1979. The final year of the ‘70’s was every bit as nutty as the preceding years. It snowed for 30 minutes in the Sahara Desert. Iranian radicals held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Exposing President Jimmy Carter as a weak leader and leading to his defeat in the 1980 presidential election. The Dow Jones Average closed the year at 838. Gas prices rose to .86 cents per gallon. An all sports cable television network called ESPN launched on September 7th. Kate Hudson and Jennifer Love Hewitt were born in 1979.
The YMCA of America sued the Village People over their song of the same name.