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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 Awesome80s.com to your favorites, so you can find us again. You can also make Awesome80s.com your home page.)

December 3 in 70s/80s History:

In The News for December 3:
On this date in 1972 Typhoon Theresa in the Philippines leaves 169 dead or missing.
On this date in 1972 A Spantax Airlines Convair 990 crashed during takeoff in bad weather at Tenerife, Canary Islands killing 155.
On this date in 1973 The first commercial-production Concorde flies its maiden voyage.

Movies released on December 3:
Silver Streak in 1976
Competition in 1980
Frances in 1982
Wagner in 1983

The #1 Songs for December 3:
1970: 'I Think I Love You' by The Partridge Family.
1971: 'Theme from 'Shaft'' by Isaac Hayes.
1972: 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone' by The Temptations.
1973: 'Top of the World' by The Carpenters.
1974: 'I Can Help' by Billy Swan.
1975: 'Fly, Robin, Fly' by Silver Connection.
1976: 'Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)' by Rod Stewart.
1977: 'You Light Up My Life' by Debby Boone.
1978: 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' by Barbara Streisand & Neil Diamond.
1979: 'No More Tears (Enough is Enough)' by Barbara Streisand/Donna Summer.
1980: 'Lady' by Kenny Rogers.
1981: 'Physical' by Olivia Newton-John.
1982: 'Truly' by Lionel Richie.
1983: 'All Night Long (All Night)' by Lionel Richie.
1984: 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' by Wham!.
1985: 'Separate Lives' by Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin.
1986: 'You Give Love a Bad Name' by Bon Jovi.
1987: '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.
1988: 'Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)' by Will to Power.
1989: 'Blame It On The Rain' by Milli Vanilli.
These were the most popular songs on December 3 of each year.

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