Flashback

Our class was special and the years we spent at school was a unique time in history.
This page is dedicated to popular culture of the time. Go back in time with;
Music, TV, Movies, Sports, Fashion, Technology, Politics, Personalities and more.

Technology

  • Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System
  • Space Invaders Launches Craze for Computer Video Games
  • The first computer bulletin board system BBS is created
  • 98% of all American homes have a television
  • First Test Tube Baby is born on July 25th in England a girl Louise Brown, from in vitro fertilization

List of 1978 Major News Events in History

  1. Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Accords
  2. People's Temple Jonestown Suicides
  3. First Solo North Pole Expedition
  4. United Kingdom - First Test Tube Baby Born
  5. The first Garfield comic strip
  6. Susan B. Anthony Dollar
  7. US Teachers strike
  8. US Dollar plunges
  9. Oil tanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground
  10. Poisoned umbrella tip murder

Cost of Living 1978 - How Much things cost

How Much things cost in 1978

Yearly Inflation Rate USA7.62%

Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 805

Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 11.75%

Average Cost of new house $54,800.00

Average Income per year $17,000.00

Average Monthly Rent $260.00

Cost of a gallon of Gas 63 cents

A few More Examples

1LB of Bacon$1.20
Dozen Eggs 48 Cents
Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Computer $399.00
8 Track Player $169.00
Land O Lakes Butter Lb $1.33
New York Strip Steaks Lb $2.39
Ladies Corduroy Overalls $22.00
Star Wars Family Pajamas $6.49 - $11.99

Popular Culture 1978

Popular Films

  • Grease
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • National Lampoon's Animal House
  • Jaws 2
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther
  • The Deer Hunter

Popular Musicians and songs

  • Bee Gees with " Night Fever and Stayin Alive "
  • Paul McCartney and Wings
  • John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
  • Rolling Stones
  • Commodores with " Three Times a Lady "
  • Boomtown Rats

Popular TV Programmes

  • Happy Days
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • The Rockford Files
  • Good Morning America
  • Jim'll Fix It (UK)
  • Saturday Night Live
  • Wheel of Fortune
  • Charlie's Angels
  • Quincy, M.E.
  • The Muppet Show
  • CHiPs
  • The Love Boat
  • Three's Company

Born This Year in 1978

Ashton Kutcher February 7th
Kobe Bryant August 23rd
Josh Hartnett July 21st