October 18th 1977

A set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is executed and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. The West German government states that it would never again negotiate with terrorists.

‘He passed away shortly after recording the 'Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy' song with David Bowie on a Christmas Special’

I have a clip of Bowie and Crosby performing that piece somewhere on VHS. I dont have the entire special though. I do think the specials were available on DVD here in Australia a few years back. Crosby used to do them in the mid 1970’s, until his death, and the 1977 one was, obviously, his last.





AN

It's the 90's that I can't remember!   :D


you too?  ;D

October 20th 1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.

October 21st 1977 - The European Patent Institute is founded

In 1977 I was 8 years old
I have some great childhood nostalgia of that year, here are some of the things that come to mind

Star Wars, Star Wars action figures and toys, comic books (The Eternals, The Incredable Hulk were my favorites), Going to the 7/11 and getting cosmic candy or slushys that you drank out of baseball cap cups with your favorite teams,Saturday Night Fever (yes mos 8 year olds I knew at the time saw that movie too) Some of the music that year, The Bee Gees soundtrack, Fleetwood Mac rumors, The Eagles-New Kid in Town, Steve Miller Fly like an eagle, Tv shows; Good times, Chips, Rockford Files. sports, the New York Yankees, Reggie Jackson, oh and Some more Toys for an 8 year old back then, Shogun Warriors, anyone remember them?

Weren't Shogun Warriors robots?

October 24th 1977 - Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)

October 25th 1977 - Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0

October 26th 1977 - The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.

I was 20 months so I'm trying really hard to remember what I was doing!

It's possible that I was left with a babysitter since my parents could have been going out for their 9th-year anniversary, which means my brother and I were left with a babysitter and I was crying away.

November 1st 1977 - President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981

November 6th 1977 - The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

November 8th 1977


3,100 people mysteriously register to vote in Perry County, Ohio, unearthed by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee report investigating 2004 election inconsistencies in Ohio.

Manolis Andronikos, a well known Greek Archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina, making one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.

Here are the 50 biggest songs in the U.S. in 1977 according to Billboard magazine:

1.  TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Rod Stewart
2.  I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - Andy Gibb
3.  BEST OF MY LOVE - Emotions
4.  EVERGREEN (LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN") - Barbra Streisand
5.  ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS - Hot
6.  I LIKE DREAMIN' - Kenny Nolan
7.  DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston
8.  (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER - Rita Coolidge
9.  UNDERCOVER ANGEL - Alan O'Day
10. TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - Mary MacGregor

11. I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN - K.C. And The Sunshine Band
12. DANCING QUEEN - Abba
13. YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer
14. MARGARITAVILLE - Jimmy Buffett
15. TELEPHONE LINE - Electric Light Orchestra
16. WHATCHA GONNA DO? - Pablo Cruise
17. DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - Peter McCann
18. SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder
19. HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagles
20. GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1) - Marvin Gaye

21. GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM "ROCKY") - Bill Conti
22. SOUTHERN NIGHTS - Glen Campbell
23. RICH GIRL - Daryl Hall And John Oates
24. WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer
25. HOT LINE - Sylvers
26. CAR WASH - Rose Royce
27. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jnr.
28. FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - Steve Miller Band
29. DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul
30. ON AND ON - Stephen Bishop

31. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME - Foreigner
32. COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT - Climax Blues Band
33. EASY - Commodores
34. RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT - Jennifer Warnes
35. I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND - Natalie Cole
36. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
37. LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT - Barry Manilow
38. SO IN TO YOU - Atlanta Rhythm Section
39. DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac
40. ENJOY YOURSELF - Jacksons

41. DAZZ - Brick
42. I'M IN YOU - Peter Frampton
43. LUCILLE - Kenny Rogers
44. THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - 10cc
45. DA DOO RON RON - Shaun Cassidy
46. HANDY MAN - James Taylor
47. JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO - Crosby, Stills And Nash
48. YOU AND ME - Alice Cooper
49. SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC (SLOW DANCIN') - Johnny Rivers
50. LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold


And here are the biggest songs in the U.K. that year:

1.  DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul
2.  DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - Julie Covington
3.  WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer
4.  SILVER LADY - David Soul
5.  KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU - Abba
6.  I FEEL LOVE - Donna Summer
7.  WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley
8.  SO YOU WIN AGAIN - Hot Chocolate
9.  ANGELO - Brotherhood Of Man
10. CHANSON D'AMOUR - Manhattan Transfer

11. YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE - Baccara
12. BLACK IS BLACK - La Belle Epoque
13. MULL OF KINTYRE c/w GIRL'S SCHOOL - Wings
14. FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
15. MA BAKER - Boney M
16. EVERGREEN (Love Theme From A STAR IS BORN) - Barbra Streisand
17. THE NAME OF THE GAME - Abba
18. LUCILLE - Kenny Rogers
19. ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - Status Quo
20. MAGIC FLY - Space

It's amazing how many of those songs/artists don't ring a bell. Space? Hott? Sylvers? Brick?

