On July 5, 1975, in the first all-American Wimbledon final since 1947, Arthur Ashe defeated the overwhelming favorite and defending champion, Jimmy Connors. Ashe had never beaten Connors in any of their previous encounters and Connors had not dropped a set in any of the six earlier rounds, but Ashe played an almost perfect game of tactical tennis to win in four sets.

At 1,729 ft (527 m), the Sears Tower surpassed the World Trade Center in New York City to become the tallest building in the world, a title that it held for nearly 25 years.

Abscam resulted in the conviction of six U.S. representatives, one senator, a mayor from New Jersey and members of the Philadelphia City Council.

Louise Brown became the world's first test-tube baby on July 25, 1978, using a process known as in vitro fertilization, in which an egg is combined with sperm outside the body. Dr. Robert Edwards would later win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the development of this process.

58,226 Americans were killed or listed as "Missing in Action." Another 153,303 Americans were wounded, bringing the total number of U.S. casualties to 211,529.

There were 69 people indicted and 48 people--many of them top Nixon administration officials--were convicted.

Nixon gave Elvis a special agent badge for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

The film stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque.