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1st postage stamp copyrighted by US
*Carl Sandburg stamp. -
Sex Pistols' final concert!
*Live preformance in Winterland, SF. -
The Dallas Cowboys won Super Bowl XII,
By defeating the Denver Broncos at 27-10. -
Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
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Bee Gees famous' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks.
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Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland.
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International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earths orbit
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1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
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Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
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Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes its last issue
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New President of Brazil: Ernesto Geisel, chosen by the military.
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Afghanistan's communist People's Democratic Party seizes power in a coup but begins internal feuding.
*The country is renamed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). An Islamic and conservative insurgency soon begins in the provinces. -
First Hungry Hungry Hippos Board Game in Store!
Introduced by Milton Bradley. -
Charon, a satellite of Pluto, is discovered.
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Sony introduces the first portable stereo
"The Walkman." -
First test tube baby - In vitro fertilization
Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. -
First hot air balloon to succeed in crossing the Atlantic.
The Double Eagle II, carries Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. -
Vietnam attacks Cambodia.
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John Paul I Becomes Pope on Augest 27th, 1978,
And dies just 33 days later on September 28th, 1978. -
Jonestown massacre
Followers of American cult leader Jim Jones ("Peoples Temple") died in a remote South American jungle compound called "Jonestown" in British Guyana. Some members were shot, others were forced to drink poison, but most willingly participated in what Jones said was an act of "revolutionary suicide."
