| | Electronic games like Speak and Spell, Chess Challenger and Little Professor are a hit. |
| | In Golf, Tom Watson wins a record $462,600. |
| | Franchise to Dunkin Donuts was $45,000 |
| | What's new: Cracker Jack ice cream bars, pocket calulator, and disposable toothbrushes. |
| | Ad for Van Camp's Pork and Beans: "If you think asparagus has a lot of iron, you don't know beans." |
| | Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden tour 50 cities to speak out against nuclear power. |
| | Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, and Robert Redford coommand $3 million per film. |
| | Following the Three Mile Island accident, antinuclear rallies are held throughout the country. |
| | Numerous brands of hair dryers are recalled because of suspedted harmful amounts of asbestos |
| | Mahammad Ali "officially" retires with a record of 56 (37 KOs) - 3-0 |