| | Exercise is in providing a fashion trend in apparel |
| | Tennis top money winners are Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova |
| | First test tube baby "Louise Brown, is born in Oldam England, fertilized egg is implanted in mother |
| | Animal House opens in theaters |
| | Taxi is a hit TV program, wins an Emmy |
| | Saturday Night Fever sound track is a best selling album |
| | Susan B. Anthony dollar coin is minted |
| | Gambling is legalized in NJ |
| | Betty Ford enters a treatment program for alcohol addiction |
| | Mormons ordain first black priest |
| | Stat wide limitations on indoor smoking are passed in Iowa and NJ |
| | Garfield the cat cartoons make first appearance |