This week in history, Dec 5 – 9, 1980:
The number one movie is “Stir Crazy” with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.
The number one song is “Lady” by Kenny Rogers.
Baseball player Ehren Wasserman was born and The Beatles’ guitarist/singer/songwriter John Lennon died.
Quote: “Heeeeeeere’s Johnny!” (Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”)
-Information compiled by Mike Hack
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