous Disc was not finally released by Solid Rock until April 10, 1981, ten days before the band's follow-up ¡ Alarma !, was released on Newpax Records.

In 1978, McGuinn joined fellow ex-Byrds Gene Clark and Chris Hillman to form " McGuinn, Clark and Hillman ", and the three together recorded an album with Capitol Records in 1979.