30 years ago ...

• Jimmy Carter was President of the United States
• Average cost of a new house was $54,800
• Average income per year was $17,000
• Average monthly rent was $260
• Cost of a gallon of gas was 63 cents
• 1 pound of bacon cost $1.20
• A dozen eggs cost 48 cents

30 years ago ...

• Popular films included
• 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
• The Deer Hunter

30 years ago ...

• Popular Musicians included
• Bee Gees
• Paul McCartney and Wings
• John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
• Rolling Stones
• Commodores
• Boomtown Rats

30 years ago ...

• Popular TV Programs in 1978 included
• Happy Days
• Little House on the Prairie
• The Rockford Files
• Good Morning America
• Wheel of Fortune
• Charlie's Angels
• The Muppet Show
• CHiPs
• The Love Boat
• Three's Company

30 years ago ...

• Series Debuts in 1978 included
• Dallas
• 20/20
• World New Tonight
• Taxi
• Mork & Mindy
• Battlestar Galactica
• WKRP in Cinncinnati
• Diff'rent Strokes

30 years ago today ...

• The world became a better place because our son was born

Happy birthday, Jason!

Love,

Mom & Scott

Info source: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/this-day-in-history.html