1979 Flashback
| News Headlines |
| In The News |
| Economy |
| President: | James Earl Carter, Jr. |
| Vice President: | Walter F. Mondale |
| Population: | 225,055,487 |
| Life expectancy: | 73.9 years |
| Dow-Jones | |
| High: | 907 |
| Low: | 742 |
| Federal spending: | $504.03 billion |
| Federal debt: | $829.5 billion |
| Inflation: | 13.3% |
| Consumer Price Index: | 72.6 |
| Unemployment: | 6.1% |
| Prices |
| Cost of a new home: | $71,800.00 |
| Cost of a new car: | $ |
| Median Household Income: | $16,461.00 |
| Cost of a first-class stamp: | $0.15 |
| Cost of a gallon of regular gas: | $0.86 |
| Cost of a dozen eggs: | $0.85 |
| Cost of a gallon of Milk: | $1.62 |
| Billboard Top 10 |
1. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
2. My Sharona - The Knack
3. Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Van Warmer
4. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
5. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
6. Y. M. C. A. - Village People
7. Sad Eyes - Robert John
8. Fire - Pointer Sisters
9. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
10. Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels
| Top Albums |
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, vol 2 - Barbra Streisand
Breakfast in America - Supertramp
Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers
Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
The Long Run - Eagles
| Grammy Awards |
| Album of the Year: | 52nd Street, Billy Joel | |
| Best New Artist: | Rickie Lee Jones | |
| Best Pop Duo or Group: | “Gotta Serve Somebody,” Bob Dylan | |
| Best Pop Female Vocal: | “I'll Never Love This Way Again,” Dionne Warwick | |
| Best Pop Male Vocal: | 52nd Street, Billy Joel | |
| Best Rock Female Vocal: | “Hot Stuff,” Donna Summer | |
| Best Rock Male Vocal: | “Heartache Tonight,” Eagles | |
| Record of the Year: | “What a Fool Believes,” Doobie Brothers | |
| Song of the Year: | “What a Fool Believes” |
| $$$ -Top Movie Money Makers |
| Kramer vs. Kramer | $106,260,000 | |||
| The Amityville Horror | $86,432,520 | |||
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | $82,300,000 | |||
| Apocalypse Now | $78,800,000 | |||
| The Muppet Movie | $76,657,000 |
| Other New Movie Releases |
| 10 | |||
| Alien | |||
| All that Jazz | |||
| Being There | |||
| Breaking Away | |||
| Escape From Alcatraz | |||
| Hair | |||
| Manhattan | |||
| Norma Rae | |||
| The Black Stallion | |||
| The China Syndrome | |||
| The Great Santini |
| Academy Awards |
| Best Actor: | Dustin Hoffman: Kramer vs. Kramer | |||
| Best Actress: | Sally Field: Norma Rae | |||
| Best Director: | Robert Benton: Kramer vs. Kramer | |||
| Best Picture: | Stanley R. Jaffe: Kramer vs. Kramer | |||
| Best Supporting Actor: | Melvyn Douglas: Being There | |||
| Best Supporting Actress: | Meryl Streep: Kramer vs. Kramer |
| Americas Top 20 TV Favorites |
| 1 | ) | 60 Minutes | |
| 2 | ) | Three's Company | |
| 3 | ) | That's Incredible | |
| 4 | ) | Alice | |
| 5 | ) | M*A*S*H | |
| 6 | ) | Dallas | |
| 7 | ) | Flo | |
| 8 | ) | The Jeffersons | |
| 9 | ) | The Dukes of Hazzard | |
| 10 | ) | One Day at a Time | |
| 11 | ) | WKRP in Cincinnati | |
| 12 | ) | Goodtime Girls | |
| 13 | ) | Archie Bunker's Place | |
| 14 | ) | Taxi | |
| 15 | ) | Eight Is Enough | |
| 16 | ) | Little house on the Prairie | |
| 17 | ) | House Calls | |
| 18 | ) | Real People | |
| 19 | ) | CHiPs | |
| 20 | ) | Happy Days |
| Emmy Awards |
| Drama |
| Best Drama - | Lou Grant (CBS) | |
| Best Actor - | Ed Asner, Lou Grant | |
| Best Actress - | Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas | |
| Supporting Actor - | Stuart Margolin, The Rockford Files | |
| Supporting Actress - | Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant |
| Comedy |
| Best Comedy - | Taxi (ABC) | |
| Best Actor - | Richard Mulligan, Soap | |
| Best Actress - | Cathryn Damon, Soap | |
| Supporting Actor - | Harry Morgan, M*A*S*H | |
| Supporting Actress - | Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H | |
| Best Variety- | IBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) |
| Football |
| Superbowl | XIV | : | Pittsburgh | 31 | - | LA RAMS | 19 |
| Pro MVP: | Earl Campbell, Houston, RB |
| College Football: | Alabama |
| Heisman Trophy: | Charles White, USC, RB |
| Rose Bowl: | USC 17, Ohio St. 16 |
| Orange Bowl: | Oklahoma 24, Florida St. 7 |
| Cotton Bowl: | Houston 17, Nebraska 14 |
| Sugar Bowl: | Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 |
| Basketball |
| NBA Championship |
| Winner: | Seattle | 4-1 (LWWWW) | - Coach: | Lenny Wilkens |
| Opposing Team: | WASH. BULLETS | - Coach: | Dick Motta |
| NBA MVP: | Moses Malone, Houston, C | Ave Score: | 24.8 |
| NCAA National Champions: | Michigan St | 26-6 | - Coach: | Jud Heathcote |
| Baseball |
| World Series |
| Winner: | PITTSBURGH | 4-3 (LWLLWWW) | - Coach: | Chuck Tanner |
| Opposing Team: | Baltimore | - Coach: | Earl Weaver |
| National League |
| MVP: | Keith Hernandez, St.L & Willie Stargell, Pit | - | 1B |
| Rookie of the Year: | Rick Sutcliffe, LA | - | 3B |
| American League |
| MVP: | Don Baylor, Cal | - | OF-DH |
| Rookie of the Year: | John Castino, Min & Alfredo Griffin, Tor | - | 3B & SS |
| PotpourrI |
| Electronic games like Speak and Spell, Chess Challenger and Little Professor are a hit. | |
| In Golf, Tom Watson wins a record $462,600. | |
| Franchise to Dunkin Donuts was $45,000 | |
| What's new: Cracker Jack ice cream bars, pocket calulator, and disposable toothbrushes. | |
| Ad for Van Camp's Pork and Beans: "If you think asparagus has a lot of iron, you don't know beans." | |
| Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden tour 50 cities to speak out against nuclear power. | |
| Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, and Robert Redford command $3 million per film. | |
| Following the Three Mile Island accident, antinuclear rallies are held throughout the country. | |
| Numerous brands of hair dryers are recalled because of suspected harmful amounts of asbestos | |
| Mahammad Ali "officially" retires with a record of 56 (37 KOs) - 3-0 |