* 1979 – Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

* Cumbolo produced by Sonia Pottinger ( 1979 ), Virgin / Front Line

* International Herb produced by Sonia Pottinger ( 1979 ), High Note / Virgin

* 1979 in art-Death of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Peggy Guggenheim, Sonia Delaunay

* Clarke, Sonia The Invasion of Zululand, Johannesburg, 1979.

* Sonia Sotomayor ( 1979 – 1984 ): Current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Sonia Delaunay ( nėe Terk, November 14, 1885 – December 5, 1979 ) was a Jewish-French artist who, with her husband Robert Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes.

Sonia Delaunay died December 5, 1979, in Paris, aged 94.

The dawning of a newly successful era in Roma's footballing history was brought in with another Coppa Italia victory, they beat Torino on penalties to win the 1979 – 80 cup.

On 6 May 1997, following the 1997 general election which brought a Labour government to power for the first time since 1979, it was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, that the Bank of England would be granted operational independence over monetary policy.

The deal brought 1979 NL Rookie of the Year pitcher Rick Sutcliffe from the Cleveland Indians.

The rich orchestral accompaniment that became identified with the disco era conjured up the memories of the big band era — which brought out several artists that recorded and disco-ized some big band arrangements including Perry Como, who re-recorded his 1929 and 1939 hit, " Temptation ", in 1975, as well as Ethel Merman, who released an album of disco songs entitled The Ethel Merman Disco Album in 1979.

He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) brought him attention.

1979 also brought Devo to Japan for the first time, and a live show from this tour was partially recorded.

In the United Kingdom, the 1979 Mod revival brought with it a burst of fresh creativity from fanzines, and for the next decade, the youth subculture inspired the production of dozens of independent publications.

Primary drafts of the book were completed by 1970, but Hayek chose to rework his drafts and finally brought the book to publication in three volumes in 1973, 1976 and 1979.

In 1979 John Elk brought Short-Form to England, teaching workshops at Jacksons Lane Theatre and was the first American to perform at The Comedy Store, London, above a Soho strip club.

Grenadian appeals to the Privy Council were temporarily abolished from 1979 until 1991, as a result of the Grenadian Revolution, which brought Prime Minister Maurice Bishop to power.

A popular uprising brought the FSLN to power in 1979.

In 1979 the Center brought the first of its many cases against various Ku Klux Klan type organizations.

The victory of the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) in 1979 brought about major changes and gains for women, mainly in legislation, broad educational opportunities, training programs for working women, childcare programs to help women enter the work force and greatly increased participation and even leadership positions in a whole range of political activities.

Though he voted with the Conservatives in a vote of confidence that brought down the Labour government on 28 March, Powell did not welcome the victory of Margaret Thatcher in the May 1979 election.

The International Ski Federation ( FIS ) recognized freestyle as a sport in 1979 and brought in new regulations regarding certification of athletes and jump techniques in an effort to curb the dangerous elements of the competitions.

The International Ski Federation ( FIS ) recognized freestyle as a sport in 1979 and brought in new regulations regarding certification of athletes and jump techniques in an effort to curb the dangerous elements of the competitions.

Since the 1979 revolution, the authorities have destroyed most or all of the Baha ' i holy places in Iran, including the House of the Bab in Shiraz, a house in Tehran where Bahá ' u ' lláh was brought up, and other sites connected to aspects of Babi and Baha ' i history.

This part of the 1979 Act was never brought into effect in Scotland.

On 1 July 1979, the 7th Missile Warning Squadron ( 7 MWS ) brought a Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System ( PAVE PAWS ) radar site to Beale, a Protection Level 1, 10-story structure that can detect possible attack by land-based and sea-launched ballistic missiles.

Even in videotex networks where third-party companies could post their own content and operate special services like forums, a single company usually owned and operated the underlying communications network, developed and deployed the necessary hardware and software, and billed both content providers and users for access. The exception was the transaction processing videotex system developed in the UK by Michael Aldrich in 1979, which brought teleshopping ( or online shopping as it was later called ) into prominence and was the idea developed later through the Internet.

By 1979, California Attorney General George Deukmejian had brought civil charges against the church, and the church was placed into an investigative financial receivership for one year.

Labour lost the general election to the Conservatives ( led by Margaret Thatcher ) in May 1979, following the Winter of Discontent in which Britain had been brought to a virtual standstill by endless public sector strikes.

Cheap Trick's 1979 album Cheap Trick at Budokan went triple platinum in the United States, and singles such as " Surrender " and " I Want You To Want Me " brought power pop to an international audience.

It was brought back briefly 1979 to 1981 for use on 45s by the group The Knack.

Coleman graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia, in 1978 ; in 1978 – 1979 she was an exchange student at Røyken upper secondary school in Norway with the AFS Intercultural Programs.

Of country music artists, Connie Smith covered Andy Gibb's " I Just Want to Be Your Everything " in 1977, Bill Anderson did " Double S " in 1978, and Ronnie Milsap covered Tommy Tucker's " High Heel Sneakers " in 1979.

Dewar called the Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh a " nationalist shibboleth ", mainly because it had been the proposed site of the Scottish Assembly in the 1979 referendum.

She later moved to Russellville, Arkansas with her family, where she graduated from Russellville High School in 1979.

In 1979, the Army drafted final specifications for a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV.

Cyril and Methodius School in 1979 and St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in 1983.

In the fall of 1979, at Reagan's request, Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham conceived a concept he called the High Frontier, an idea of strategic defense using ground-and space-based weapons theoretically possible because of emerging technologies.

Page attended the Okemos Montessori School ( now called Montessori Radmoor ) in Okemos, Michigan from 1975 to 1979, and graduated from East Lansing High School in 1991.

He graduated in 1979 from Hope High School, and his father, Gene Ross, is a former administrator in the Hope School District.

He attended Timaru Boys ' High School from 1976 to 1979.

Although it was a commercial flop, the film broke stylistic ground by being more focused and less visually ambitious – and thus easier to emulate on a tight budget – than either RHPS or Ken Russell's 1975 adaptation of The Who's music and storyline from the album Tommy, or even a lower-budget affair like The Ramones ' Rock ' n ' Roll High School ( 1979 ).

This was documented by Analy High School students in a 1979 video, Our Train Down Main: a History of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad.

Sebastopol, CA: Analy High School, 1979.

* Ray R. Allen, municipal secretary-treasurer and finance director in Alexandria, Louisiana ( 1963 – 1979 ), graduated from Newellton High School ( ca.

A graduate of Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, Indiana in 1979, he led the Tigers to a state record 59 straight victories through the 1978-79 season.

He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979.

This school burned in 1979, and the district built another school on the east end of Ashdown and called it Ashdown Junior High School.

In 2002, Stern acquired the rights to comedy films Rock ' n ' Roll High School ( 1979 ) and Porky's ( 1982 ).

Waldo High School closed in 1964, followed by Waldo Grade School in 1979.

* Lenny Fant, basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1957 – 1979, coached at Delhi High School from 1950-1953.

Canby High School won the Minnesota State Team Championship in 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2006.

During the fall of 1979, the Wesson High School was moved to a new facility in Wesson.

Lenny Fant, award-winning basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1957 – 1979, graduated from Lee High School in Columbus but was born in Hamilton, Alabama.

Jamesburg High School, founded in 1905, graduated its last class in June 1979.