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 ).

* 1979 – Eric Young, Canadian professional wrestler

* 1979 – Young Dro, American rapper

* 1979 – Young Maylay, American rapper, voice actor, and producer

* 1979 – Luke Young, English footballer

* 1979 – Darren Young, American wrestler

* 1979 – Jacob Young, American actor and singer

The Young Pioneers in Cambodia between 1979 and 1993 were under the Kampuchean Revolutionary Youth Association ( KRYA ) and the Kampuchean Young Pioneers Organization ( KYPO ), branches of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation.

Also in 1979, the European offices of Arthur Young merged with several large local European firms, which became member firms of Arthur Young International.

According to a 1979 Jay and Young study, 40 percent of gay men and 39 percent of gay women in the US had attempted or seriously thought about suicide.

Patricia Welesko Garland, a 1979 graduate of East Allegheny High School, was named one of 10 Outstanding Young Americans by the U. S. Junior Chamber ( Jaycees ) in 2000.

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

* Young Django ( 1979, MPS )

In the 1979 Dokes match Young had scaled 229 lbs., a near career heaviest and was simply way out of shape.

Young's biography was published in 1979, Jimmy Young, heavyweight contender by Edward Dolan and Richard Lyttle, Doubleday pub, ISBN 0-385-14097-5.

Young has been rewarded with several honours over the years: an OBE in 1979 ; a CBE in 1993 ; and, at the beginning of 2002, he was knighted for services to broadcasting.

In July 1979, Young found out that an upcoming report by the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights called for the creation of a Palestinian State.

Dr. Jeffrey Young, who coined the term " Schema Therapy ", a technique originally developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck ( 1979 ), also links NPD and shame.

He then served as the Vice Minister for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( August, 1979 to March, 1980 ) and as the Managing Director of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults ( August, 1979 to July, 1981 ).

Caligula 1979 Agrippina is played by Lori Wagner

A feature-length historical film Caligula was completed in 1979, in which Malcolm McDowell played the lead role.

The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979.

Interior of the Joe Louis Arena, where the Red Wings have played at home since 1979, when they left the Detroit Olympia.

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

An Anglican Christian, she played a considerable part in the drafting of the 1979 American Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.

After some TV commercial and radio appearances, including the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974, Patinkin had his first success in musical theater, where he played the part of Che in Evita on Broadway in 1979.

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

The game was played on January 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, the fifth and last time that the Super Bowl was played in that building.

This band recorded the album Rock ' N ' Roll with the Modern Lovers ( 1977 ) and toured until Keranen left to go to college and was replaced by Asa Brebner, who played on the albums Modern Lovers Live ( 1978 ) and Back in Your Life ( 1979 ).

The commercial " Supertests " organised by Kerry Packer as part of his World Series Cricket enterprise and played between " WSC Australia ," " WSC World XI " and " WSC West Indies " from 1977 to 1979 have never been regarded as having official Test match status.

* Backstairs at the White House: Television episode 1. 2, Warren G. Harding played by George Kennedy, 1979.

He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for four teams from 1979 to 1999.

Button Badge created by Cook ( circa 1979 ) for his band Disque Attack in which he played drums and for whom he was later lead vocalist.

Also in 1979, she played the title role of Dana Lee, a North Dakota transfer student to L. A .' s San Fernando Valley in CBS's Survival of Dana.

In December 1979, Queen played the opening night at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in London, having accepted a request by the event's organiser Paul McCartney.

After director Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather was a success, he hired Ford to expand his office and gave him small roles in his next two films, The Conversation ( 1974 ) and Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ); in the latter film he played a smarmy officer named " G.

The two champions from those years competed against teams from the UK for the " College Bowl World Championship ," which were also televised ; in 1978, Stanford University played a team of UK all-stars under College Bowl rules, and in 1979, Davidson College played Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University under University Challenge rules.

Andropov played the dominant role in the decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979.

He played through the 1979 season, but never approached his first-year numbers.

They played as a quintet from early 1975 and always as a quartet from mid-1976 ( Bill Hurd ( keyboardist ) became an out-of-staff member ; during his retirement years, he joined Suzi Quatro's band, touring and playing on a number of worldwide hits, which included the Top 20 hit " She's in Love with You " in 1979, before re-joining the Rubettes in 1982.