1979 Trivia

1979 Economy/Prices
President:  James Earl Carter, Jr.                                            
Vice President: Walter Mondale                                              
Population:  225,055,487
Life expectancy: 73.9 years
Dow Jones: High 907, Low 742                                                        
Inflation:  13.3%
Unemployment: 6.1%                                                     
Cost of a new home:  $71,800
Median Household Income: $16,461
Cost of a First Class Stamp:  $0.15                                          
Cost of a gallon of regular gas:  $0.86
Cost of a dozen of eggs:  $0.85
Cost of a gallon of milk:  $1.62
Academy Awards
Best Actor – Dustin Hoffman: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress-Sally Field, Norma Rae
Best Director-Robert Benton: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Picture-Stanley R. Jaffe: Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Supporting Actor-Melvyn Douglas: Being There
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep: Kramer vs. Kramer
Top Movie Money Makers                                               
Kramer vs. Kramer                   $106,260,000                 
The Amityville Horror                   86,432,520                 
Star Trek: The Motion Picture      82,300,000                  
Apocalypse Now                          78,800,000
The Muppet Movie                       76,657,000                  

Top 10 Billboard hits of 1979

Top 20 TV Favorites
  1. 60 Minutes
  2. Three’s Company
  3. That’s Incredible                                                       
  4. Alice                                                                   
  5. M*A*S*H                                                             
  6. DALLAS                                                             
  7. Flo                                                                      
  8. The Jeffersons                                                 
  9. The Dukes of Hazzard                                     
  10. One Day at a Time                                           
  11. WKRP in Cincinnati                                         
  12. Goodtime Girls                                                  
  13. Archie Bunker’s Place                                      
  14. Taxi
  15. Eight is Enough
  16. Little House on the Prairie                                 
  17. House Calls                                                                  
  18. Real People
  19. CHiPs                                                                                           
  20. Happy Days                                                                                                                                               
FOOTBALL
Superbowl XIV:  Pittsburgh 31 – LA Rams 19
Pro MVP:  Earl Campbell, Houston, RB
College Football:  Alabama
Heisman Trophy: Charles White, USC, RB
Rose Bowl: USC 17, Ohio St. 16
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 24, Florida St. 7
Cotton Bowl: Houston 17, Nebraska 14
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 24, Arkansas 9
Basketball
NBA Champs:  Seattle 4-1
   Opposing Team-Wash.Bullets
NBA MVP:  Moses Malone, Houston, C
NCAA Nat’l Champs:  Michigan St
Baseball
World Series Winner: Pittsburgh 4-3
  Opposing Team-Baltimore
Nat’l League MVP-Keith Hernandez, St. L.
  & Willie Stargell, Pitt.
  Rookie of the Year-Rick Sutcliffe, LA
Amer.League MVP-Don Baylor, Cal.
  Rookie of the Year-John Castino, Min.
  & Alfredo Griffin, Tor.