There is very little information available regarding Iran's use of its 79 F-14A Tomcats ( delivered prior to 1979 ) in most western outlets ; the exception being a book released by Osprey Publishing titled " Iranian F-14 Tomcats in Combat " by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop.

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

* 1979 – Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player

In 1979, Frank DeRemer and Tom Pennello announced a series of optimizations for the LALR parser that would further improve its memory efficiency.

* 1979 – Tom Chaplin, English singer ( Keane )

* Carson, Tom ( 1979 ).

** 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.

* Dardis, Tom, Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down ( 1979 ) Scribners, ( 2004 ) Limelight Editions

* Nuts ( play ), a 1979 play by Tom Topor

* Nuts ( film ), a 1987 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt ; the screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title

* The Right Stuff, A book written in 1979 by Tom Wolfe, which was made into a major motion picture of the same name, in which actor Ed Harris portrayed Glenn.

MP / M ( Multi-Programming Monitor Control Program ) was a multi-user version of the CP / M operating system, created by Digital Research developer Tom Rolander in 1979 .< ref >

His success with assistant manager Tom Chadney by his side attracted the attention of much larger clubs, and Eriksson joined Göteborg in 1979.

The first award came in 1979 in the Spot News Photography category by staff photographer Tom Kelly.

Dream Police was released later in 1979 and was their third album in a row produced by Tom Werman.

Damn the Torpedoes is the third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1979.

( 1964 ), The Faith Healer ( 1979 ) and Dancing at Lughnasa ( 1990 ); Tom Murphy's A Whistle In the Dark ( 1961 ) and The Gigli Concert ( 1983 ); and Hugh Leonard's Da ( 1973 ) and A Life ( 1980 ), helped raise the Abbey's international profile through successful runs in the West End in London, and on Broadway in New York City.

He commissioned designer / luthier Tom Lieber to design and build this bass, having purchased one of Lieber's Spider grinder basses in 1979.

In the February 1979 Republican primary, Thompson was defeated by Tom Petri 35 %- 19 %.

In August 1979, gay rights activist Tom Brougham proposed a new category of relationship called " domestic partnership ".

In the seventeenth season ( 1979 – 80 ) story " The Horns of Nimon ", the fourth incarnation of the Doctor, played by Tom Baker, recognizes the Labyrinth-like building complex that serves as the lair of the Nimons as resembling both physically and functionally a " giant positronic circuit ".

Willi Unsoeld ( October 5, 1926-March 4, 1979 ) was an American mountaineer who, along with Tom Hornbein, were members of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963.

Mendoza himself claims that the term was invented in 1979 by his Mariner teammates Bruce Bochte and Tom Paciorek.

At the start of the final race of the season, the Los Angeles Times 500, at Ontario Motor Speedway,, Waltrip led Richard Petty by a scant 2 points in the year-long championship battle after finishing the race 5th ahead of Petty's 6th place finish in the previous race, the Dixie 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, November 4, 1979.

* Damn the Torpedoes ( album ), a 1979 album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Whitney reprised her role as Janice Rand, who had received a promotion to Chief Petty Officer ( CPO ), in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ).

The 1978 and 1979 Dodge Magnum in the United States and Canada was an addition to the Chrysler line up that allowed Richard Petty to continue racing with a Mopar.

Though Richard never won a race in a Magnum, Petty's son, Kyle Petty drove one of his father's year old Dodge Magnums in his first race ( 1979 Daytona ARCA 200 ), and won!

* Alvin Petty ( 1979 )

* 1979: In a race that was seen on ABC's Wide World of Sports, Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty hooked horns in a memorable duel.

Petty ran both stations until 1979, when they were sold to their current owner.

* Dale Inman, crew chief, eight time Winston Cup Series champion ( 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979 with Richard Petty, and 1984 with Terry Labonte );

Further demos were recorded during Fleetwood Mac's extensive ten-month world tour of 1979 – 80 including a notable April 1980 session with Tom Petty that ultimately went unused ; following the tour's end in September 1980, work with a full band of other musicians commenced.

* Richard Petty ( 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, and 1979 ) two title repeats.

The two factors that most influence which route an individual will take in a persuasive situation are motivation ( strong desire to process the message ; e. g., Petty & Cacioppo, 1979 ) and ability ( actually being capable of critical evaluation ; e. g., Petty, Wells, & Brock, 1976 ).

Petty's car used for his 1979 Daytona 500 win, on display at Daytona USA ( museum ) | Daytona USA in January 2001From 1954 to 1979, Petty Enterprises won ten championships in NASCAR's premier series.

The car pictured is a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Show Car prepared by Petty Enterprises to commemorate Richard's 1979 Championship.

After finishing fourth in 1978, the Orioles finally won the division in 1979 thanks to strong play from Ken Singleton and Cy Young Winner Mike Flanagan.

The pitching staff was phenomenal, with four pitchers winning six Cy Young Awards ( Mike Cuellar in 1969 ; Jim Palmer in 1973, 1975, and 1976 ; Mike Flanagan in 1979 ; and Steve Stone in 1980 ).

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

* Mike Commodore ( born 1979 ), a Canadian ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the United States.

Notable examples include Mike Oldfield's " Guilty " ( 1979 ) Blondie's " Heart of Glass " ( 1978 ), Cher's " Hell on Wheels " and " Take Me Home " ( both 1979 ), Barry Manilow ’ s " Copacabana " ( 1978 ), David Bowie's " John I'm Only Dancing ( Again )" ( 1975 ), Rod Stewart's " Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Interestingly, in 1979, Jan also performed over 100 concerts of Jan and Dean songs with another front man from Hawaii, Randy Ruff, so Torrence toured briefly as " Mike & Dean ," with Mike Love of the Beach Boys.

* 1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1979 – Mike Patto, ( Michael Thomas McCarthy ), English vocalist and front man for The Bow Street Runners ( b. 1942 )

* 1979 – Mike Commodore, American hockey player

Larry Bowa, Pete Rose, and Mike Schmidt wore this maroon batting jersey in place of their road jersey during the 1979 All-Star Game in Seattle.

Mike Schmidt did wear the uniform during the MLB All-Star Tour of Japan following the 1979 season.

The Wizard of Speed and Time is a 1989 low-budget feature film written, directed, and starring animator Mike Jittlov, as well as a 1979 16 mm short film, also by Jittlov.

In 1979, shortly before Radner began her final season on Saturday Night Live, her Broadway show was filmed by Mike Nichols under the title Gilda Live !, co-starring Paul Shaffer and Don Novello, and was released to theaters nationwide in 1980 with poor results.

The couple made two surprise impromptu reunion performances: the first on The Mike Douglas Show in the spring of 1979, singing a medley of " United We Stand " and " Without You ", and the second on November 13, 1987 on Late Night with David Letterman where they performed their hit song " I Got You Babe ".

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

On June 22, 1979, Holmes faced future WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver, who was lightly regarded going into the fight sporting an uninspiring 19-8 record.

In 1979, Kris Kristofferson traveled to Havana, Cuba, to participate in the historic Havana Jam festival that took place between March 2 – 4, alongside Rita Coolidge, Stephen Stills, the CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bramlett, Mike Finnegan, Weather Report, and Billy Joel, plus an array of Cuban artists such as Irakere, Pacho Alonso, Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón.

* April 12 – On The Jeffersons, Mike Evans makes his last appearance ( until 1979 ) on Good Times, with Damon Evans ( no relation to Michael ) joining the cast

A Flock of Seagulls was started by Mike Score and his brother Ali in 1979 in Liverpool.

Mike Rendine accompanied him on bass throughout 1979.