Do you remember June 1978?

Scott McEvoy • June 1, 2025

Grease Movie Poster Photo: Wikipedia


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 June 1978:


Top 5 Singles – June 17, 1978

#1 “Shadow Dancing” – Andy Gibb

#2 “You’re the One That I Want” – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

#3 “Baker Street” – Gerry Rafferty

#4 “It’s a Heartache” – Bonnie Tyler

#5 “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” – Johnny Mathis / Denise Williams 


Top-Grossing Movie Week of June 14

“Damien: Omen II” 


June 1978 Events

  • The CyberVision 2001 home computer was introduced, appearing in select Montgomery Ward department stores, and billed as being “programmed to talk...play games, teach math, or help with your tax return.”
  • “Piano Jazz,” the longest-running cultural program on the U.S. National Public Radio (NPR) network, was broadcast for the first time.
  • The Washington Bullets won the championship of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the U.S. state of Washington, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics, 105-99, in Game 7 of the best-of-7 series.
  • Affirmed held off Alydar to win the Belmont Stakes and would be the last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown of Horse Racing (the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes) for 37 years, until 2015.
  • Baseball player Pete Rose singled against the Chicago Cubs to begin what became the longest hitting streak in National League history. The streak reached 44 games, becoming the first to challenge to Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941, before ending on
August 1.
  • “Grease,” starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, premiered in U.S. theaters before being shown worldwide. It went on to become the highest-grossing musical film of the year.
  • The comic strip “Garfield” went into nationwide syndication.
  • The musical “Evita,” written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, premiered in London’s West End at the Prince Edward Theatre.
  • The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement was flown for the first time, in its original form, at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.  

—Source: Wikipedia


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