"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
- Robert Duvall in 'Apocalypse Now'

"Have a coke and smile"
-Coca-Cola

"Quality is job one"
- Ford

"Nothing comes between me and my Calvins"
- Brooke Shields, for Calvin Klein

"Reach out and touch someone"
- AT&T

Ford's Pinto automobile design allowed its fuel tank to be easily damaged in the event of a rear-end collision which sometimes resulted in deadly fires and explosions. It was first noticed by Ford in 1971 tests.

On March 28, Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, had a near melt-down. No one was reported killed or injured, but the accident changed many regulations for American nuclear reactors.

52 Americans are taken hostage in Tehran, Iran for 444 days. Four days later, ABC's Nighline premiered, centering on the crisis.

NASA's Skylab fell to Earth, landing mostly in the Indian Ocean.
 

January 6 - January 19:
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees

January 20 - February 9:
Le Freak - Chic

February 10 - March 9:
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart

March 10 - March 23:
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

March 24 - April 6:
Tragedy - Bee Gees

April 7 - April 13:
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

April 14 - April 20:
What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers

April 21 - April 27:
Knock on Wood - Amii Stewart

April 28 - May 4:
Heart of Glass - Blondie

May 5 - June 30:
Reunited - Peaches & Herb

June 2 - June 8:
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

June 9 - June 15:
Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees

June 16 - July 29:
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

June 30 - July 13:
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

July 14 - August 17:
Bad Girls - Donna Summer

August 18 - August 24:
Good Times - Chic

August 25 - October 5:
My Sharona - The Knack

October 6 - October 12:
Sad Eyes - Robert John

October 13 - October 19:
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

October 20 - November 2:
Rise - Herb Alpert

November 3 - November 9:
Pop Muzik - M

November 10 - November 16:
Heartache Tonight - The Eagles

November 17 - November 23:
Still - The Commodores

November 24 - December 7:
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer

December 8 - December 21:
Babe - Styx

December 22, 1979 - January 4, 1980:
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes