March 26, 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 26, 1980
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 26, 1980
Setback To Captives Seen As Iran Orders New Voting Put Off; Crisis Could Go Into Summer Fraud Charges And Slow Counting In First-Round Elections Cited By Revolutionary Council Original Schedule For Elections Seven-Member Panel Appointed New Setback Seen For Captives As Iran Puts Off Voting First Order Of Business A Separate 'Power Center'
Far-Reaching Banking Legislation Signed By President; Carter Signs Bank Law
World Events — March 1980
Time Person of the Year — 1980
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 26, 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 26, 1980
Ebert 4-Star Films — March 26, 1980
On the field
Sports Champions — March 26, 1980
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