1979: Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq.
1979: Iranian Revolution
1979: Americans held hostage in the US embassy at Tehran
1979:
Note that this is from Penn Live. So maybe the one they left blank for 1979 was something that happened on Jan 1, 1979 -- the Sugar Bowl between #1 ranked Penn State vs #2 ranked Bama.
Florida went 0-10-1.
Roll Tide.