Looking Back...30 years ago
Updated 10/19/07
World News
- Soviets set a space endurance record of 139 days
- Millions march against the Shah of Iran in Tehran
- Charlie Chaplin's body stolen from Swiss cemetery, recovered after tracing ransom calls
- Czech pilot becomes the first non-Russian or American in space
- Test-tube fertilization is success in England
- 7.7 earthquake in Iran kills over 25,000
National News
- 35 astronaut candidates are chosen by NASA for shuttle program
- Coal miners strike for 110 days
- Over 900 found dead after Reverend Jim Jones orders mass suicide
- The endangered snail darter stops the $100 million Tellico Dam project in Tennessee
- Residents of Love Canal N.Y. are forced to move because of industrial waste in canal
At the Movies
Academy Award Winners:
- Best Actor: John Voight, Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda, Coming Home
- Best Picture: The Deer Hunter
Music From 1978
- Just the Way You Are
- Copacabana
- You Needed Me
- Stayin' Alive
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers
1978 Prices
- Average income $16,975.00
- New car $5,405.00
- New house $54,749.00
- Loaf of bread $.42
- Gallon of gas $.63
- Gallon of milk $1.72
- Gold per ounce $193.60
- Silver per ounce $5.40
President - Jimmy Carter
Vice President - Walter Mondale
1978 Dow Jones - 742.12 to 907.74
Dow Jones Average - 820
1978 Minimum Wage - $2.65
1978 Life Expectancy - 73.5 years