Do you remember July 1977?
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By Scott McEvoy, HealthMarkets Insurance Agency
If you were in high school in 1977, you are likely approaching age 65, which is when you will begin making decisions regarding your Medicare options.
To learn more about your options, give me a call to schedule a no-cost, no-obligation informational meeting.
In the meantime, enjoy recalling these memories from July 1977:
Top 5 Singles – July 23, 1977
#1 “Looks Like We Made It” – Barry Manilow
#2 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” – Andy Gibb
#3 “Da Doo Ron Ron” –Shaun Cassidy
#4 “I’m In You” – Peter Frampton
#5 “My Heart Belongs to Me” – Barbra Streisand
Top-Grossing Movie Week of July 20
“Star Wars”
July 1977 Events
- The U.S. Department of State announced that diplomatic relations with Cuba would be restored on September 1, when 10 U.S. diplomats would be stationed in Havana and ten Cuban diplomats would open an office in Washington D.C.
- Björn Borg of Sweden won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Jimmy Connors of the U.S. in five sets.
- The first MRI scan of a human being was performed with the use of magnetic resonance imaging by Dr. Raymond Damadian on Larry Minkoff, who had volunteered to be the test subject. The 5-hour process took place at the Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York in Brooklyn.
- Tom Watson won The Open Championship by a single stroke, defeating runner-up Jack Nicklaus, 268-269.
- For the first time, a black contestant won the Miss Universe beauty pageant, as Janelle Commissiong, representing Trinidad and Tobago, was crowned at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
- The 24th and final studio album by Elvis Presley, “Moody Blue,” was released four weeks before his sudden death on August 16.
- Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat extended an invitation to all former Egyptian Jews to return home and pledged that the 100,000 who had moved away from Egypt since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 would be granted full citizenship and equal rights with other Egyptians.
- The first oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline arrived in Valdez, Alaska, at 1:02 in the morning, 50 days after the Alyeska Pipeline Service opened the pipeline on June 20 at Prudhoe Bay.
To schedule a no-cost, no-obligation informational meeting to discuss your Medicare options, call Scott McEvoy, Licensed Insurance Agent, at (216) 815-1850 or email him at Scott.McEvoy@HealthMarkets.com. Consultation at no cost to you.
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