March 3, 1980
Gas cost $1.19 a gallon in the spring of 1980, and the Dow Jones stood at 964 — the United States was navigating the Iran hostage crisis and rising inflation, with the Carter administration quietly stepping back from treating the standoff as an active emergency. On the cultural front, Blondie's "Call Me" sat at the top of the charts while Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" was the bestselling nonfiction book in the country. The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship over the Philadelphia 76ers, and that same spring the World Health Organization certified the global eradication of smallpox — the first and still only time in history that a human disease had been completely eliminated from the planet.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 3, 1980
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 3, 1980
White House Plans Tighter Monitoring Of Company Pricing; Budget-Cut Pressure Grows 500 Big Corporations Are Warned By Telegram Of Concern Over Reports Of Increases Proposal Reportedly Rejected Reduced Spending Endorsed Administration Planning Tighter Price Monitoring Controls Opposed
President Terms Anti-Israel Vote In U.N. An Error; He Says U.S.Should Have Abstained On Rebuke 'Failure To Communicate' White House Terms U.N. Vote An Error Negotiations On Language 'Commitment To Israel'S Security'
World Events — March 1980
Time Person of the Year — 1980
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 3, 1980
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1979–80 Season
Emmy Winners — 1980
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 3, 1980
Ebert 4-Star Films — March 3, 1980
On the field
Sports Champions — March 3, 1980
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