Timeline September 1979

Events in September 1979 6

• 1898 – 1979 Gracie Fields (1898-1979) English singer and comedian from Rochdale, the biggest British star of the 1930s.
• 1979 Jackson Browne co-organises the No Nukes concerts Madison Square Garden Anti-nuclear benefit concerts with Springsteen and others.
• 1979 Pioneer 11 makes first flyby of Saturn NASA probe becomes the first spacecraft to visit the planet NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft flew past Saturn on 1 September 1979, becoming the first probe to visit the ringed planet. It returned the first close-up images of Saturn's rings and discovered a new ring and two additional moons. Voyager 1 and 2 followed with more detailed flybys the next year.
• 1979 – present Peter Leko Hungarian World Championship challenger Peter Leko challenged Vladimir Kramnik for the Classical World Championship in 2004 and became known for deep opening preparation.
• 1979 Eagles release The Long Run Last album for 28 years Their last studio album until 2007.
• 1979 Gracie Fields dies in Capri Gracie Fields dies aged 81.