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Jimmy Carter39th President of the United States

Served from Jan. 20, 1977 to Jan. 20, 1981

“We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.” — Jimmy Carter

World events•  USSR invades Afghanistan•  Margaret Thatcher elected Prime 

Minister in UK•  Ayatollah Khomeini returns to 

Tehran after 15 years of exile and seizes power in Iran

•  63 Americans taken hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran

•  Dictator Idi Amin is deposed in Uganda

•  The Sahara Desert ex-periences snow for 30 

minutes•  The first 

black-led government of Rhodesia in 

90 years takes power and 

the country’s name is changed to Zimbabwe

•  Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country

•  President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Vice President Saddam Hussein replaces him in Iraq

•  Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Men-achem Begin sign peace treaty

•  3,000 Iranian radi-cals, mostly students, in-vade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages

•  China institutes the one child per family rule to control exploding population

U.S. news•  Population 225,055,487•  Life expectancy 73.9 years•  Salt II arms limitation talks 

signed by U.S. and USSR•  During the “Death to the 

Klan” march organized by com-

munist supporters in North Carolina, white supremacists open fire killing five marchers

•  Eleven fans are killed at a Who concert in Ohio

•  Three-Mile Island nuclear accident occurs in Pennsyl-vania

•  American Airlines flight 191 crashed and exploded in a field near O’Hare Airport in Chicago

Popular films•  Superman: The Movie•  Every Which Way But Loose•  Rocky II•  Alien•  The Amityville Horror•  Star Trek: The Motion Picture•  Moonraker•  The Muppet Movie•  The Deer Hunter

•  Kramer vs. Kramer

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BORN THIS YEAR: Above right: Leroy Petry,Army Medal of Honor recipient.

Above left: Cote de Pablo, actress; Mena Survari, actress; Bam Margera, skaterboarder;

Natasha Lyonne, actress

TV shows•  The Dukes of Hazzard•  The Facts of Life  •  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century           •  Knots Landing

Technology• VisiCalc becomes the 

first spreadsheet program•  Sony introduces the 

Walkman at $200• Voyager I photo re-

veals Jupiter’s rings

Inventions•  Snowboard•  Commercial 

Cellular Network

Popularculture

• YMCA sues the Village People for libel because of their song of the same name

•  Sid Vicious, former member of Sex Pistols, dies of a heroin over-dose dur-ing 

his trial for murdering his 

girlfriend•  Pink Floyd releases 

“The Wall,” with top sell-ing single “Another Brick in the Wall”

•  Trivial Pursuit game is launched

•  Bungee jump-ing introduced

• Income per year ... $17,500• Minimum wage .......... $2.90• New house ........... $58,100• Monthly rent ................ $280• New car ................... $4,100• Gallon of gas ................. 86¢• Dozen eggs ................... 85¢• Gallon of milk .............. $1.89• Loaf of bread ................. 45¢• First-class stamp .......... 15¢• Movie ticket ................ $2.50

AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING

Popular music•  “My Sharona,” 

Knack•  “Bad Girls,” Donna Sum-

mer•  “Le Freak,” Chic•  “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” 

Rod Stewart•  “Reunited,” Peaches and 

Herb•  “I Will Survive,” Gloria 

Gaynor•  “YMCA,” Village People•  “Ring My Bell,” Anita 

Ward

1979Walter Mondale42nd Vice President of the United StatesServed from Jan. 20, 1977 to Jan. 20, 1981

1979Jaguar

ChevyCamaro

ChevyCorvette

Catherine Bachplayed Daisy Duke in

Dukes of Hazzard

Bunge jumping

introduced

Pope John Paul II

Ayatollah Khomeini

Top left:Three-MileIsland nuclearaccident. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher,British PM. Below: The Village People.

Sid Vicious, Sex Pistols

Cast of “Knots Landing”

remember when...