Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, later renamed to Sony, was founded with approximately 20 employees.
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A NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope called 'Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53' was launched into space.
President Gerald Ford declares an end to the 'Vietnam Era.'
Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was found at a hotel, just three months after it had been stolen from a museum.
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson set the world aircraft altitude record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. He broke the world altitude record by flying to 91,243 feet.
The Mummy, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, premiered in the US.
