1979

1979 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1979; MCMLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2732
Armenian calendar	1428; ԹՎ ՌՆԻԸ
Assyrian calendar	6729
Baháʼí calendar	135–136
Balinese saka calendar	1900–1901
Bengali calendar	1385–1386
Berber calendar	2929
British Regnal year	27 Eliz. 2 – 28 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2523
Burmese calendar	1341
Byzantine calendar	7487–7488
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse); 4676 or 4469; — to —; 己未年 (Earth Goat); 4677 or 4470
Coptic calendar	1695–1696
Discordian calendar	3145
Ethiopian calendar	1971–1972
Hebrew calendar	5739–5740
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2035–2036
- Shaka Samvat	1900–1901
- Kali Yuga	5079–5080
Holocene calendar	11979
Igbo calendar	979–980
Iranian calendar	1357–1358
Islamic calendar	1399–1400
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 54; (昭和５４年)
Javanese calendar	1910–1912
Juche calendar	68
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4312
Minguo calendar	ROC 68; 民國68年
Nanakshahi calendar	511
Thai solar calendar	2522
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་; (male Earth-Horse); 2105 or 1724 or 952; — to —; ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་; (female Earth-Sheep); 2106 or 1725 or 953
Unix time	283996800 – 315532799

From top to bottom, left to right: the Soviet–Afghan War begins as the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; the Iran hostage crisis erupts when militants seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran; American Airlines Flight 191 crashes in Chicago, killing 271; Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park turns into a riot; the Three Mile Island accident causes a partial nuclear meltdown; the Sony Walkman debuts; SALT II is signed to limit nuclear arms; the 1979 oil crisis sends fuel prices soaring; and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty is signed, marking the first peace deal between Israel and an Arab nation.

1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.