1979 oil crisis
1979–1980 · Event
The revolution cuts Iranian exports; panic buying produces petrol queues across America, peaking in June 1979, and stoking inflation.
On these timelines: Master, Economic History, USA, The Iranian Revolution, Persia and Iran
Around 1979
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)