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March 19, 1979

On March 19, 1979, the United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. The year's #1 song was "My Sharona" by The Knack. Ruth Beitia, Iván Alonso, Malcolm Christie would arrive in the same year.

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Featured · March 19, 1979

The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

S. Senate being the upper house. S.

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Around 1979

The year in brief

1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.

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What happened

On March 19, 1979

  1. 1979 The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

    Lower house of the US Congress

    S. Senate being the upper house. S.

Arrivals

Born on March 19, 1979

Sheldon Brown 1979– American football player (born 1979)
Ivan Ljubičić 1979– Croatian tennis coach & player (born 1979)
Christos Patsatzoglou 1979– Greek footballer (born 1979)
Hedo Türkoğlu 1979– Turkish basketball player (born 1979)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1979

The class of 1979

Others born in 1979

Ruth Beitia 1979– Spanish high jumper
Iván Alonso 1979– Uruguayan footballer
Malcolm Christie 1979– English footballer
Sebastien Grainger 1979– Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michel Riesen 1979– Swiss ice hockey player
Claire Danes 1979– American actress

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