Hot Blooded by Foreigner. Lay Down Sally by Eric Clapton. Night Fever by the Bee Gees. We Are The Champions by Queen. Thor Heyerdahl sails a reed boat from Qurna, Iraq to the coast of Djibouti.
Personal computers are still in the embryonic stage.
Sports Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg rule the tennis world. A youngster, John McEnroe, begins to challenge their reign. Dallas beats Denver in the Super Bowl. Yankees beat the Dodgers in the World Series. Washington Bullets win the NBA Championship.