Do you remember September 1977?

By Scott McEvoy, HealthMarkets Insurance Agency


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 September 1977:

Top 5 Singles – September 17, 1977
#1 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” – Andy Gibb

#2 “Float On” – The Floaters

#3 “Best of My Love” – The Emotions

#4 “Handy Man/Bartender’s Blues” – James Taylor

#5 “Don’t Stop” – Fleetwood Mac

Top-Grossing Movie Week of September 14
“Star Wars”

September 1977 Events
• The Grateful Dead set a record of selling 107,019 tickets to a rock concert, playing at Raceway Park near Englishtown, New Jersey.

• Two treaties between Panama and the United States were signed for the eventual transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama at midnight on December 31, 1999

• The first Chia Pet was introduced by Joseph Enterprises as a novelty terracotta decoration that sprouted the fast-growing and flowering plant chia from seeds embedded inside.

• Atari, Inc. of Japan released its Atari 2600 video computer system in North America through the Sears department store chain.

•The controversial U.S. television situation comedy “Soap” debuted on the ABC television network as a prime time parody of daytime soap operas. Of the 195 ABC affiliate stations, 18 refused to air the series opener. The program was a success and ran for four seasons with 85 episodes.

• Optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic.

• The U.S. TV police drama “CHiPs” made its debut on the NBC television network, featuring Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada as motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.

• HBO (Home Box Office), which had been limited since 1972 to broadcasting sporting events and uninterrupted telecasts of recent cinema films, launched its first original weekly program, “Inside the NFL,” which has gone on to become cable television’s longest-running series.

• At a trade show in Tokyo, the first public demonstration of what was billed as “laser sound” by the Japanese company Sony and the Dutch company Philips was given for the technology that would become the basis for digital recording of the compact disc, videodisc, CD-ROM, DVD and other products.

Source: Wikipedia

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