Class of 1979
1979
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $ .86
Average In-State CA College Tuition: $500
Price of a Big Mac: $.63
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
The first Snowboard and the First Commercial Cellular Network NTT.
Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings, ESPN launches, the Three Mile island Nuclear Accident occurs in Pennsylvania. Superman, Alien and he Amityville Horror are in theaters.
Congress creates the US Department of Education “to strengthen the Federal commitment to ensuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual.”
PHS Hall of Fame recipients: Sean Murray, and Paul Hering.