| | Four year colleges cost $1,913 |
| | Eastern Airlines ad, "Fly now. Shovel later" |
| | Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards and Robert Redford star in "All The Presidents Men" |
| | Play That Funky Music is a hit song |
| | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a hit single by Paul Simon |
| | Navy tests new Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile |
| | In tennis, transsexual Rene' Richards is barred from the US Open |
| | OJ Simpson signs a record $ 2.9 million contract to play for Buffalo |
| | Women are allowed into NASA training program for astronaughts |
| | Concord makes it's first appearance |
| | California is first state to legalize "Living Will" |
| | Presidents nine year old daughter Amy Carter attends predominantly black public school in Washington |
| | Legionnaire's disease fatally strikes 34 in Philadelphia |