2009 is our 30th birthday and here are a few things that were going on at the time.
1979 News
Saddam Hussein was elected president of Iraq
There was major nuclear accident at the facility on Three Mile Island
Margaret Thatcher becomes the new prime minister
The first Post-it notes are invented
Voyager I discovers faint ring system around Jupiter
Debut of the Garfield comic strip
Sony introduces the Walkman
Sports champions 1979
Formula One World Champion - Jody Scheckter
FA Cup winners - Arsenal
League Cup winners - Nottingham Forest
League Champions - Liverpool
British Open - Seve Ballesteros
The Masters - Fuzzy Zoeller
Ryder Cup - United States
Cricket World Cup - West Indies
Wimbledon Mens Champion - Bjorn Borg
Wimbledon Womans Champion - Martina Navratilova
Embassy World Snooker Champion - Terry Griffiths
Jackson Lift Group celebrate 30 years of trading
Top 10 singles of 1979
1 My Sharona - The Knack
2 Le Freak - Chic
3 Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
4 Bad Girls - Donna Summer
5 YMCA - Village People
6 Reunited - Peaches and Herb
7 Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
8 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
9 Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
10 Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Top 10 TV programmes 1979
1 ToThe Manor Born (BBC)
2 Larry Grayson's Generation Game (BBC)
3 Blankety Blank (BBC)
4 Are You Being Served (BBC)
5 Mastermind (BBC)
6 Mike Yarwood (BBC)
7 Sykes (BBC)
8 Secret Army (BBC)
9 Last Sumer of Wine (BBC)
10 Citizen Smith (BBC)