J4F – Wayback Wednesday: 1/22/1980
If Wayback Wednesday and Throwback Thursday were automobiles – Wednesday would be a Maserati and Thursday would be a rusted Yugo hatchback. #throwbackthursdaysux
Way Back stats for Wednesday 1/22/1980
Top U.S. Song –Michael Jackson – Rock With You – Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $1.25
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $2.16
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.15
Average cost of a dozen eggs – $0.91
Average cost of a new home – $76,400.00
Life expectancy – 73.7 years
President of the United States – Jimmy Carter
Top Headlines – PGA begins a senior golf tour; West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup; Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
Popular Movies – The Shining, Raging Bull, Airplane!, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, The Blues Brothers
Popular Books Released – The Bourne Identity/Robert Ludlum – The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy/Douglas Adams – A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present/Howard Zinn – Firestarter/Stephen King
Happy Birthday To – Steven Adler, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Guy Fieri, Larry Birkhead, Greg Oden, Ray Rice, Chone Figgins
