WHAT YEAR IS IT? Kathy Tevelson EDUC 515 Dr. Patricia Vito Duncan
Movies
Best Actor/Actress Sally Field Dustin Hoffman
Album of the Year 52 nd Street by Billy Joel
World Series/Superbowl Champs Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Steelers
NBA/Stanley Cup Champs Seattle Supersonics Montreal Canadiens
Number One in Tennis John McEnroeTracy Austin
Three Mile Island
Iran Hostage Crisis
TV Show Debuts
Popular songs “In the Evening” by Led Zeppelin “YMCA” by The Village People “Ring My Bell” by Anita Ward “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor “Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson “Heart of Glass” by Blondie “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” by Rod Stewart “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC “Roxanne” by the Police “5:15” by The Who “Rust Never Sleeps (Into the Black)” by Neil Young “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth” by Meatloaf “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin” by Journey
History Margaret Thatcher becomes new Prime Minister of England
History Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Graduation from Vernon Township High School