▸ the year you arrived
1978
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You will be 48 this year — a child of the '70s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Xennial
1978 belonged to
Andy Gibb
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1978
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsBilly Joel — 52nd Street
Van Halen — Van Halen
Dire Straits — Dire Straits
At the MoviesGrease
Superman
Halloween
On TVDallas premieres
Mork & Mindy
Taxi
In the HeadlinesSpace Invaders arrives in arcades
First test-tube baby
Garfield comic debuts
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