Do you remember May 1979?

If you attended high school in 1979, you are likely nearing age 65, the point when you’ll start making decisions about your Medicare options.

To learn more about your options, give me a call to schedule a no-cost, no-obligation informational meeting.

In the meantime, enjoy recalling these memories from May 1979:

Top 5 Singles – May 12, 1979

#1 “Reunited”– Peaches and Herb

#2 “Heart of Glass”– Blondie

#3 “Hot Stuff”– Donna Summer

#4 “Stumblin’ In” – Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman

#5 “In the Navy”– The Village People

Top-Grossing Movie Week of May 9

“Manhattan” 

May 1979 Events

• Greenland was granted limited autonomy from Denmark, with its own Parliament and the capital, Godthåb, was renamed Nuuk. 
• Ted Giannoulas, the originator of the oldest pro baseball team mascot, the “San Diego Chicken,” was fired by radio station KGB-FM after five seasons of wearing the costume. When San Diego Padre fans learned that another radio station employee had been substituted for Giannoulas, the replacement was booed off the field.
• Margaret Thatcher, leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, took office as the first woman to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• California became the first U.S. state since World War II to authorize limits on the purchase of gasoline, implementing an “odd–even rationing” system after a shortage of fuel had caused long lines of vehicles outside service stations since April 27.
• The U.S. and Soviet Union reached a basic agreement on negotiations during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks for limitations on long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles and on aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.
• Northwestern University graduate student John Harris sustained minor cuts after opening a package addressed to him by Ted Kaczynski, dubbed “the Unabomber” by the press, and was the Unabomber’s second victim overall.
• For the first time in American history, the price of a gallon of gasoline exceeded one U.S. dollar, with a Gulf station in the Beacon Hill section of Boston, raising its price for premium unleaded gas from 98.9 cents to $1.009.
• The science fiction horror film “Alien” had its premiere, opening at the Seattle International Film Festival before going into general release in the U.S. on June 22. Despite being in only 91 cinemas in its first week, Alien grossed $4.75 million in ticket sales in seven days. 

—Source: Wikipedia

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