▸ the year you arrived
1979
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You will be 47 this year — a child of the '70s.
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Your generation
Xennial
1979 belonged to
Donna Summer
4 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1979
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsPink Floyd — The Wall
The Clash — London Calling
Michael Jackson — Off the Wall
At the MoviesAlien
Apocalypse Now
Rocky II
On TVThe Dukes of Hazzard
Knots Landing
ESPN launches
In the HeadlinesSony Walkman debuts
Atari and the arcade boom
First mobile-phone network (Japan)
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