Ted Bundy escaped from jail.
The first spacewalk was made by the Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission.
Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself the Emperor of Central Africa.
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.
Elvis Presley performed his final performance in Indianapolis, Indiana, US.
Disney's 'The Rescuers' was released.
Spain held its first democratic elections since 1936.
Roy and Gaye Raymond founded Victoria's Secret and opened its first store in San Francisco.
The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
The original Star Wars film (Episode IV – A New Hope), directed by George Lucas, was first released.
Donald Trump married his first wife, Ivana Zelníčková, in Manhattan, New York.
Two Boeing 747 planes collided in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
The first woman won the Life Achievement Award and was claimed by Bette Davis.
The first killer whale calf was born in captivity at Marineland in Los Angeles, California.
A 44 lb lobster was captured off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans who evaded the Vietnam War were pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.
Miami, Florida, received snow for the first and last time ever.
The Sex Pistols punk rock band was fired by EMI for their bad behavior in public.
The Apple Computer Company became Apple Computers Inc.
