Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1979 · Event
Albanian-born Indian missionary honoured for work with the poor of Calcutta.
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Around 1979
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)