1979

==Events==
*9th January - First appearance of Maurice Westrop.
*23rd January - Jessie Renfrew collapses and is rushed to hospital.
*8th February - Tober More slashes the tyres on Neil Batt's van.
*15th February - Martha More is arrested for assaulting a police officer.
*6th March - Sam Pearson breaks Arthur Braithwaite's fingers by slamming them in a car door.
*22nd March - Kitty Ferris crashes a tractor and hits her head on the steering wheel.
*3rd April - Wendy Hotson is raped after the farmer's social night.
*5th April - Smarty Garret and Poor Ocker get revenge on NY Estates by starting a fire.
*12th April - Smarty Garret and Poor Ocker set Kimber Barn alight. Later, a hitchhiker, fitting the description of Wendy's rapist, is hit by a motorcycle driven by Ocker and Smarty.
*17th April - The hitchhiker dies from his injuries. Ocker is told he has a vascular condition.
*19th April - Smarty Garret and Poor Ocker are arrested for burning down Kimber Barn.
*24th April - Poor Ocker receives a suspended sentence for his role in the burning down of Kimber Barn. However, Smarty Garret receives a prison sentence. Clive Hinton is released from prison in Athens.
*1st May - Joe Sugden catches Phil Thatcher on Emmerdale Farm land with guns. Joe goes to check his gun, but they struggle and Phil is shot in the leg.
*15th May - Seth and Meg Armstrong are shocked when their son Jimmy returns out of the blue - with his wife.
*24th May - Susan Armstrong discovers she is pregnant.
*31st May - Seth Armstrong leaves the village with his Jimmy. (Last appearance of Seth Armstrong until 1980)
*26th June - Matt Skilbeck finds Maurice Westrop's daughter drunkenly slumped over her steering wheel on her way into the village. (First appearance of Judy Westrop)
*5th July - Dolly Skilbeck discovers she is pregnant. (Last appearance of Dolly Skilbeck until 1980)
*July - Judy Westrop is diagnosed with acute depression.
*15th July - Charlotte Cairns is born to Anthony and Rebecca Cairns.
*8th November - Max King is born to Tom and Mary King
*15th November - Maya Stepney is born.
==Real life events==
*13th March - Louise Marwood (Chrissie White) is born.
*20th March - Fiona Wade (the second Priya Kotecha) is born.
*5th July - Emmerdale Farm takes the rest of the year off due to the 1979 ITV Strike.
*6th July - Louisa Clein (Maya Stepney) is born.
==See also==
*Emmerdale in 
*:Category: episodes
==External links==
*1979 at Wikipedia
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