Do you remember April 1977?

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By Scott McEvoy, HealthMarkets Insurance Agency

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If you were in high school in 1977, you are likely approaching age 65, which is when you will begin making decisions regarding 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 April 1977:

Top 5 Singles – April 16, 1977
#1 “Don’t Give Up on Us” – David Soul
#2 “Don’t Leave Me This Way” –Thelma Houston
#3 “Southern Nights” – Glen Campbell
#4 “Hotel California” – The Eagles
#5 “The Things We Do for Love” – 10cc

Top-Grossing Movie Week of April 13
“Rocky”

April 1977 Events

  • The United States Senate voted, 86 to 9, to adopt a Code of Ethics. For the first time, members were required to give full public disclosure of their income and their assets and liabilities.
  • The new Seattle Mariners major league baseball team played their first game, losing 7 to 0 to the visiting California Angels at the Kingdome. The event was also the first indoor baseball game in American League History.
  • A 30-year-old Donald Trump married Czechoslovakian-born model Ivana Trump in a ceremony at the Marble Collegiate Church, officiated by church pastor Norman Vincent Peale.
  • Six weeks before the debut of the film “Star Wars,” Marvel Comics Group published the first issue of a comic book of the same name with the tag line, “Marvel’s Epic Official Adaptation of the Monumental 20th Century Fox Movie!” The comic book was the first to provide a preview to fans of what the film would look like.
  • The film “Annie Hall,” which would win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Oscars for Best Director for Woody Allen and Best Actress for Diane Keaton, was released nationwide.
  • The popular musical “Annie,” based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” made its debut on Broadway, premiering at the Alvin Theatre, and would go on to win three Tony Awards.
  • Studio 54, known as the trendiest disco nightclub in the United States in the 1970s because of its popularity among celebrities, opened in New York City at 254 West 54th Street.
  • The U.S. Federal Highway Administration published proposed regulations to convert all road signs in the U.S. to the metric system, pursuant to the authority of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975.
  • The English rock group Led Zeppelin set a record for paid attendance at a music concert, attracting 76,229 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome.

Source: Wikipedia

To schedule a no-cost, no-obligation informational meeting to discuss your Medicare options, call Scott McEvoy, Licensed Insurance Agent, at (216) 815-1850 or email him at Scott.McEvoy@HealthMarkets.com. Consultation at no cost to you.

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