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Top TV Shows
Dallas
60 Minutes
M*A*S*H*
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Jeffersons
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Top Films
The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
Nine To Five
Stir Crazy
Airplane
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Top Singles
“Lady” – Kenny Rogers
“Call Me” – Blondie
“Starting Over” – John Lennon
“Upside Down” – Diana Ross
“Another Brick in the Wall” – Pink Floyd
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Top Albums
“The Wall” – Pink Floyd
“Double Fantasy” – John Lennon/Yoko Ono
“Emotional Rescue” – The Rolling Stones
“Glass Houses” – Billy Joel
“Against the Wind” – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
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In The News
January 20 – President Carter officially boycotts the Summer Olympic Games in Russia.
February – The US Olympic hockey team defeats the highly favored Russians at the
Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
March – Class of ’81 hosts the Junior Prom at Green Auditorium. Theme: ?
May 18 – Mt. St. Helens erupts destroying a 120 square mile area surrounding the
volcano.
June 27 – President Carter signs a law requiring draft registration by men 19 to 20 years
of age.
November 4 – Ronald Reagan wins the Presidential election by 8 million votes.
November 21 – “Who shot JR” episode of “Dallas” reveals that JR’s wife’s sister did it.
December 8 – John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman outside is home in
The Dakota in New York City.
December 16 – Hoosier native Colonel Harlan Sanders departs for the great chicken
shack in the sky.
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Fads & Culture
- Sony launches the “Walkman”.
- Rubik’s Cube invented.
- The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rappers Delight” becomes the first rap record to break the
Top Hundred Billboard chart.
- Originally called “Puck-Man”, Pac-Man hits video arcades nationwide.
- Disco unbelievably continues to sell well past its freshness date with hits like
“Fame” and “Funkytown”.
- The satirical “Preppy Handbook” is published with horrific results as teenaged
readers regarded the farce as a fashion bible. Izod shirt sales skyrocket.
- “We’re on a mission from God” – Saving an orphanage from closing is the noble
goal of the cinematic masterpiece “The Blues Brothers”. Jake & Elwood Blues
play Country AND Western at a Northern Indiana roadhouse in the film.
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Sports Champions
Baseball ML: The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Kansas City Royals 4 games to 2.
Basketball NBA: The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia ‘76ers 4 games to 2.
Basketball NCAA: Louisville defeats UCLA 59 –54.
Basketball IHSAA: Indianapolis Broad Ripple defeats New Albany 73 –66.
Football NFL: The Oakland Raiders defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV.
Football NCAA: Georgia voted National Champion.
Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford – Winning Average Speed: 159 mph.
Kentucky Derby: Genuine Risk.
Wimbledon: Bjorn Borg over John McEnroe & Evonne Goolagong over Chris Evert.
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