If it wasn't for an old poem written by Billy Corgan, the words to "1979" by Smashing Pumpkins would likely be entirely different.

Assigned to the Gifford Fire, a strike team from the Sacramento area paused to pay their respects to colleagues killed 46 years ago battling a different ...

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The Islamic Revolution of 1979, which toppled Iran's Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was one of the most significant political events of the past 50 years, said Charlie Gammell in the Financial Times.

In 1979, Texas Democratic state senators fled the Capitol to break a quorum to block an election bill from getting voted on.

This motorcycle crew wanted a different thrill in 1979. Instead of speeding and zooming around, riders weaved around each other to create a mesmerizing display.

Michelle Dee paid a heartfelt tribute to her mom, Melanie Marquez, by gifting her a stunning replica of her stolen Miss International 1979 crown.

A New York federal appeals court ruled on July 21 to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the Jewish 6-year-old whose kidnapping and presumed ...

Evidence in Her Brutal 1979 Rape Pointed to the Golden State Killer. The Police Didn’t Want to Hear About It. How one woman’s quest for closure unleashed its own kind of nightmare.

The 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz as he walked alone to his New York City bus stop for the first time shook the country and still resonates in the present.

The former bodega clerk convicted in the infamous 1979 disappearance and murder of little Etan Patz should be given a new trial -- or set free, a federal appeals court ordered Monday in a shocking ...