George Brett has a home run taken away for having pine tar on his bat more than 18 inches from the knob on July 24 against the New York Yankees. LaMarr Hoyt goes 13-0 the second half to win the American League Cy Young Award. Gaylord Perry, Carl Yastrzemski and Johnny Bench all retire. . . The Brooklyn Bridge turns 100. Chicago and Philadelphia elect African-American mayors.
Lotto first appears in Maryland.
Baltimore opens its subway. Congress approves the MX missile. Michael Jackson scores six Top 10 singles.