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Tuesday January 16, 1979
US date format: 1/16/1979, UK date format: 16/1/1979
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Capricorn (see birth chart on January 16, 1979). The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat).
Famous people born on this day include Aaliyah and Muntadhar al-Zaidi.
In that special week of January people in US were listening to Le Freak by Chic.
In UK YMCA by The Village People was in the top 5 hits.
Love on the Run, directed by François Truffaut, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1979
while The Stories Of John Cheever by John Cheever was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Turnabout.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Galaxian or Super Invader.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Love on the Run
Directed by: François Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani
Search and Destroy
Directed by: William Fruet
Starring: Perry King, Don Stroud, Tisa Farrow, George Kennedy
Screams of a Winter Night
Directed by: James L. Wilson
Starring: Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers, Mary Agen Cox
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Country: United States of America
Halloween
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 16, 1979?
- National Religious Freedom Day in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786
- Teacher's Day in Thailand
Holidays
- Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
Events
- Aaliyah : American singer, dancer, actress, and...
- Muntadhar al-Zaidi
- Trent Ford
- Brenden Morrow: Canadian ice hockey player.
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Famous Birthday
- Fred Elizalde: Composer, dies at 71.
- Ted Cassidy of Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania, actor (Lurch - Addams...
- August Heissmeyer: German SS officer (Born 1897).
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of January 16, 1979?
- Chic - Le Freak
- Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
- Billy Joel - My Life
- Village People - Y.M.C.A.
- Toto - Hold The Line
- Barbra & Neil - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
- Linda Ronstadt - Ooh Baby Baby
- Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love
- Eric Clapton - Promises
- Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- Earth, Wind & Fire - September
- Gene Chandler - Get Down
- Peabo Bryson - I'm So Into You
- Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
- Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love
- Evelyn "Champagne" King - I Don't Know If It's Right
- Chic - Le Freak
- ADC Band - Long Stroke
- Bonnie Pointer - Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)
Top #10 R&B songs
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Turnabout
Directed by: E.B. Hughes
Danger UXB
Written by: John Hawkesworth, John Whitney
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, George Innes, Gordon Kane
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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A Woman Called Moses
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Running Blind
Directed by: Ryan Suffern
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in January 1979?
- LIFE: Rare Dogs
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Crescent of Crisis -- Jan. 15, 1979
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8622
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Stories Of John Cheever
By: John Cheever
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the Pulitzer PrizeWhen The Stories of John Cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. In
The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
“Majestic! . . . Readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings will find in The Silmarillion a cosmology to call their own, medieval romances, fierce fairy tales, and fiercer wars that ring with heraldic fury .
Second Generation
By: Howard Fast
She'll Risk Her Freedom to Find Freedom"A novel of satisfying depth and breadth, written in good, clean, forceful prose." -Chicago TribuneDesperate for independence and scornful of the hypocrisy of the upper
Fools Die
By: Mario Puzo
From the blockbuster author of The Godfather, here is the international and New York Times bestseller about the feverish world of a big-time gambler.
The Stand
By: Stephen King
Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. A
Videogames
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