Please, No Flowers...It's December 1978!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in December 1978 was 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond.
December 3 – The Southern Crescent passenger train derails at Shipman, Virginia, killing 6, injuring 60.
December 4 – Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone, becoming San Francisco's first woman mayor.
December 8 - The Brink's Job, The Deer Hunter and Force 10 from Navarone movies premiere.
December 9 - The Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) plays its first game between the Chicago Hustle and the Milwaukee Does. The league, the first for professional women's basketball, played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981.
December 10 – Ed Wood, American filmmaker, actor, writer, producer and director, dies. (born 1924)
December 15 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to go into default since the Great Depression, under Mayor Dennis Kucinich.
December 15 - Oliver's Story and Superman movies premiere.
December 20 - Every Which Way but Loose movie premieres.
December 22 – Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy is arrested.
December 22 - California Suite, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Moment by Moment movies premiere.
December 28 – Harry Winston, diamond dealer, dies. (born 1896)
December 31 - Ice Castles movie premieres. For the Regional Championships competition scenes, real U.S. Figure Skating Association judges and music coordinators played themselves.
1978 Ford F-250:
Ghost Rider comic for December:
Luke Skywalker doll (released 1978):
New product introduced in 1978, Whatchamacallit candy bar.
Sears 1978 Christmas catalog:
Playboy playmate of the month, Janet Quist, and Playgirl man for December, Vaya Warren:
Better Homes and Gardens magazine for December:
Dynamite magazine for December:
Starlog magazine for December:
Albums released in December 1978 (album / artist):
Minute by Minute / The Doobie Brothers
Directstep / Herbie Hancock
Back to Earth / Cat Stevens
Here, My Dear / Marvin Gaye
Destiny / The Jacksons
Nielsen top ten shows for the week ending December 24: 1 Laverne and Shirley; 2 Happy Days; 3 M-A-S-H; 4 One Day At a Time; 5 Mork and Mindy; 6 (tie) Charlie Brown's Christmas and Night Before Christmas; 8 What's Happening!; 9 Barney Miller; 10 Fantasy Island.
Garfield comic strip from December 1978:
For detailed news/info on what happened each day in December 1978, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com
