1979

Timeline

The cover for Marvel's Godzilla #24

1978 ← 1979 → 1980

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• The film Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress is considered but scrapped.
• The play set Godzilla Battles the Tricephalon Monster is released by HG Toys.
• Cinnamon House publishes Godzilla Search-A-Word Shapes and Godzilla Jokes and Riddles Coloring Book.

January

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #18.
• 6 January: Alex Garcia is born in Pennsylvania, United States.
• 16 January: Ted Cassidy passes away at the age of 46.

February

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #19.
• 1 February: The first half of "A Space Godzilla" is published by Starlog Group, Inc.
• 9 February: Zhang Ziyi is born in Beijing, China.
• 17 February: Bear McCreary is born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

March

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #20.
• 28 March: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, undergoes a partial meltdown. It remains the most severe accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history.

April

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #21, also partially republishing the series' first issue as part of Marvel Comic #336.
• 1 April: The second half of "A Space Godzilla" is published.

May

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #22.
• 7 May: Megaloman premieres on Fuji TV.
• 14 May: Iwao Mori passed away at the age of 80.
• 30 May: Rie Kugimiya is born in Osaka, Japan.

June

• Marvel Comics publishes Godzilla #23.

July

• Marvel Comics' Godzilla concludes with its 24th issue.
• 1 July: Kodansha publishes Godzilla Monsters Anatomical Encyclopedia.

August

• 2 August: The first Godzilla film is re-released in Japan as part of Godzilla's 25th Anniversary: Godzilla Complete Works.
• 10 August: Kisotengai republishes the pair of novelizations Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again.
• 14 August: The American re-cut of the first Godzilla film is re-released in Japan as part of Godzilla's 25th Anniversary: Godzilla Complete Works.
• 19 August: Rodan is re-released in Japan as part of Godzilla's 25th Anniversary: Godzilla Complete Works.

September

• 1 September: Takeo Kita passes away at the age of 72.
• 8 September: NBC airs the first episode of the second season of Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla cartoon.
• 20 September: Yusuke Watanabe is born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.

December

• 1 December: NBC airs the final episode of Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla cartoon.
• 7 December: Ayako Fujitani is born in Yodogawa, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
• 23 December: Ernest Schoedsack passes away at the age of 86.
• 22 December: Sophie Campbell is born in the United States.
• 24 December: Megaloman finishes airing on Fuji TV.

In fiction

• Godzilla continues to rampage and battle other creatures in Marvel's Earth-616 universe. (Godzilla)

References

This is a list of references for 1979. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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