Once, Twice, Three Times...August 1978!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in August 1978 was 'Three Times A Lady' by the Commodores.
August 2 – President Jimmy Carter declares an unprecedented state emergency and evacuation immediately following the revelation that Niagara Falls, New York neighborhood Love Canal was built on a toxic waste dump.
August 2 - Eyes of Laura Mars and Interiors movies premiere.
August 3 - Piranha movie premieres. Steven Spielberg described this film as "the best of the Jaws rip-offs."
August 4 - Corvette Summer movie premieres. Both of this film's leads, Annie Potts and Mark Hamill, had experience with major car accidents before making this film. Potts got pins in her legs and Hamill got a fractured nose and cheekbone.
August 13 – A Santa Barbara earthquake affected the central coast of California, causing 65 injuries and $12 million in financial losses.
August 14 – Joe Venuti, jazz violinist, dies. (born 1903)
August 17 – Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Presque Isle, Maine to Miserey, France.
August 26 – Charles Boyer, film actor, dies. (born 1899 in France)
August 28 – Bruce Catton, Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, dies. (born 1899)
August 30 - Avalanche movie premieres.
Filling Station playset (released 1978):
1978 Volkswagen Scirocco:
Playboy playmate of the month, Vicki Witt, and Playgirl man for August, Jeremy Alves:
Albums released in August 1978 (album / artist):
Don't Look Back / Boston
Roberta Flack / Roberta Flack
C'est Chic / Chic
Who Are You / The Who
Along the Red Ledge / Hall and Oates
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! / Devo
Nielsen top shows for week ending August 27th: 1 Three's Company; 2 Quincy; 3 (tie) Laverne and Shirley and Carter Country; 5 M-A-S-H; 6 Alice; 7 Rockford Files; 8 One Day at a Time; 9 (tie) Starsky and Hutch and All in the Family.
Cosmopolitan magazine for August:
National Lampoon magazine for August:
Rolling Stone magazine for August:
'Chesapeake' by James A. Michener is at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list.
Peanuts comic strip from August 1978:
For detailed news/info on what happened each day in August 1978, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com
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