On Nov. 11, 2024, X owner Elon Musk posted an image (archived) of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter that was captioned: "In 1979 I created the Department of Education. Since then America went from ...

Popular music was splintering in about a dozen directions as the '70s came to an end. The decade's buildups of pop, rock, new wave, punk, disco, soul and any number of variations on those genres ...

Fittingly, and not surprisingly, given the decade's musical climate changes, the last 12 months of the '70s marked the turning of an era. Most artists were still on an annual album release schedule, ...

With a setlist structured like a party, this new concert film and live album from a charity gig at Madison Square Garden showcase Bruce and the band at full roar. Springsteen wasn’t one of the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — September 1979: Hurricane Frederic. A historic storm, directly striking Mobile with impact far beyond. This program is about the devastation to our communities, the determination ...

In February of 1979, Tehran was in chaos. A cancer-stricken Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Western-backed autocrat, had gone into exile in mid-January, leaving behind a rickety regency council. On Feb. 1, ...

Editor's note: On July 21, 2025, a federal appeals court ruled that Pedro Hernandez must have a new trial or be released. On Nov. 25, 2025, the Manhattan District Attorney announced he intends to ...

After the late president and military leader, Jerry John Rawlings, assumed office for the first time through a coup d'état in 1979, he caused the arrest of some senior military officers in the Ghana ...

From the January 1979 issue of Car and Driver. If we had a collective pinch of sense among us, we'd organize a cooperative fund and buy up all the 1979 Trans Ams we could lay our hands on, like maybe ...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s, ...

Argo recreates the storming of the US embassy in Tehran in November 1979 Ben Affleck's film Argo tells the bizarre story of how in 1980 the CIA - with Canadian help - sprang a group of Americans from ...

In 1979, Jimmy Carter signed 77 Executive orders (from EO 12111 through EO 12187). This page contains documents that have been published in the Federal Register. * Because the White House cannot ...