Nostalgia
1978

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
THE DEER HUNTER
Actor
Jon Voight
COMING HOME
Actress
Jane Fonda
COMING HOME

Top 25 Songs
1	LE FREAK
		Chic  Atlantic
2	SHADOW DANCING
		Andy Gibb  RSO
3	STAYIN'ALIVE
		Bee Gees  RSO
4	NIGHT FEVER
		Bee Gees  RSO
5	I GO CRAZY
		Paul Davis  Bang
6	KISS YOU ALL OVER
		Exile  Warner/Curb
7	(LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER
		Andy Gibb  RSO
8	BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE
		A Taste of Honey  Capito
19	HOT CHILD IN THE CITY
		Nick Gilder  Chrysalis
10	 BABY COME BACK
		Player  RSO
11	THREE TIMES A LADY
		Commodores  Motown
12	YOU NEEDED ME
		Anne Murray  Capitol
13	I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE (DISCO 'ROUND)
		Alicia Bridges  Polydor
14	LAY DOWN SALLY
		Eric Clapton  RSO
15	MACARTHUR PARK
		Donna Summer  Casablanca
16	YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT
		John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  RSO
17	JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
		Billy Joel  Columbia
18	YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS
		Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond  Columbia
19	GREASE
		Frankie Valli  RSO
20	EMOTION
		Samantha Sang  Private Stock
21	CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU
		Barry Manilow  Arista
22	MISS YOU
		The Rolling Stones  Rolling Stones
23	IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU
		Yvonne Elliman  RSO
24	TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
		Abba  Aflontic
25	HOW MUCH I FEEL
		Ambrosia  WarnerBros

World Series Champion
N.Y. Yankees 4, Los Angeles 2

National Football League Champion
Dallas defeated Denver 27-10 in Super Bowl XII at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, January 15.

National Basketball League Champion
1977-78    Washington Bullets over the Seattle SuperSonics    4-3

National Hockey League Champion
Montreal Canadiens

Heavyweight Champion
15 Feb 78   Leon Spinks w.pts.15 Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas
18 Mar 78   Spinks stripped by WBC for failure to defend against Ken Norton, theWBC then proclaimed Norton champion on the basis of his 15-rounds points win over Jimmy Young in their final eliminator in Las Vegas on 5 November 1977
10 Jun 78   Larry Holmes w. pts.15 Ken Norton in Las Vegas (WBC title)
15 Sep 78   Muhammad Ali w.pts.15 Leon Spinks in New Orleans (WBA title)
10 Nov 78   Larry Holmes w.ko.7 Alfredo Evangelista in Las Vegas (WBC title)

President/Vice President
Democrat, 1977-1981, Jimmy (James Earl) Carter/Walter F. Mondale

News Events
U.S. Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999 following a treaty guaranteeing neutrality. 
Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords. 
The U.S. and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations. 
Members of Jim Jones' People's Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana. 
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries.