March 1979 - Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty, Three Mile Island

I Survived March 1979!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in March 1979 was 'I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor.

March 1 — The new Penal Code of Cuba enters into force, decriminalizing homosexual acts.

March 1 – Dolores Costello, actress, dies. (b. 1903)

March 2 - Norma Rae movie premieres.

March 4 – The U.S. Voyager I space probe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.

March 4 - Just Friends tv series debuts on CBS.

March 6 - On NBC, Another World becomes the only soap opera to air regularly scheduled 90-minute telecasts (it would go back to 60-minute episodes in 1980).

March 11 – Victor Kilian, actor, dies. (b. 1891)

March 13 - The Ropers tv series debuts on ABC.

March 14 - Hair, Tourist Trap and Voices movies premiere.

March 15 - Harris and Company tv series debuts on NBC.

March 16 - California Dreaming and The China Syndrome movies premiere.

March 17 - The Story of Heidi movie premieres.

March 19 - C-SPAN is launched.  The first televised session of the House of Representatives is broadcast, beginning with a speech by Tennessee representative Al Gore. 

March 24 - The Bad News Bears tv series debuts on CBS.

March 25 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center, to be prepared for its first launch.

March 26 – In a ceremony at the White House, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty.

March 26 – Jean Stafford, writer, dies. (b. 1915)

March 28 – Emmett Kelly, clown, dies. (born 1898)

March 28 - Dear Detective tv series debuts on ABC.

March 28 - Phantasm movie premieres.

March 29 – America's most serious nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans-am:

 Sears catalog for spring/summer 1979:

Spiderman Magic Catch game (released 1979):

Superman comic for March:

Fun YouTube video of commercials from March 30th:

March 30, 1979 Commercials

Playboy playmate of the month, Denise McConnell, and Playgirl man for March, Bill Davidson:

Albums released in March 1979 (album / artist):
Sheik Yerbouti / Frank Zappa
Angel Station / Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Even Serpents Shine / The Only Ones
Thriller / Eddie and the Hot Rods
Fate for Breakfast / Art Garfunkel
Live at the Witch Trials / The Fall
Desolation Angels / Bad Company
L.A. / The Beach Boys
Van Halen II / Van Halen
Overkill / Motörhead
Go West / Village People
Breakfast in America / Supertramp

Top Nielsen shows for the week ending March 18th: 1 Three's Company; 2 The Ropers; 3 Laverne and Shirley; 4 Happy Days; 5 Mork and Mindy; 6 Eight is Enough; 7 Jericho Mile; 8 M-A-S-H; 9 60 Minutes; 10 One Day at a Time.

Starlog magazine for March:

Tiger Beat magazine for March:

Time magazine for March 12, 1979:

'Overload' by Alex Hailey was at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list.

Garfield comic strip from March 1979:

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March 1978 - Charlie Chaplin, Larry Flynt

March 1978...So Thick!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in March 1978 was '(Love Is) Thicker Than Water' by Andy Gibb.

March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault which is then buried in the same grave.

March 3 – The New York Post publishes an article about David Rorvik's book The Cloning of Man, about a supposed cloning of a human being.

March 3 – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back, but dies only two weeks later.

March 5 -  An Unmarried Woman movie premieres.

March 6 – American porn publisher Larry Flynt is shot and paralyzed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

March 10 - The Incredible Hulk tv series debuts on CBS.

March 10 - Return from Witch Mountain and The Fury movies premiere.

March 13 - The Big Sleep movie premieres.

March 17 - American Hot Wax movie premieres.

March 19 – Faith Baldwin, romantic novelist and poet, dies. (born 1893)

March 22 – Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

March 26 – April 1 CBS commemorates its golden anniversary in radio and TV broadcasting with CBS: On the Air, a 9½-hour retrospective special airing over 7 nights.

March 28 – Stump v. Sparkman (435 U.S. 349): The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5–3 decision in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.  It involved an Indiana judge who was sued by a young woman who had been sterilized without her knowledge as a minor in accordance with the judge's order. The Supreme Court held that the judge was immune from being sued for issuing the order because it was issued as a judicial function. 

Black Panther comic for March:

1978 Plymouth Volare:

Hawaiian Punch game (released 1978):

Sears 1978 Spring/Summer catalog:

Playboy playmate of the month, Christina Smith, and Playgirl man for March, CW Mundy:

Albums released in March (album / artist):

And Then There Were Three / Genesis

Easter / Patti Smith

Gettin' the Spirit / Roberta Kelly

Guilty Until Proven Insane / Skyhooks

You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish / REO Speedwagon

Generation X / Generation X

This Year's Model / Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Kaya / Bob Marley and The Wailers

London Town / Wings

Nielsen Top 10 for the week ending March 12th: 1 Happy Days; 2 Little House on the Prairie; 3 (tie) Three’s Company and M-A-S-H; 5 One Day at a Time; 6 60 Minutes; 7 Circus Highlights; 8 All in the Family; 9 Alice; 10 Love Boat.

Sidney Sheldon's 'Bloodline' moved to the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list.  This book is about a pampered heiress who inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit.

Crazy magazine for March:

Ms. magazine for March:

Seventeen magazine for March:

Peanuts comic strip from March 1978:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in March 1978, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com