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= 1979 =
 * ===Political Event during the year of 1979: ===
 * On March 26, of 1979 the president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, and the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin, Sign a peace treaty at the White House. This treaty was the end of the state war, which had been going on since 1948. Israel freed the armed forces and civilians that they had captured during 1967 sixty-day war. This treaty was important because it made Egypt become the first Arab country to ever recognize Israel.
 *  Economical Event during the year of 1979:
 * Richard Nixon had price control on oil which lead to a shortage in the amount of oil that the U.S. had, which caused the oil crisis of 1979. The price of a barrel of oil raised from $15.85 to $39.50 all in a short period of twelve months. The oil outputs raised, while inputs decre[[image:Opecrev.gif width="329" height="263" align="left" caption="Economic downfall, 1979"]]ased. This sharp increase in priced stayed until march of 2008. Long lines had appeared at the gas stations, and it was found that the cars waiting in line at the gas station actually wasted 150,000 barrels of gas a day. This was important because he entire U.S. had to suffer from a scarce amount of oil, and they were spending lots of money on it because they knew that there wasn't much of it.
 * An important person from the year 1979:
 * Margaret Thatcher was a very important person in 1979; born in England, she went to college to study chemistry. When Heath Edward created a government in 1970, he designated her as Secretary of State for education, and science. After four years she entered in a contest and won the Conservativ[[image:margaret_thatcher.jpg width="158" height="199" align="right"]]e Party leader in 1975. She was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979-1990. She was also a leader of the Conservative Party. She is the only woman to ever have the privilege to be the leader and Prime Minister, and the first woman leader of a major political party. As Prime Minister she wanted to reverse the economic decline in the UK. She also wanted to reduce the role of the states economy. Her and president Ronald Reagan became very close ally.
 *  A piece of entertainment from 1979:
 * Rocky II, a still very popular movie, was also very famous in 1979. The sequel to the movie Rock[[image:images.jpeg width="130" height="177" align="left"]]y, had some popular actors/actresses, such as Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, and Carl Weathers. Sylvester was not only the star actor, but also the director. This sequel is about Rocky Balboa moving back home with his wife Adrian. He is in need of a job, and against doctors warning, he gets a boxing challenge from Apollo Creed, and he can’t resist. This movie takes you deeper into the lives of the characters, and lets you get to know who they really are.


 * A little piece of culture during 1979:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">[[image:images-1.jpeg width="102" height="151" align="right"]]<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 255); font-size: 140%;">pink floyd had created a new album, "The Wall". This album had a top selling song, "Another Brick in the Wall". Pink floyd is a progressive rock band, that created "The Wall" as what they called a rock opera album. Pink floyd band members are ones such as roger Waters, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright.