Justin Henry was eight when he was nominated for the 1979 film Kramer vs Kramer, and Anna Paquin won one for The Piano when she too was 11.
Far from bolstering stability, Saudi policy actively works against western attempts to end the standoff with non-Arab Iran – still the natural regional partner for London and Washington that it was before the 1979 revolution.
In 1979, after bitter rows with Hume over the involvement of Dublin in fresh constitutional talks, Fitt resigned the SDLP leadership.
After one attempt at devolution failed in 1979, they played a decisive role in bringing down the Callaghan government, whose fall was followed by Margaret Thatcher.
Following the 1979 Revolution and end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, the vision was carried forward despite tight economic sanctions.
Yes, it's more competitive, but I'm taking over the party at a much more propitious time than John [Hume] did in 1979, when the security agenda dominated and the British government would not have risked any initiatives".
"I started logging sightings in 1975 - I was pretty unconvinced, but by the time it got round to 1979, so many people had seen so many things there was no real doubt they were out there".
The original design, begun in 1973 and completed in 1979, had clean bright simple lines influenced by the German architect Mies van der Rohe, with lots of natural light and plants.
The minister's letter concedes it has never been universally loved, but points out that in 1979 and 1980, soon after it opened, it won a string of construction and design awards.
There was no cabinet job offered when Mrs Thatcher won office in 1979, except some vague talk of the Washington embassy, which he took (rightly) as an insult.