Here are the 50 biggest songs in the U.S. in 1977 according to Billboard magazine:

1.  TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Rod Stewart
2.  I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - Andy Gibb
3.  BEST OF MY LOVE - Emotions
4.  EVERGREEN (LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN") - Barbra Streisand
5.  ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS - Hot
6.  I LIKE DREAMIN' - Kenny Nolan
7.  DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston
8.  (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER - Rita Coolidge
9.  UNDERCOVER ANGEL - Alan O'Day
10. TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - Mary MacGregor

11. I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN - K.C. And The Sunshine Band
12. DANCING QUEEN - Abba
13. YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer
14. MARGARITAVILLE - Jimmy Buffett
15. TELEPHONE LINE - Electric Light Orchestra
16. WHATCHA GONNA DO? - Pablo Cruise
17. DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - Peter McCann
18. SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder
19. HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagles
20. GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1) - Marvin Gaye

21. GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM "ROCKY") - Bill Conti
22. SOUTHERN NIGHTS - Glen Campbell
23. RICH GIRL - Daryl Hall And John Oates
24. WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer
25. HOT LINE - Sylvers
26. CAR WASH - Rose Royce
27. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jnr.
28. FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - Steve Miller Band
29. DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul
30. ON AND ON - Stephen Bishop

31. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME - Foreigner
32. COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT - Climax Blues Band
33. EASY - Commodores
34. RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT - Jennifer Warnes
35. I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND - Natalie Cole
36. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
37. LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT - Barry Manilow
38. SO IN TO YOU - Atlanta Rhythm Section
39. DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac
40. ENJOY YOURSELF - Jacksons

41. DAZZ - Brick
42. I'M IN YOU - Peter Frampton
43. LUCILLE - Kenny Rogers
44. THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - 10cc
45. DA DOO RON RON - Shaun Cassidy
46. HANDY MAN - James Taylor
47. JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO - Crosby, Stills And Nash
48. YOU AND ME - Alice Cooper
49. SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC (SLOW DANCIN') - Johnny Rivers
50. LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold


And here are the biggest songs in the U.K. that year:

1.  DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul
2.  DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - Julie Covington
3.  WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer
4.  SILVER LADY - David Soul
5.  KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU - Abba
6.  I FEEL LOVE - Donna Summer
7.  WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley
8.  SO YOU WIN AGAIN - Hot Chocolate
9.  ANGELO - Brotherhood Of Man
10. CHANSON D'AMOUR - Manhattan Transfer

11. YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE - Baccara
12. BLACK IS BLACK - La Belle Epoque
13. MULL OF KINTYRE c/w GIRL'S SCHOOL - Wings
14. FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
15. MA BAKER - Boney M
16. EVERGREEN (Love Theme From A STAR IS BORN) - Barbra Streisand
17. THE NAME OF THE GAME - Abba
18. LUCILLE - Kenny Rogers
19. ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - Status Quo
20. MAGIC FLY - Space


Pratically all of these in it's own way has a fond memory for me.

Best song from the US chart is Andy Gibb's "I Just Want To Be Your Everything".

And for the UK chart it's ABBA's "Name of The Game".

:)

November 11th 1977 - Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School"

A fateful day in the pop music industry

November 11th 1977 - Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School"

A fateful day in the pop music industry


I learned to play that on the recorder.





And here are the biggest songs in the U.K. that year:

1.  DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul
2.  DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - Julie Covington
3.  WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer
4.  SILVER LADY - David Soul
5.  KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU - Abba
6.  I FEEL LOVE - Donna Summer
7.  WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley
8.  SO YOU WIN AGAIN - Hot Chocolate
9.  ANGELO - Brotherhood Of Man
10. CHANSON D'AMOUR - Manhattan Transfer

11. YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE - Baccara
12. BLACK IS BLACK - La Belle Epoque
13. MULL OF KINTYRE c/w GIRL'S SCHOOL - Wings
14. FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
15. MA BAKER - Boney M
16. EVERGREEN (Love Theme From A STAR IS BORN) - Barbra Streisand
17. THE NAME OF THE GAME - Abba
18. LUCILLE - Kenny Rogers
19. ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - Status Quo
20. MAGIC FLY - Space




I can remember bopping to a few of these at the church hall disco on Monday evenings. 

