Missing You in July 1978!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in July 1978 was 'Miss You' by the Rolling Stones.
July 3 - Tic Tac Dough game show premieres on CBS.
July 5 - Hot Lead and Cold Feet movie premieres. Although promotional material for this Western prominently featured Don Knotts, he was only fourth-billed and in a supporting role.
July 8 - 1978 Wimbledon Championships end. Martina Navratilova won her first grand slam singles title at this event. She defeated Chris Evert in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5.
July 9 - Around 100,000 march in Washington demanding an extension of the Equal Rights Amendment ratification deadline. The march, which was organized by the National Organization for Women (NOW), was successful and the extension was granted...but the amendment ultimately failed to ever be ratified.
July 10 - The ABC Evening News gets a revamp and becomes ABC World News Tonight, employing a unique three-anchor setup (Frank Reynolds serving as lead anchor from Washington, Max Robinson presenting national news from Chicago, and Peter Jennings with international news from London).
July 14 - Foul Play, Hooper and The Swarm movies premiere.
July 18 – Claude P. Dettloff, photographer, dies. (born 1899)
July 19 - Revenge of the Pink Panther and International Velvet movies premiere.
July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. He is replaced by Francis T. Vincent.
July 21 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie premieres.
July 25 - The world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in the United Kingdom.
July 28 - Animal House movie premieres.
Superman's Action Comics for July:
1978 Mercury Cougar:
Incredible Hulk Pencil By Numbers set (released 1978):
Playboy playmate of the month, Karen Morton, and Playgirl man for July, Michael Montelbano:
Albums released in July (album / artist):
Under Wraps / Shaun Cassidy
Nightwatch / Kenny Loggins
Cheryl Lynn / Cheryl Lynn
Heartbreaker / Dolly Parton
Touchdown / Bob James
Can't Stand the Rezillos / The Rezillos
More Songs About Buildings and Food / Talking Heads
Nielsen top shows for the week ending July 16th: 1 Quincy NBC; 2 All‐Star Game ABC; 3 Alice CBS; 4 All in the Family CBS; 5 Happy Days ABC; 6 Switch CBS; 7 All‐Star Preview ABC; 8 Lou Grant CBS; 9 One Day at a Time CBS; 10 Charlie's Angels ABC; 11 The Love Boat ABC; 12 Death of Richie NBC; 13 (tie) Three's Company ABC and Barnaby Jones CBS; 15 Girl in Empty Grave NBC.
People magazine for July 31st:
Rona Barrett's Hollywood for July:
'The Holcroft Covenant' by Robert Ludlam moves to the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list. Ludlum says the novel was inspired by a "what if" question. "What if Nazi children at the end of World War Two were being saved [secretly groomed] so that in the next generation they could revive the Third Reich?"
Peanuts comic strip from July 1978:
July 14 - Foul Play, Hooper and The Swarm movies premiere.
July 18 – Claude P. Dettloff, photographer, dies. (born 1899)
July 19 - Revenge of the Pink Panther and International Velvet movies premiere.
July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. He is replaced by Francis T. Vincent.
July 21 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie premieres.
July 25 - The world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in the United Kingdom.
July 28 - Animal House movie premieres.
Superman's Action Comics for July:
1978 Mercury Cougar:
Incredible Hulk Pencil By Numbers set (released 1978):
Playboy playmate of the month, Karen Morton, and Playgirl man for July, Michael Montelbano:
Albums released in July (album / artist):
Under Wraps / Shaun Cassidy
Nightwatch / Kenny Loggins
Cheryl Lynn / Cheryl Lynn
Heartbreaker / Dolly Parton
Touchdown / Bob James
Can't Stand the Rezillos / The Rezillos
More Songs About Buildings and Food / Talking Heads
Nielsen top shows for the week ending July 16th: 1 Quincy NBC; 2 All‐Star Game ABC; 3 Alice CBS; 4 All in the Family CBS; 5 Happy Days ABC; 6 Switch CBS; 7 All‐Star Preview ABC; 8 Lou Grant CBS; 9 One Day at a Time CBS; 10 Charlie's Angels ABC; 11 The Love Boat ABC; 12 Death of Richie NBC; 13 (tie) Three's Company ABC and Barnaby Jones CBS; 15 Girl in Empty Grave NBC.
Rona Barrett's Hollywood for July:
Preview magazine for July:
'The Holcroft Covenant' by Robert Ludlam moves to the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list. Ludlum says the novel was inspired by a "what if" question. "What if Nazi children at the end of World War Two were being saved [secretly groomed] so that in the next generation they could revive the Third Reich?"
Peanuts comic strip from July 1978:
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