WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1979
Find out what all happened September to October 1979

CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service. (24. September 1979)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom. (27. October 1979)

Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs. (21. October 1979)

Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party. (15. October 1979)

South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa). (13. September 1979)

Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (17. October 1979)

The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens. (1. October 1979)

The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi). (1. September 1979)

The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip. (12. October 1979)

Indonesia is hit with an earthquake that measures 8.1 on the Richter scale. (12. September 1979)

The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line). (30. September 1979)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published. (12. October 1979)

The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services. (17. October 1979)

The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency. (27. September 1979)

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland. (29. September 1979)

Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president. (14. September 1979)

The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama. (1. October 1979)

A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I. (20. September 1979)

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. (6. October 1979)

Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City. (2. October 1979)