I learned to play that on the recorder.


I can remember bopping to a few of these at the church hall disco on Monday evenings. 
"Mull of Kintyre" was one of the first songs I learned on the guitar.

"Mull of Kintyre" was one of the first songs I learned on the guitar.


I didn't know you played the guitar!

I didn't know you played the guitar!
Indeed I do, and keyboards very badly.

"Last night I played Beethoven and Beethoven won!"

November 16th 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens in theaters.

And 30 years ago yesterday, I was turning 13.

And 30 years ago yesterday, I was turning 13.
Is it your birthday?

Yesterday was. I just forgot to post yesterday  ::)

Yesterday was. I just forgot to post yesterday  ::)
Happy Belated Birthday to you!

And a belated Thank you.

And a belated Thank you.
No problem.

November 17th 1977


Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London
Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
Miss World Contest - Miss U.K. wears $9,500 platinum bikini

November 19th 1977

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
Transportes Aereos Portugueses Boeing 727 crashes in Madeira islands killing 130

October 25th 1977 - Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0


No one else will care, but I worked a short but very meaningful time for that then-great, now-defunct computer giant Digital Equipment Corporation.  IMO they did things very well - much better than Microsoft.  Sadly, good guys don't always finish last...  :-\\

November 20th 1977 - Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset

November 21st 1977 – God Defend New Zealand became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with God Save the Queen, which had been the traditional one since 1840. 

November 21st 1977 - first flight of Concorde, London to New York.

November 22nd 1977 - British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

July 4, 1977 was when I was out of my mother's womb.

November 26th 1977 - 'Vrillon', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.

December 4th 1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.

December 5th 1977 - Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation to the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.

December 6th 1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country

December 14th 1977 - "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City.

So were people playing video games at home by this time? When did the Atari console come out?

So were people playing video games at home by this time? When did the Atari console come out?
The Atari 2600, released in October 1977.

January 6th 1978 - The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after the Second World War.

Here are the top 50 songs in the U.S. for 1978, according to Billboard magazine!

1.  SHADOW DANCING - Andy Gibb (#1)
2.  NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees (#1)
3.  YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - Debbie Boone (#1)
4.  STAYIN' ALIVE - Bees Gees (#1)
5.  KISS YOU ALL OVER - Exile (#1)
6.  HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Bee Gees (#1)
7.  BABY COME BACK - Player (#1)
8.  (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER - Andy Gibb (#1)
9.  BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE - A Taste Of Honey (#1)
10.  THREE TIMES A LADY - Commodores (#1)

11.  GREASE - Frankie Valli (#1)
12.  I GO CRAZY - Paul Davis
13.  YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#1)
14.  EMOTION - Samantha Sang
15.  LAY DOWN SALLY - Eric Clapton
16.  MISS YOU - Rolling Stones (#1)
17.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Billy Joel
18.  WITH A LITTLE LUCK - Wings (#1)
19.  IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU - Yvonne Elliman (#1)
20.  DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) - Chic

21.  FEELS SO GOOD - Chuck Mangione
22.  HOT CHILD IN THE CITY - Nick Gilder (#1)
23.  LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - Sweet
24.  IT'S A HEARTACHE - Bonnie Tyler
25.  WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS c/w WE WILL ROCK YOU - Queen
26.  BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty
27.  CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - Barry Manilow
28.  TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams (#1)
29.  DANCE WITH ME - Peter Brown
30.  TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD - Meatloaf

31.  JACK AND JILL - Raydio
32.  TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - Abba
33.  SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH - Dan Hill
34.  LAST DANCE - Donna Summer
35.  HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU - Olivia Newton-John
36.  HOT BLOODED - Foreigner
37.  YOU'RE IN MY HEART - Rod Stewart
38.  THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
39.  DUST IN THE WIND - Kansas
40.  MAGNET AND STEEL - Walter Egan

41.  SHORT PEOPLE - Randy Newman
42.  USE TA BE MY GIRL - O'Jays
43.  OUR LOVE - Natalie Cole
44.  LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - Pablo Cruise
45.  AN EVERLASTING LOVE - Andy Gibb
46.  LOVE IS IN THE AIR - John Paul Young
47.  GOODBYE GIRL - David Gates
48.  SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY - Paul Simon
49.  THE GROOVE LINE - Heatwave
50.  THUNDER ISLAND - Jay Ferguson


And here are the top 20 songs in the U.K. for 1978:

1.  RIVERS OF BABYLON c/w BROWN GIRL IN THE RING - Boney M
2.  YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
3.  SUMMER NIGHTS - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4.  THREE TIMES A LADY - Commodores
5.  THE SMURF SONG - Father Abraham & the Smurfs
6.  NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees
7.  TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - Abba
8.  MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS - Brian and Michael
9.  RAT TRAP - Boomtown Rats
10.  DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10 cc

11.  WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Kate Bush
12.  SANDY - John Travolta
13.  RASPUTIN - Boney M
14.  SUBSTITUTE - Clout
15.  DENIS - Blondie
16.  BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty
17.  FIGARO - Brotherhood Of Man
18.  COME BACK MY LOVE - Darts
19.  LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE - Rose Royce
20.  IT'S RAINING - Darts

Btw thanks for the info on Atari Phillip.  :)

Here are the top 50 songs in the U.S. for 1978, according to Billboard magazine!

1.  SHADOW DANCING - Andy Gibb (#1)
2.  NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees (#1)
3.  YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - Debbie Boone (#1)
4.  STAYIN' ALIVE - Bees Gees (#1)
5.  KISS YOU ALL OVER - Exile (#1)
6.  HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Bee Gees (#1)
7.  BABY COME BACK - Player (#1)
8.  (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER - Andy Gibb (#1)
9.  BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE - A Taste Of Honey (#1)
10.  THREE TIMES A LADY - Commodores (#1)

11.  GREASE - Frankie Valli (#1)
12.  I GO CRAZY - Paul Davis
13.  YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#1)
14.  EMOTION - Samantha Sang
15.  LAY DOWN SALLY - Eric Clapton
16.  MISS YOU - Rolling Stones (#1)
17.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Billy Joel
18.  WITH A LITTLE LUCK - Wings (#1)
19.  IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU - Yvonne Elliman (#1)
20.  DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) - Chic

21.  FEELS SO GOOD - Chuck Mangione
22.  HOT CHILD IN THE CITY - Nick Gilder (#1)
23.  LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - Sweet
24.  IT'S A HEARTACHE - Bonnie Tyler
25.  WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS c/w WE WILL ROCK YOU - Queen
26.  BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty
27.  CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - Barry Manilow
28.  TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams (#1)
29.  DANCE WITH ME - Peter Brown
30.  TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD - Meatloaf

31.  JACK AND JILL - Raydio
32.  TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - Abba
33.  SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH - Dan Hill
34.  LAST DANCE - Donna Summer
35.  HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU - Olivia Newton-John
36.  HOT BLOODED - Foreigner
37.  YOU'RE IN MY HEART - Rod Stewart
38.  THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
39.  DUST IN THE WIND - Kansas
40.  MAGNET AND STEEL - Walter Egan

41.  SHORT PEOPLE - Randy Newman
42.  USE TA BE MY GIRL - O'Jays
43.  OUR LOVE - Natalie Cole
44.  LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - Pablo Cruise
45.  AN EVERLASTING LOVE - Andy Gibb
46.  LOVE IS IN THE AIR - John Paul Young
47.  GOODBYE GIRL - David Gates
48.  SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY - Paul Simon
49.  THE GROOVE LINE - Heatwave
50.  THUNDER ISLAND - Jay Ferguson


And here are the top 20 songs in the U.K. for 1978:

1.  RIVERS OF BABYLON c/w BROWN GIRL IN THE RING - Boney M
2.  YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
3.  SUMMER NIGHTS - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4.  THREE TIMES A LADY - Commodores
5.  THE SMURF SONG - Father Abraham & the Smurfs
6.  NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees
7.  TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - Abba
8.  MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS - Brian and Michael
9.  RAT TRAP - Boomtown Rats
10.  DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10 cc

11.  WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Kate Bush
12.  SANDY - John Travolta
13.  RASPUTIN - Boney M
14.  SUBSTITUTE - Clout
15.  DENIS - Blondie
16.  BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty
17.  FIGARO - Brotherhood Of Man
18.  COME BACK MY LOVE - Darts
19.  LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE - Rose Royce
20.  IT'S RAINING - Darts


Which goes a long way in answering why I didn't listen to radio very much

And here are the top 20 songs in the U.K. for 1978:

1.  RIVERS OF BABYLON c/w BROWN GIRL IN THE RING - Boney M
2.  YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
3.  SUMMER NIGHTS - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4.  THREE TIMES A LADY - Commodores
5.  THE SMURF SONG - Father Abraham & the Smurfs
6.  NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees
7.  TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - Abba
8.  MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS - Brian and Michael
9.  RAT TRAP - Boomtown Rats
10.  DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10 cc

11.  WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Kate Bush
12.  SANDY - John Travolta
13.  RASPUTIN - Boney M
14.  SUBSTITUTE - Clout
15.  DENIS - Blondie
16.  BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty
17.  FIGARO - Brotherhood Of Man
18.  COME BACK MY LOVE - Darts
19.  LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE - Rose Royce
20.  IT'S RAINING - Darts


Had this one going through my head all yesterday.

Had this one going through my head all yesterday.
I had this song when we travelled through Salford on our journey up to Scotland.

January 19th 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America will continue until 2003.

January 21st 1978 - Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks

January 23rd 1978 - Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.

January 23rd 1978 - Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.

Yet, not many realize that the methane gasses created by cows is just as responsible. Save the ozone, eat beef!

now we're talking.

30 years ago I was 12.

I was hasving a ton of fun in school.  I was in a bunch of plays locally and I was traveling to florida and upstate new york for summer vacations.
We listened to ELP and elton John and the who and bowie and abba, linda ronstadt.
Saturday night fever came out.
I was rollerskating all the time.
Great.

I certainly remember that year fondly, I married my bride that summer.

January 24th 1978 - Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.

February 6th 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.

February 8th 1978 - Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.

February 11th 1978 - Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.

February 13th 1978 - Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.

February 18th 1978 – Attempting to intervene in a hijacking situation at Larnaca International Airport in Larnaca without authorisation from Cyprus authorities, Egyptian commando forces ended up exchanging gunfire with the Cypriot National Guard.

March 1st 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery.

In 1977 I was seven years old.  Was not allowed to stay up after 10pm and watched "The Muppet Show" on Friday nights.  Only on Saturday's could I stay up to watch the Love Boat and Fantasy Island.

Only on Saturday's could I stay up to watch the Love Boat and Fantasy Island.


That sounds like my weekend's in 2008!  ;D

February 6th 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.


This blizzard hit the Philadelphia area on February 5th, I remember it well. It was a Sunday night, Emerson Lake & Palmer
were playing at the Spectrum. Sometime during the concert the first flakes started to fall, by the time I left the Spectrum
about an 1 1/2 of snow was on the ground. When it was over about 20+ inches fell in the area giving me three straight
days off from school. The Philadelphia area was not prepared for such a snowfall, it crippled the area. This was the last
time I enjoyed snow. Now That I have to work, I hope it never snows again.

I was going on two years old in Philly at the time of that snow storm!

Life was grand I suppose b/c I don't have to remember it.

March 2nd 1978 – Aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 28, Czech Vladimír Remek became the first person not from the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

March 5th 1978 - Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.

March 14th 1978 - The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani

March 16th 1978 – The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, about 3 miles (5 km) off the coast of Brittany, France, resulting in one of the largest oil spills ever.

March 19th 1978 – In response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations called on Israel to immediately withdraw its forces from Lebanon, and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

March 22nd 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

March 22nd 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
weird, i remember hearding about that when it happened. SOOOOoooo long ago. i think that dude was in the guinness book of world records, i was a guinness fanatic back in those days.

March 23rd 1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.

March 28th 1978 - US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

I was about 13 in 1979, living in Miami, and just got into junior high.  I remember my Gloria Vanderbilt cotton white thin material "jeans", they fit great and cost $40 at Jordan Marsh!  I can't believe it since , 30 years later, Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and pants cost me about $20..  Although they aren't the same as they were back then. 
The jogging craze was just inits infancy,and the only place to get real "padded" running shoes was at Runner's  -----, I forgot the name.  But back then, a padded running shoe just meant that there was a half inch of padding on the heal instead of none, and they were beginning to make the tops out of lightweight nylon material.

Going to the rollerskating rink was  "big " for preteens back then.  It was the cool thing to do.

Of course,for girls,  straight long hair made you the most popular, probably still true in today's pre teen world .

April 1st 1978 - Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

I was 1 year old living in Philly.

April 7th 1978 - Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

April 10th 1978 - Volkswagen becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States, opening a plant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

April 14th 1978 – Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in Tbilisi against an attempt by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.

April 20th 1978 – Soviet fighters shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902 after it violated Soviet airspace and failed to respond to Soviet interceptors.

April 27th 1978 - Former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

April 28th 1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, the first President of Afghanistan, was overthrown and assassinated in a coup d'état by pro-communist supporters.

May 1st 1978 - The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a DEC marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

May 12th 1978 - Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female.

May 14th 1978 - First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta.

In Canada  Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Everythings pretty much gone down hill from his terms in power!
Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination in the public and private sectors based on sexual orientation. (cause they were getting picked on)
& Punk Music Hits the scene http://punkhistorycanada.ca/
Last time our dollar was worth .97 cents (based on USd)
We did better when it was lower!

May 23rd 1978 - General strike in Peru

May 26th 1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.

May 28th 1978 - Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. The election is won by incumbent Sangoulé Lamizana.

June 1st 1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty filed.

This blizzard hit the Philadelphia area on February 5th, I remember it well. It was a Sunday night, Emerson Lake & Palmer
were playing at the Spectrum. Sometime during the concert the first flakes started to fall, by the time I left the Spectrum
about an 1 1/2 of snow was on the ground. When it was over about 20+ inches fell in the area giving me three straight
days off from school. The Philadelphia area was not prepared for such a snowfall, it crippled the area. This was the last
time I enjoyed snow. Now That I have to work, I hope it never snows again.


I had just moved out of my parents house, and lived in Ocean Grove N.J. during this blizzard. I worked in a nursing home and got called in because I was one of the few people within walking distance. What a trip.. I mean I had just taken a hit of acid too. My roommate and I both worked there, thank God we didn't have very responsible jobs. Still it was an unforgettable experience. going outside and everything was white what a rush.AHHHH to be 21 again.

June 10th 1978 - Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

June 11th 1978 - Altaf Hussain founded students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation a.k.a (APMSO) in Karachi University

June 12th 1978 - David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.

May 27,1978 I got married

I was awaiting the birth of my first brother  :-\\

June 13th 1978 - Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.

i GRADUATED HIGH SCOOL IN 1974

June 15th 1978 - King Hussein of Jordan weds American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

June 15th 1978 - King Hussein of Jordan weds American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

i THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL CAUSE SHE WAS AMERICAN AND ONLY 19.

June 19th 1978 – Garfield, created by American cartoonist Jim Davis, made its debut, eventually becoming one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips.

June 22nd 1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered.

June 28th 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

July 1st 1978 - Northern Territory (Aus) granted Self-Government.

July 7th 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.

July 10th 1978 – Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Mustafa Ould Salek.

July 10th 1978 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC

July 25th 1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed by police at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba, Puerto Rico, sparking a series of political controversies where the police officers were eventually convicted of murder and several high-ranking local government officials were accused of covering up the incident.

I was 18, working in a cemetary to finance my motorcycle, buy my first guitar and non-stop summer fun.
We were cruising the 'burbs of Philly and Ships Bottom at the Jersey shore in a hotrod Dodge van
listenening to Led Zepplin, New York Dolls, Ramones, Starz and other 8-tracks...... :D

The period from '77 to '83 was the best period in my life. I remember it well !  :\'(
;D

August 7th 1978 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.

August 12th 1978 - Japan and the People's Republic of China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China.

August 17th 1978 – Double Eagle II became the first hot air balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, landing in Miserey near Paris six days after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.

August 22nd 1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.

april 77 Leaving the US and heading to England on my first overseas assignment in the Air Force.  Little did I know that I would not return the the US until August of 92.  A long time to be away.  Some much happened and changed while I was gone.  I did return for a week here and there over the next 15 years but mostly stayed in England and Germany.

August 26th 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.

August 31st 1978 - William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.

Man, this thread's been going for almost a year now, Sept 2, 1978 i was entering 7th grade for one of the worse years of my life, sandwiched in between the other 2 worse years of my life.......man I hated the 70's... >:(

Man, this thread's been going for almost a year now, Sept 2, 1978 i was entering 7th grade for one of the worse years of my life, sandwiched in between the other 2 worse years of my life.......man I hated the 70's... >:(


  70s - bullsh*t with good music and bad hair...

 

I was born already. Damn,i'm old :\'(

September 5th 1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

September 8th 1978 – Iranian Revolution: After the government of the Iranian Shah declared martial law in response to protests, about eighty-eight demonstrators in theran were killed on Black Friday.

September 11th 1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Begin of Israel met at Camp David and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

September 16th 1978 - An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people.

September 17th 1978 – President Anwar Al Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel signed the Camp David Accords after twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.

September 18th 1978 - Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David.

September 28th 1978 – Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, an event that has spawned a variety of murder conspiracy theories.

October 1st 1978:

Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.

Let's see....graduated high school the year before, working in the office of a one time well known Chicago based furniture/appliance store (made a whopping $1.75 an hour if I remember correctly), trying to save money to go away to college, tooling around town in my bronze 73 Mercury Montego (and racing guys in it on occasion, I only lost once), still majorly crushing on a guy I knew from school who dated everyone of my friends and engaging in self induced brain cell murder more often than I can remember.  Ahhhhh, sweet memories.  I loved that damn car!!!! 

October 8th 1978 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

October 10th 1978 - British pop magazine Smash Hits first published

Thirty years ago I was five and started playing Advance Dungeons and Dragons. I've yet to kill anyone, sacrifice any animals, attempt to brew potions or poisons, burn down churchs, corrupt children (well... maybe), practice Satanism, or otherwise have a psychotic episode. Guess all those people condemning it as the Devil's work must have been right.

October 16th 1978 – Karol Józef Wojtyła, a cardinal from Kraków, Poland, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century and the first ever from a Slavic country.

October 21st 1978 – After reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft, Frederick Valentich disappeared in unexplained circumstances while piloting a Cessna 182L light aircraft over the Bass Strait to King Island, Australia.

October 26th 1978 - Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.

November 12th 1978 - As Bishop of Rome Pope John Paul II took possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran

November 15th 1978 - A chartered DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183

Nov 15 1978, I just turned 14.

November 18, 1978

Jonestown Massacre at Jonestown, Guyana.

See separate thread.

  Where it be, bro..?

  Probably still editing...

November 18th 1978 – Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.

December 5th 1978 - The Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

December 5th 1978 - Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.

December 16th 1978 - Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.

December 16th 1978 - The Workers Party of Jamaica is founded by Trevor Munroe.

December 22nd 1978 - The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

December 27th 1978 – Juan Carlos I of Spain promulgated a new constitution after it was passed by a referendum on December 6, marking the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy

January 1st 1979 - Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.

1979...the year before I was born!

My mom has told me that when she used to work in radio, there were a couple occasions when she had to work on the New Year's holiday. I think she said that she had to cover the Rose Parade in '79.

January 19, 1979...one of my childhood friends was born. His name was Gilbert and he lived in my neighborhood. I mostly knew him during the early 1990's...my preteen years. He and I would often ride our bikes around the neighborhood (from 1991 to about 1994) and socialize.

I remember the Black-Out of 77 in NYC and the "Son of Sam" serial Killings also in NYC.

February 13th 1979 - An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.

February 22nd 1979 - Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.

I was 2 years old in 1979.

I was 23, and I quit smoking that year

What a summer
I had a new girl
Great music Disco, Punk, Rock
Jubilee year in GB I went to a street party
the Dj got drunk and was arrested
good weather I discovered lifes 3 great secrets
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm 1977

1979...I was in high school. I think I saw my first concert that year. Went to lots of parties...
Sadness as Thurman Munson passed away in a crash.
Joy as Montreal Candiens won the NHL stanley cup

March 4th 1979 - The first encyclical written by Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (Latin for "The Redeemer of Man") is promulgated less than five months after his installation as pope.

March 5th 1979 - Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.

March 5th 1979 - Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios 2 all are hit with "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.

March 8th 1979 - Philips demonstrates Compact Disc publicly for the first time.

March 13th 1979 - The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.

I was born in 1971, and one of my earliest memories is of playing on the floor when someone suddenly busted through the door, shouting that "The king is dead" and although our legal king died in the 70's I know that he must have meant Elvis Presley, since our king died in 1972, another memory is seeing my mother talking with Bob Dylan on our street.

I remember these back then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7bNkyX5pM&feature=channel_page

March 25th 1979 - The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

March 26th 1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.

March 28th 1979 – British Prime Minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a motion of no confidence by the House of Commons after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes by trade unions during the "Winter of Discontent".

March 28th 1979 – A partial core meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA resulted in the release of an estimated 43,000 curies (1.59 PBq) of radioactive krypton to the environment.

March 31st 1979 - The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).

April 1st 1979 – The people of Iran overwhelmingly approved a national referendum to renovate their government buildings.

April 3rd 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.

April 3rd 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.


Would this be 40 years ago?

Would this be 40 years ago?
Make that 40 years.....

April 4th 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

April 1979 is around the time my mother found out she was pregnant with me and my sister

April 10th 1979 – Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.

April 11th 1979 – Ugandan–Tanzanian War: The Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzanian forces captured Kampala, forcing Ugandan President Idi Amin to flee.

April 15th 1979 – A disastrous earthquake (of M 7.1) on Montenegro coast.

May 3rd 1979 – Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes the United Kingdom's first female prime minister as the Labour government is ousted in parliamentary elections.

May 4th 1979 – Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the defeat of James Callaghan's incumbent Labour government in the previous day's general election.

May 10th 1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.

May 10, 1979, NHL Hockey, Montreal beat Boston in game 7 of the semi-finals, in the famous Don Cherry " too many men on the ice penalty" game.

May 10, 1979, NHL Hockey, Montreal beat Boston in game 7 of the semi-finals, in the famous Don Cherry " too many men on the ice penalty" game.

Don Cherry? The jazz trumpeter guy? Or was that someone else?

May 28th 1979 – Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.

June 1st 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.

June 3rd 1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date.

June 18th 1979 – The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty, placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons.

July 1st 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman.

July 3rd 1979 – US President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.

July 9th 1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.

July 15th 1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his famous "malaise" speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation."

It's a couple days late, but July 12th was the 30th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQfCcsqQ0E

It's a couple days late, but July 12th was the 30th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQfCcsqQ0E

Remember that, yup, that went off quite well. No mess there.  :D

July 16th 1979 – Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.

It's a couple days late, but July 12th was the 30th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQfCcsqQ0E
I  heard a trailer for a radio program about this, but when was it on.

July 17th 1979 – Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.

July 19th 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

Hmmm, in the summer of '79 I had a really bad job.  A government job - social security administration.  I hated it.  :P

Actually it was a good job, since jobs were hard to come by then for pre-college-grads like me, especially above minimum wage, and it took me forever to get anything.  Not to mention, my dear old aunt (who worked there) helped me out.  ::)

It did help lead to better things, though!  :)

July 1979 ...

'Let Me Take You Dancing', the debut solo single by 19 year old ex-Sweeney Todd vocalist Bryan Adams slowly rose up the Canadian Chart.  It would eventually NOT make the Top 40, but in Canada, hits are hits no matter how high (or low) they chart

July 1979 ...

'Let Me Take You Dancing', the debut solo single by 19 year old ex-Sweeney Todd vocalist Bryan Adams slowly rose up the Canadian Chart.  It would eventually NOT make the Top 40, but in Canada, hits are hits no matter how high (or low) they chart

His 1985 Reckless album is probably still my favorite CDN album ever.

Yankees star Thurman Munson died in a plane accident 30 years ago yesterday. (Aug 2, 1979)

August 5th 1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.

August 17, 1979: Actress Vivian Vance (who had notable acting roles, including Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy") died of cancer at age 70 (altho some sources have reported her age as 67).

In October of '79, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles were squaring off in the World Series for the second time in nine years. Pirates would win it; their last World Series championship to date.

October 17, 1979: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

November 4, 1979: the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants; for some, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.

November 8th 1979 – The Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) is formed.

November 14th 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

November 28th 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 operated sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

December 5th 1979 – Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

December 27th 1979 – Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

Let's see...in December of 1979 my parents already knew that they were going to have a kid. (I think they told me that they found out in late November, like right around Thanksgiving or so.)

Let's see...in December of 1979 my parents already knew that they were going to have a kid. (I think they told me that they found out in late November, like right around Thanksgiving or so.)

I remember I stayed home that night, didn't go the the high school party that night (long story) . I listened to "The Long run" album by the Eagles, and possibly "Regatta De Blanc" from the Police (popular albums at the time)

I remember I stayed home that night, didn't go the the high school party that night (long story) . I listened to "The Long run" album by the Eagles, and possibly "Regatta De Blanc" from the Police (popular albums at the time)

Was this on the 31st?


I have a friend who was born that day; his first name is the same as mine. We met when we were freshmen in high school (half our lives ago!) and were good friends. Recently I have reconnected with him on Facebook.

Was this on the 31st?


Yes, December 31, 1979. I stayed home that night.

The 30 Years ago thread will be continued in the 1980s forum; this one will be outdated in just a few hours' time in the US.

Enjoy!!