Do you remember April 1979?

If you attended high school in 1979, you are likely nearing age 65, the point when you will start making decisions about your Medicare options.

To learn more about your options, give me a call to schedule a no-cost, no-obligation informational meeting.

In the meantime, enjoy recalling these memories from April 1979:

Top 5 Singles – April 14, 1979

#1 “What a Fool Believes” – The Doobie Brothers

#2 “I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor

#3 “Knock on Wood” – Amii Stewart

#4 “Sultans of Swing” – Dire Straits

#5 “Music Box Dancer”– Frank Mills

Top-Grossing Movie Week of April 11

“The China Syndrome” 

April 1979 Events

• Iran’s government became an Islamic Republic, after approval of the abolition of the monarchy by 98 percent of voters.
• The extreme sport of bungee jumping was first performed by two Oxford University students, David Kirke and Simon Keeling. The sport was inspired by the “vine jumping” practiced as part of the culture of the Ni-Vanuatu people in the South Pacific. The pair brought the sport (and the term “bungee jumpers”) to the United States later in the year when they jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. They were arrested by the California Highway Patrol.
• Dale Earnhardt recorded his first career NASCAR victory at the 1979 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He went on to win 76 races and seven championships in his career.
• The cable TV network Nickelodeon debuted on Warner Cable TV systems throughout the United States.
• A direct telephone link was activated between the offices of the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin, and the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
• The Australian film “Mad Max,” which inspired a host of post-apocalyptic sci-fi action films and propelled U.S.-born and Australian-raised actor Mel Gibson to international fame, was first released, premiering in cinemas in Australia.
• The Voyager 1 space probe, launched from the U.S. by NASA in 1977, concluded its observations of the planet Jupiter, and its course was realigned to send the probe onward toward the planet Saturn, where it arrived in 1980.
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund was created as a non-profit organization with the goal of raising funds for the construction of what would become the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• Ozzy Osbourne was fired from the heavy metal band Black Sabbath for his unreliability related to substance abuse, and went on to greater success in a solo career.

—Source: Wikipedia

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