On this day in 1978

The year was 1978:

How Much did things cost in 1978?

Average Cost of new house $54,800.00
Average Income per year $17,000.00
Average Monthly Rent $260.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 63 cents
1LB of Bacon $1.20
Dozen Eggs 48 Cents

Popular Films
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
National Lampoon's Animal House
Jaws 2
Heaven Can Wait
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Revenge of the Pink Panther


Popular Musicians
Bee Gees with "Night Fever and Stayin Alive "
Paul McCartney and Wings
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Rolling Stones
Commodores with " Three Times a Lady "


Popular TV Programs
Happy Days
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
Good Morning America
Saturday Night Live
Wheel of Fortune
Charlie's Angels
Quincy, M.E.
The Muppet Show
CHiPs
The Love Boat
Three's Company

Technology

· Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System

· Space Invaders Launches Craze for Computer Video Games

· The first computer bulletin board system BBS is created

· 98% of all American homes have a television

· First Test Tube Baby is born in England a girl Louise Brown,
from in vitro fertilization


On this date in 1978 - Sharron Wiltshire arrived in Charlotte. NC to begin her new position as a charge nurse at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Within just a few days of arriving she would meet a young man who she described as "one of the rudest people I have ever met."

The two grew in their friendship and developed a close relationship within weeks.

Check here in the days to come for the rest of the story ....