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Do you remember October 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.


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 October 1979:


Top 5 Singles – October 20, 1979

#1 “Rise” – Herb Alpert

#2 “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson

#3 “Pop Muzik” – M

#4 “Sail On” – The Commodores

#5 “I’ll Never Love This Way Again” – Dionne Warwick


Top-Grossing Movie – October 17, 1979

“When a Stranger Calls” 


October 1979 Events

• The Panama Canal Zone ceased to be a United States territory and reverted to the control of the Republic of Panama after more than 75 years. 


• The use of home video recorders to record television broadcasts was ruled lawful by U.S. District Judge Warren J. Ferguson in Los Angeles, who declared that “such recording is permissible under the copyright acts of 1909 and 1976” and rejected a request by Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions seeking to stop the Sony and RCA corporations from selling VCRs.


• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to British electronics engineer Godfrey Hounsfield and South African-born physicist Allan MacLeod Cormack of the United States for their invention (each independently of the other) of computed axial tomography, the basis for the CT scan.


• President Jimmy Carter and the U.S. Department of State permitted the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States for treatment for suspected cancer at Cornell Medical Center in New York City, a decision that outraged Iran and prompted the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the taking of its employees as hostages.


• The 1979-80 NBA season opened with a new rule adopting the 3-point field goal for any scores made from more than 23 feet, 9 inches from the center of the basket. Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics made the first NBA 3-pointer in a game that also featured the professional debut of his teammate, Larry Bird.


• Mother Teresa, an Albanian-born nun who cared for impoverished people in India, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.


• The Federal Communications Commission changed its rules to allow private individuals to own satellite dishes without requiring a federal license.    —Source: Wikipedia


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