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World Events
U.S. Events
- US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
- Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
- US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
- Nation celebrates Bicentennial (July 4).
- Mysterious disease strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia, eventually claiming 29 lives (Aug. 4).
- Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2).
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,819.00 billion
Federal spending: $371.79 billion
Federal debt: $629.0 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $12,686
Consumer Price Index: 56.9
Unemployment: 7.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13
Sports
Super BowlPittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)World SeriesCincinnati d. NY Yankees (4-0)NBA ChampionshipBoston d. Phoenix (4-2)Stanley CupMontreal d. Philadelphia (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Chris Evert d. E. Cawley (6-3 4-6 8-6)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. I. Nastase (6-4 6-2 9-7)Kentucky Derby ChampionBold ForbesNCAA Basketball ChampionshipIndiana d. Michigan (86-68)NCAA Football ChampionsPittsburgh (12-0-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow
Music: Air Music, Ned Rorem
Drama: A Chorus Line, Conceived by Michael Bennett Oscars awarded in 1976
Academy Award, Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, producers (United Artists) Nobel Prize for Literature: Saul Bellow (US) 1976 Emmy Awards 1976 Tony Awards Grammys awarded in 1976
Record of the Year: "Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain and Tennille
Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Send in the Clowns," Stephen Sondheim, songwriter Miss America: Tawney Elaine Godin (NY) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky.
- Philip Glass completes Einstein on the Beach, the first widely known example of minimalist composition.
- NBC broadcasts Gone with the Wind and scores record-breaking ratings.
Movies- Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, All the President's Men
Music- Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach,
Books
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: William N. Lipscomb, Jr. (US), for work on the structure and bonding mechanisms of boranes Physics: Burton Richter and Samuel C. C. Ting (both US), for discovery of subatomic particles known as J and psi Physiology or Medicine: Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek (both US), for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases
Deaths
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