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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.)

October 12 in 70s/80s History:

Happy Birthday:
On this date 58 years ago, singer-actress Susan Anton was born.
Kirk Cameron was born on this date in 1970.
We have a complete list of current and former Baseball players who are celebrating birthdays today.

In The News for October 12:
On this date in 1976 An Indian Airlines Caravelle SE-210 crashed due to an engine failure at takeoff in Bombay, India killing 95.

Movies released on October 12:
When a Stranger Calls in 1979
Lady Sings the Blues in 1972
The Canterbury Tales in 1972
The King of Marvin Gardens in 1972
Equus in 1977
The Devonsville Terror in 1983
Garbo Talks in 1984

The #1 Songs for October 12:
1970: 'Cracklin' Rose' by Neil Diamond.
1971: 'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart.
1972: 'Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me' by Mac Davis.
1973: 'Half Breed' by Cher.
1974: 'I Honestly Love You' by Olivia Newton-John.
1975: 'Bad Blood' by Neil Sedaka.
1976: 'A Fifth of Beethoven' by Walter Murphy.
1977: 'Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band' by Meco.
1978: 'Kiss You All Over' by Exile.
1979: 'Sad Eyes' by Robert John.
1980: 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen.
1981: 'Endless Love' by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie.
1982: 'Jack & Diane' by John Cougar.
1983: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler.
1984: 'Let's Go Crazy' by Prince & the Revolution.
1985: 'Oh Sheila' by Ready for the World.
1986: 'When I Think of You' by Janet Jackson.
1987: 'Here I Go Again' by Whitesnake.
1988: 'Love Bites' by Def Leppard .
1989: 'Miss You Much' by Janet Jackson.
These were the most popular songs on October 12 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!