Monday, May 14, 1979
Top News Headlines This Week:
May 16 - FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel
May 16 - National League approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19 million
May 16 - NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
May 17 - Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
May 17 - Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 homeruns
May 17 - -12øF (-11øC), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
Top Songs for 1979
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Bad Girls by Donna Summer
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer
Ring My Bell by Anita Ward
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart
My Sharona by The Knack
Babe by Styx
Reunited by Peaches & Herb
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees
1979 Prices US President
Milk: $1.50/gal Jimmy Carter
Eggs: $1.32/doz US Vice President
Car: $6,847 Walter F. Mondale
Gas: $0.88/gal Academy Award Winners
House: $71,800
Best Picture: Kramer Vs. Kramer
Directed By Robert Benton
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman
in Kramer Vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field
in Norma Rae
People born on May 14
1952 - David Byrne Dunbartin Scotand, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads-Psycho Killer)
1944 - George Lucas Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
1943 - Elizabeth Ray Marshall NC, congressman Wilbur Mills' lover
1925 - Patrice Munsel Spokane WA, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
On TV in 1979
Charlie's Angels
Three's Company
CHiPs
Taxi
Alice
WKRP in Cincinnati
Soap
Dallas
Mork & Mindy
Laverne & Shirley
Hot New Toys in 1979
Big Boggle
Star Trek: The Motion Picture figures Big Trak
Sea Wees
Electronic Perfection
Intellivision
Strawberry Shortcake dolls
Top Books in 1979
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
