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1979

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1. 1979

   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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1. 1979

   "1979" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song was written as a coming of age story by Corgan. In the year 1979, Corgan was 12 and this is what he considered his transition into adolescence. The song was popular with critics and fans; Allmusic's Amy Hanson called it a "somewhat surprising hit". The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video. The song appears in Grand Theft Auto IV on the station Liberty Rock Radio 97.8, "1979" is also a playable song in Guitar Hero World Tour as part of the Smashing Pumpkins track pack DLC. The song also featured during the end credits of the sim racing game Gran Turismo 5.

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   Rank popularity for the word '1979' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1825

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of 1979 in Chaldean Numerology is: 0

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of 1979 in Pythagorean Numerology is: 0

Examples of 1979 in a Sentence

1. David Biddulph:

   I was a portfolio manager in the 1970s and the mood in America was awful, and we are right back where we were, and it really strikes me as tragic for our country, that we are repeating the mistakes of the 70s in our current times because Congress didn’t do its job in calling convention to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment in 1979, america today is feeling the decline in prosperity of families because of inflation at 9%.

2. Sammy De Grave:

   I have been listening to Floyd since 'The Wall' was released in 1979, when I was 14 years old, the description of this new species of pistol shrimp was the perfect opportunity to finally give a nod to my favorite band.

3. Bill Gross:

   But like (former Fed chairman Paul) Volcker recognized in 1979, the time has come for a new thesis that restores the savings function to developed economies that permit liability based business models to survive – if only on a shoestring – and that ultimately leads to rejuvenated private investment, which is the essence of a healthy economy, near term pain? Yes. Long term gain? Almost certainly. Get off zero now!

4. Ridley Scott:

   Its a very complex story. Its an evolution of what I first did with 'Prometheus' 1, 'Prometheus' 1 was borne out of my frustration that on 'Alien' 1 in 1979 - I only did one as I don't normally do sequels. I was amazed that in the 3 that followed that no-one asked the question.

5. Karim Sadjadpour:

   Since 1979 the two countries have fought numerous proxy conflicts throughout the Middle East and often exchange threats and insults. But they've stopped short of direct conflict and eventually agreed to a cold reconciliation.

References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979
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