For those of you who are wondering why I am posting this....this was when I was born. Enjoy!
| Friday, February 11, 1977 |
| Top News Headlines This Week: |
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| Feb 11 - E Bowell & C T Kowal discover asteroid #3924 Birch Feb 11 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3578 Feb 11 - 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean) Feb 12 - Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 Feb 13 - E Bowell discovers asteroid #4110 Keats Feb 13 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #4232 Aparicio |
| Top Songs for 1977 |
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| Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder | Best of My Love by Emotions | | Evergreen (from "A Star Is Born") by Barbara Streisand | Rich Girl by Daryl Hall & John Oates | | I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb | You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone | | Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco | How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees | | Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor | Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye |
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| 1977 Prices | US President |
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| Bread: | $0.32/loaf | Jimmy Carter |
| Milk: | $1.44/gal | US Vice President |
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| Eggs: | $1.30/doz | Walter F. Mondale |
| Car: | $5,814 | Academy Award Winners |
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| Gas: | $0.64/gal | | Best Picture: | Annie Hall | | Directed By Woody Allen | | Best Actor: | Richard Dreyfuss | | in The Goodbye Girl | | Best Actress: | Diane Keaton | | in Annie Hall |
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| House: | $54,200 |
| Stamp: | $0.13/ea |
| Avg Income: | $18,264/yr |
| Min Wage: | $2.30/hr |
| DOW Avg: | 831 |
| People born on February 11 |
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| 1941 - Sergio Mendes jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88) | | 1934 - Tina Louise New York NY, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas) | | 1936 - Burt Reynolds Waycross GA, actor (Evening Shade, Striptease, Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, Dan August, Deliverance) | | 1909 - Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] Omaha NB, heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35)/actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady) | | 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison Milan OH, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) |
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| On TV in 1977 |
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| Mork & Mindy | Alice | Charlie's Angels | | Soap | Little House on the Prairie | Three's Company | | Laverne & Shirley | CHiPs | Happy Days | | Barney Miller |
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| Hot New Toys in 1977 |
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| Pro Foto-Football | Mr. Machine (Re-issue) | Pulsar | | The Fembot | Star Wars Action Figures | Evel Knievel Strato Cycle | | Battling Spaceships | Fisher-Price Movie Theater | Mr. Microphone |
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| Top Books in 1977 |
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| Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor |
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