Do you remember July 1978?

If you attended high school in 1978, you are likely nearing age 65, the point at which 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 July 1978:

Top 5 Singles – July 19, 1978

#1 “Shadow Dancing” – Andy Gibb

#2 “Baker Street” – Gerry Rafferty

#3 “Miss You” – Rolling Stones

#4 “Still the Same” – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

#5 “Last Dance” – Donna Summer 

Top-Grossing Movie Week of July 19

“Grease” 

July 1978 Events

• The first Texxas Jam rock festival was held at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, and featured such artists as Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Journey, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Heart, and comedians Cheech & Chong.
• By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ban profane language from radio and television broadcast from within the United States, holding that the right of free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution did not include the right to use “indecent language” in broadcasts.
• U.S. Patent No. 4098260-A was awarded to inventor William Goettl for designing the first solar thermal collector.
• What has been described as “the first recorded hip-hop song”, “Enterprise” was released as part of the 41 songs on the album “Runaways.”
• Entertainment and Sports Programming, Inc., was incorporated in the U.S. state of Connecticut for a fee of $91, with a stated purpose of creating a cable television network for sports telecasts. The network was launched on September 7, 1979, as ESPN.
• Lee Iacocca was fired from his job as the president of the Ford Motor Company by the Board of Directors, after clashing with Henry Ford II, the CEO and grandson of the founder. Iacocca was soon hired as the president of the ailing Chrysler Corporation, the third-largest U.S. automaker after General Motors and Ford Motor, and turn Chrysler into a profitable company.
• The divorce of Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, from Antony Armstrong-Jones, became final 18 years after they had married, and marked the first royal divorce since 1901.
• Louise Brown became the first human being to be born after conception through in vitro fertilization (IVF), and the original “test tube baby.”

  —Source: Wikipedia

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