The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
American sitcom 'Soap' became the first show to display the warning 'Viewer discretion advised.'
The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
Hamida Djandoubi, the 'Pimp Killer,' was the last person executed by guillotine in France.
The Voyager 1 Space Probe was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected a deep-space radio signal.
New York City experienced a 25-hour blackout when a substation on the Hudson River was struck by lightning, causing two circuit breakers to trip.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
The 10th James Bond movie, 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' premiered in London.