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1978
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Update Yeardata: 1978
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<strong>UK</strong>: Monarch is Queen Elizabeth II. Prime Minister is James Callaghan (Labour). Inflation reaches 8.3%, unemployment hits a postwar high of 1,500,000. and there is widespread industrial action. Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of cricket to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match.<br /><br /><strong>USA</strong>: President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia). Vice President: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota). The film Grease is released staring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The New York Yankees win their 22nd World Series championship, beating the Dodgers 7–2. Affirmed becomes only the 11th horse to ever win the Triple Crown. The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
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