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Oscars
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- Best Actress - Jane Fonda - Coming Home
- Best Actor - Jon Voight - Coming Home
- Best Supporting Actress - Maggie Smith - California Suite
- Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Walken - Deer Hunter
- Best Director - Michael Cimino - Deer Hunter
- Best Picture - Deer Hunter
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Other Movies
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- Superman
- Midnight Express
- Heaven Can Wait
- The Boys from Brazil
- Star Wars
- Close Encounters
- Jaws II
- Animal House
- Grease
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Sports
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- Tom Landry leads the Dallas Cowboys over the Denver Broncos in the Superbowl 27-10.
- Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg rule the tennis world. A youngster, John McEnroe,
begins to challenge their reign.
- Yankees beat the Dodgers in the World Series.
- Washington Bullets win the NBA Championship.
- Joe Namath reties
- Muhammed Ali 36 beats Leon Spinx to regain heavywieght title
- Pete Rose signs 3.5 million-dollar contract witht he Phillis.
- Affirmed wins "Triple Crown".
- Gary Player wins Masters
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Television
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- Saturday Night Live
- Mork and Mindy
- Good Times
- One day at a time
- Three's Company
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Musical Groups
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- E.L.O.
- Eagles
- Steve Miller
- Styx
- Van Halen
- Peter Frampton
- Kiss
- Boston
- Fleetwood Mac
- BeeGees
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Rolling Stone Magazine "Best of 1978"
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- Artist - Rolling Stones
- Band - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- New Artist - the Cars
- Single - Staying Alive
- R&B Artist - Commodores
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Some numbers to ponder
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- The population of the U.S. was 221,447,000
- The average household income was $20,488.00
- Gasoline was a mere .63 cents per gallon
- A loaf of bread cost .49 cents.
- A new Ford car cost $5,405.00
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National News
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- Jimmy Carter is President of the United States
- The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
- The Shah of Iran imposes martial rule to put an end to violent anti-government
protests. The Shah's overthrow and the taking of American hostages is still a
year away.
- Pope Paul VI dies. His successor, Pope John Paul I also dies. Cardinal Karol
Wajtyla becomes Pope John Paul II.
- Jim Jones, leader of the People's Temple, dies with 917 others in a murder-suicide
in Guyana.
- David Berkowitz, "Son of Sam", sentenced to life in prison for six murders in
New York City.
- The Space Shuttle "Enterprise" is lauded for a successful mission
- Louise Brown - as born as the first test tube baby in England
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