November 18, 1980
That fall of 1980, gas ran $1.19 a gallon and Carter was in the White House — the Iranian hostage crisis was still grinding through its second year, with diplomatic back-channels active and Reagan's landslide victory in November signaling a sharp turn in the country's political direction. On the radio, Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was the number-one song in the country, and at the movies, audiences were turning out in large numbers for "Private Benjamin," the Goldie Hawn comedy that would go on to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series championship that October by defeating the Kansas City Royals, and in November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft made its closest pass of Saturn, flying within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud tops and transmitting the first detailed, high-resolution images of Saturn and its rings back to scientists on Earth.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 18, 1980
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 18, 1980
Senate Votes To Bar Justice Dept. Suits Asking For Busing; Conference With House Next Some Plan Campaign To Roll Back Civil Rights Laws--Prospect For Veto Called Uncertain Conference With The House Voting Rights Act A Target Senate Votes To Bar U.S. Suits On Busing
World Events — November 1980
Time Person of the Year — 1980
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 18, 1980
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1980–81 Season
Emmy Winners — 1980
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 18, 1980
Ebert 4-Star Films — November 18, 1980
On the field
Sports Champions — November 18, 1980
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