After forty years as a fascist nation, Spain transitioned to a democratic government.
John Wayne Gacy was arrested.
The first Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) game took place, with the Chicago Hustle vs. the Milwaukee Does.
The original American horror film ''Halloween” premiered in Kansas City, Missouri, US.
A $1 coin was approved by the US Congress, featuring women's suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony.
The drama romance film 'Days of Heaven' by Terrence Malick was released.
The ''Dodgers” baseball team became the first major league to bring in 3 million fans for the season.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The zombie horror movie 'Dawn of the Dead' premiered in Turin, Italy.
Three Americans made the first successful Atlantic Ocean crossing by hot air balloon.
Queen Elizabeth II opened the 11th Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada.
The first baby was born after being conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF).
United States Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy discovered Pluto's largest moon.
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer killed his first victim, Steven Mark Hicks.
Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, was released in the US.
The US Commerce Department decided that hurricane names would no longer be only female.
Margaret A Brewer became the first female general in the US Marine Corps.
The first-ever 'spam' email was sent out to every ARPANET address on the US west coast.
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
Demonstrations broke out in Tbilisi, Georgia, after attempts by the USSR to repress the Georgian language.
Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Incredible Hulk TV series premiered on CBC starring Bill Bixby.
The Yuba County Five disappeared after attending a college basketball game.
The first Ironman Triathlon was held in Kona, Hawaii, USA.
China lifted the country's ban on literature by Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens.
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.
