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
- 60 Minutes
- Three’s Company
- That’s Incredible
- Alice
- M*A*S*H
- DALLAS
- Flo
- The Jeffersons
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- One Day at a Time
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Goodtime Girls
- Archie Bunker’s Place
- Taxi
- Eight is Enough
- Little House on the Prairie
- House Calls
- Real People
- CHiPs
- 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.