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Major Events - Space Invaders video game released in Japan
- The comic strip Garfield debuts in newspapers
- Camp David Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
- First test tube baby born in Britain
- Charon, the moon of Pluto is discovered
- Mass murder/suicide of members of Jim Jones' religious cult in Guyana
- Serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Pensacola
- The first Unabomber attack occurs at Northwestern University
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Sports - Argentina wins soccer World Cup
- First Ironman Triathlon held in Hawaii
- Super Bowl XVll: Dallas Cowboys defeat Denver Broncos 27-10
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadians defeat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2
- World Series: New York Yankees defeat Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 2
Series MVP Bucky Dent NYY
- Basketball:
- Washington Bullets defeat Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3
- Kentucky defeats Duke 94-88 in NCAA Men's Division 1
- Wilt Chamberlain is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
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Popular Songs - Baby Come Back ..... Player
- Stayin Alive ..... Bee Gees
- Thicker Than Water ..... Andy Gibb
- Night Fever ..... Bee Gees
- If I Can't Have You ..... Yvonne Elliman
- With a Little Luck ..... Wings
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late ..... Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
- You're the One That I Want ..... John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Shadow Dancing ..... Andy Gibb
- Miss You ..... Rolling Stones
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Grammy Awards - Record of the Year Just the Way You Are Billy Joel
- Best Song Just the Way You Are Billy Joel
- Best Album Saturday Night Fever
- Best Male Vocalist Barry Manilow Copacabana
- Best Female Vocalist Barbara Streisand/Anne Murray You Needed Me
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Popular Movies - Grease
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- National Lampoon's Animal House
- Jaws 2
- Heaven Can Wait
- The Goodbye Girl
- Star Wars (reissue)
- Hooper
- Foul Play
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
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Academy Awards - Best Picture The Deer Hunter
- Best Director Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter
- Best Actor Jon Voight Coming Home
- Best Actress Jane Fonda Coming Home
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Popular Television Shows - Laverne & Shirley
- Three's Company
- Mork & Mindy
- Happy Days
- Angie
- 60 Minutes
- M*A*S*H
- The Ropers
- All in the Family
- Taxi
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Deaths 
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Band Members
- Cassie Gaines
- Steve Gaines
- Ronnie Van Zant
- Norman Rockwell painter
- Bing Crosby singer
- Bob Crane Hogan's Heroes
- Will Geer The Waltons
- Keith Moon drummer for The Who
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