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1979 |
Top TV Shows
Three’s Company
60 Minutes
M*A*S*H*
Alice
Happy Days
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Top Films
Kramer vs. Kramer
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The Jerk
Rocky II
Alien
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Top Singles
“My Sharona” – The Knack
“Bad Girls” – Donna Summer
“Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” – Rod Stewart
“Reunited” – Peaches And Herb
“I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor
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Top Albums
“The Long Run” – The Eagles
“In Through The Out Door” – Led Zeppelin
“Breakfast In America” – Supertramp
“Spirits Having Flown” – The Bee Gees
“Bad Girls” – Donna Summer
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In The News
January – The Shah of Iran is deposed by fundamentalist dictatorship led by the
Ayatollah Khomeini.
March 28 – Weeks after “The China Syndrome” movie is released, a near disaster
occurs at Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, PA when it begins leaking
radioactive steam into the atmosphere.
June 11 – The “Duke” – John Wayne rides permanently into the sunset.
June 18 – President Carter and President Brezhnev sign the SALT 2 strategic arms treaty
in Vienna.
July 11 – Skylab falls from space and disintegrates in the atmosphere – scattering debris
across Australia.
September 23 – Over 200,00 demonstrators protest at a “No Nukes” anti-nuclear concert
in New York City.
November 4 – Iranian student revolutionaries seize the US Embassy in Tehran. All but
52 American males are released. The US refuses to hand over the Shah of Iran and the
“Hostage Crisis” begins.
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Fads & Culture
- WLS Chicago disc jockey Steve Dahl explodes a mountain of disco records at
Comiskey Park thus launching the “Disco Sucks” movement.
- The Susan B. Anthony dollar coin is introduced and becomes an immediate flop.
- The “New Wave Music” movement launches in America with the help of
“Blondie”, “The Cars”, “The B-52’s”, and Elvis Costello.
- “Who Concert!” is screamed in large crowds after eleven Who fans are crushed to
death at a festival seating arena in Cincinnati.
- Charlie Daniel’s writes the first Country Rap song “The Devil Went Down To
Georgia”.
- Nike launches the first air-cushioned shoe on the market called “Tailwind”.
- Designer jeans are all the rage. Don’t let anything come between you and your
‘Gloria Vanderbilt’s, ‘Chic’s, ‘Jordache’, ‘Brittania’s and ‘Sergio Valente’s.
- “Daisy Dukes” are born following the arrival of the “Dukes of Hazzard” in the
General Lee on television.
- While “Apocalypse Now” and “Alien” frightens moviegoers, Bo Derek launches
a new hairstyle following her corn-row braided appearance in “10” with Dudley
Moore.
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Sports Champions
Baseball ML: Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3.
Basketball NBA: Seattle Supersonics defeat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1.
Basketball NCAA: Michigan State Defeats Indiana State 75 – 64.
Basketball IHSAA: Muncie Central defeats Anderson 64 – 60.
Boxing: Indiana Golden Glove Champion,
Jim Rinehart,
at a tender age of sixteen
Football NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV.
Football NCAA: Alabama voted National Champion.
Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears – Winning Average Speed: 159 mph.
Kentucky Derby: Spectacular Bid.
Wimbledon: Bjorn Borg over R. Tanner & Martina Navratilova over Chris Evert. |
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