The Year - 1978
The Family News..:

Michele was born to Theresa (Jennings) & Michael Kelly on Oct. 12th, in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Baby Come BackPlayer
Boogie Oogie OogieA Taste of Honey
GreaseFrankie Valli
Hot Child in the CityNick Gilder
If I Can't Have YouYvonne Elliman
Kiss You All OverExile
Le FreakChic
(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterAndy Gibb
MacArthur ParkDonna Summer
Miss YouThe Rolling Stones
Night FeverThe Bee Gees
Shadow DancingAndy Gibb
Stayin' AliveThe Bee Gees
Three Times a LadyThe Commodores
Too Much, Too Little, Too LateJohnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
With a Little LuckPaul McCartney & Wings
You Don't Bring Me FlowersBarbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
You Needed MeAnne Murray
You're the One That I WantOlivia Newton John & John Travolta


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - The Hunter, Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
Other Nominees - Coming Home, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, Unmarried Woman

Best Actor - Jon Voight, Coming Home
Other Nominees - Larence Olivier, Gary Busey, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty

Best Actress - Jane Fonda, Coming Home
Other Nominees - Ingrid Bergman, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, Jill Clayburgh

Supporting Actor - Christopher Walken, Yhe Deer Hunter
Supporting Actress - Maggie Smith, California Suite
Best Director - Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
Original Screenplay - "Coming Home", Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Adapted Screenplay - "Midnight Express", Oliver Stone
Best Sound - The Deer Hunter
Best Song - "Last Dance", Thank God It's Friday, Paul Jabara
Original Score - Giorgio Moroder, Midnight Express
Animated Film - Special Delivery, Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon

In The News..:
President chooses Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster as F.B.I. Director (Jan. 19).
Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian D. Smith and three black leaders agree on transfer to black majority rule (Feb. 15).
US Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty (March 16); votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18).
Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain (May 9).
Californians in referendum approve Proposition 13 for nearly 60% slash in property tax revenues (June 6).
Supreme Court, in Bakke case, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities (June 28).
Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6); new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
"Framework for Peace" in Middle East signed by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Carter (Sept. 17).
Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (Nov. 18).

Last updated on Tuesday, April 18, 2000