Have a wonderful B-day Bizzt!
Saturday, September 16, 1978
Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 16 - 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran Sep 16 - Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2 Sep 16 - Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins Sep 16 - Grateful Dead perform in Cairo Egypt Sep 17 - Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord Sep 17 - Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept, 1978 7-3
Top Songs for 1978
Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Kiss You All Over by Exile MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
Le Freak by Chic Night Fever by Bee Gees
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Baby Come Back by Player Three Times a Lady by Commodores
1978 Prices US President
Milk: $1.44/gal Jimmy Carter
Eggs: $1.31/doz US Vice President
Car: $6,379 Walter F. Mondale
Gas: $0.65/gal Academy Award Winners
House: $62,500 Best Picture: The Deer Hunter
Directed By Michael Cimino
Best Actor: Jon Voight
in Coming Home
Best Actress: Jane Fonda
in Coming Home
Stamp: $0.15/ea
Avg Income: $20,091/yr
Min Wage: $2.65/hr
DOW Avg: 805
People born on September 16
1925 - B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer (Thrill is Gone)
1914 - Allen Funt Bkln NY, TV host & creator (Candid Camera)
1924 - Lauren Bacall Staten Island, actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
1927 - Peter Falk Ossining NY, actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
On TV in 1978
CHiPS Angie The Dukes of Hazzard Stockard Channing in Just Friends Lou Grant
Taxi The Ropers Mork & Mindy Vega$ Diff'rent Strokes
Hot New Toys in 1978
2-XL Battlestar Galactica Toys Suckerman
Capsela Mattel Electronics Soccer Darci Doll
Easy-Bake Mini-Wave Hungry Hungry Hippos Merlin
Top Books in 1978
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson