Fatto matematico: 979 is the sum of the first five 4^{th} powers.
Trivia: 979 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: September 5th is the day in 1945 that Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.