America - 1979AD

In 1979AD:

• An accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant caused a near-disaster.
• Pioneer 11 spacecraft made a rendezvous with the planet Saturn.
• Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft rendezvoused with the planet Jupiter.
• The first case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was reported.
• American tennis player Tracy Austin won the U.S. Open championship at age 16.
• American tennis player John McEnroe won his first U.S. Open championship.
• Quarterback Roger Staubach led NFL passing, completing 267 out of 461 passes.
• Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita opened on Broadway.
• Francis Ford Coppola directed the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now.
• American novelist William Styron published Sophie's Choice.
• The Gossamer Albatross flew across the English Channel under human-power.

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