My niece Elizabeth had her first birthday. Happy Birthday! Liz's first birthday coincided with the day I graduated from high school. This school:
That's right, I graduated from Mexico Academy and Central Schools High School twenty-five years ago today.
The top ten best-selling songs for that week in 1979 were:
1. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
2. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
3. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
4. The Logical Song - Supertramp
5. Chuck E.'s in Love - Rickie Lee Jones
6. Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer
7. You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith
8. She Believes in Me - Kenny Rogers
9. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind and Fire
10. Bad Girls - Donna Summer
The top ten Hardcover Non-Fiction books on the NY Times list that week were:
1. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet - Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Brown
2. Cruel Shoes - Steve Martin
3. The Pritikin Program - Nathan Pritikin with Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.
4. Bronx Zoo - Sparky Lyle and Peter Golenbock
5. The Powers that Be - David Halberstam
6. How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years - Howard J. Ruff
7. The Medusa and the Snail - Lewis Thomas
8. Lauren Bacall by Myself - Lauren Bacall
9. To Set the Record Straight - John J. Sirica
10. The Winner's Circle - Charles Paul Conn
The top three movies that weekend were:
1. Alien - "In space no one can hear you scream"
2. Escape from Alcatraz - "No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz... And no one ever will!"
3. Lost and Found - "WARNING: Love can be hazardous to your health."
Rickey Henderson went 2 for 4 and stole one base in his major league debut with the San Diego Padres. Martina Navratilova lost her number one women's tennis ranking to Chris Evert (they largely traded #1 and #2 rankings from 1978-1987).
Someone unknown to me kept an extensive diary and played Uno that day.
Uncle Joey
Thank you for the birthday wish but it is 26, I wish I was only 25. More research to do on what the hits were. Love you, Liz
Posted by: Liz Giles | 24 June 2004 at 11:49 AM
Dang it, it was right before I added the hits stuff and rearranged the page last night. Fixed now. I hope all is well in San Diego!
Posted by: joe | 24 June 2004 at 12:46 PM