Poltugal FM - 1978

1978 in Poland:

March 20 - Captain Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz as the first ever woman circumnavigated the globe alone on the polish yacht "Mazurek".

October 16 - Pope John Paul II succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope. The first Year of Three Popes since 1605. He is the first Polish pope in history, and the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI.

December 31 - New Year's Eve - started winter of the century, with not only a strong frost, but also extremely heavy snow.

Flight of spacecraft Soyuz 30 with Miroslaw Hermaszewski - first (and to this day remains the only) polish cosmonaut in space - on board.

Polish climber Wanda Rutkiewicz as the third woman in the world and the first European and the first Polish entered the international climbing expedition to Mount Everest.

Football World Cup 1978 Poland went to second group stage ( Portugal wasn't classified).

Polish playlist:
Maryla Rodowicz - "Remedium"
2 plus 1- "Winda do nieba"
Bajm - "Piechota do lata"
Zbigniew Holdys - "Co sie stalo z Magda K?"
Maryla Rodowicz / Janusz Laskowski - " Kolorowe jarmarki"

1978 in Portugal: 
Portugal was still in the transition period after the 74 revolution, and under assistance of IMF to leave economical crisis. The music was still influenced by the feelings of freedom and the first signs of prog-rock were appearing.

Portuguese playlist:

Sérgio Godinho - O primeiro Dia

José Cid - O Caos
Amália Rodrigues - Amendoa amarga
Paulo Alexandre - Verde Vinho
Gemini - Dai Li dou

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