Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Pink Floyd released their eleventh studio album titled The Wall.
The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida received its 100-millionth visitor.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to humanitarian Mother Teresa.
Up to 125,000 people marched in the first LGBT civil rights march in Washington, D.C.
The world's strongest storm ever was recorded.
Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in Washington, D.C.
John Paul II became the first pope to visit the Republic of Ireland.
Elton John collapsed on stage when performing at the Hollywood Universal Amphitheater.
Anti-nuclear protests in New York City, 200,000 showed up, including Jane Fonda.
An unidentified double flash of light was detected over the Indian Ocean south of Africa.
A rainbow lasting three hours was recorded over the Gwynedd coast in Wales.
The Skylab, America's first space station, was destroyed as it entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, continuing its journey towards Saturn.
Sony's iconic Walkman first went on sale in Japan.
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali retired for the third time.
NASA's UK-6 was launched into space.
Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, signed the first US gay rights bill.
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
Elton John and his entourage flew into Moscow, making him the first western pop star to tour the USSR.
The rockumentary film featuring The Who titled 'Kids Are All Right' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister.
A swamp rabbit attacked President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Plains, Georgia.
The world record for the longest table tennis doubles marathon was broken with a time of 101 hours.
Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
A nuclear disaster occurred at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, US.
US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can't stop cars just to check the driver and their registration.
The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter's moons called Io.
Philips demonstrated the compact disc publicly for the first time.
The Caribbean island state of Saint Lucia gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Sahara Desert temperature dropped so low that some areas became covered in snow.
Varig Flight 967 disappeared thirty minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
Robert Williams became the first recorded person to be killed by a robot in the US.
The natural history series 'Life on Earth,' presented by David Attenborough, aired on BBC One in the UK for the first time.
US President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for Martin Luther King's birthday to become a national holiday.
