Welcome to Super70s.com!

Welcome to the Super70s family of websites: There is Super70s.com, which covers the 1970s. There is Awesome80s.com, which covers the 1980s. And there is Virtual90s.com, which will cover the 1990s starting in late summer of 2008. The fourth site is BaseballChronology which covers the history of baseball from the 1840s to the present. Do you see the set of colored boxes on the right labeled 70s, 80s, 90s, and BC? These are at the top of every page and allow you to quickly switch between all four sites!

Have you checked out our new discussion forums? Now you can discuss anything related to the Super70s, Awesome80s, or Virtual90s. There are literally thousands of your messages dating back to the last century already there and I am copying over more every day. I think you will agree that this is a much better way to allow you to share your memories with others and read others comments as well.

There are over 400,000 pages combined on these sites, and we're hardly going to stop there! We constantly add new information, so come back soon! (Don't forget to add Super70s.com to your favorites, so you can find us again. You can also make Super70s.com your home page.)

July 4 in 70s/80s History:

Happy Birthday:
"Dear Abby" columnist Abigail Van Buren was born on this date in 1918.
On this date 90 years ago, advice-columnist Ann Landers was born.
On this date 81 years ago, playright Neil Simon was born.
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was born on this date in 1930.
We have a complete list of current and former Baseball players who are celebrating birthdays today.

Movies released on July 4:
The Wanderers in 1979
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's Hi in 1976

The #1 Songs for July 4:
1970: 'The Love You Save' by The Jackson 5.
1971: 'It's Too Late' by Carole King.
1972: 'Song Sung Blue' by Neil Diamond.
1973: 'Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)' by George Harrison.
1974: 'Sundown' by Gordon Lightfoot.
1975: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' by The Captain & Tennille.
1976: 'Silly Love Songs' by Paul McCartney & Wings.
1977: 'Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky')' by Bill Conti.
1978: 'Shadow Dancing' by Andy Gibb.
1979: 'Ring My Bell' by Anita Ward.
1980: 'Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)' by Paul McCartney & Wings.
1981: 'Bette Davis Eyes' by Kim Carnes.
1982: 'Don't You Want Me' by Human League.
1983: 'Flashdance… What A Feeling' by Irene Cara.
1984: 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran.
1985: 'Heaven' by Bryan Adams.
1986: 'On My Own' by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald.
1987: 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)' by Whitney Houston.
1988: 'Dirty Diana' by Michael Jackson.
1989: 'Baby Don't Forget My Number' by Milli Vanilli.
These were the most popular songs on July 4 of each year.

Do you remember the Concorde, the Bee Gees, John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever, Kent State and the end of the Vietnam War, Pop Rocks, the Pet Rock, the Mood Ring and the Lava Lamp, Nixon and Agnew, Jaws and Rocky, Elton John, Peter Frampton and The Eagles, Farrah Fawcett & Charlie's Angels, the Bermuda Triangle, Three Mile Island and the Disappearance of D.B. Cooper, the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Watergate? Then this site is FOR YOU!