- Jimmy Carter became president of the US
- President Carter announced punitive measures and embargoes against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb
- Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory
- US Representative Michael O. Myers was expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal
- Hewlett-Packard announcee release of its first personal computer
- Microsoft announced their version of UNIX, Xenix
- Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal were born
- Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series
- Pittsburgh Steelers won Superbowl XIV
- New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup
- The Empire Strikes Back was the top grossing film
- "Lady" by Kenny Rogers spent the most time at the top of the US charts
- U.S. viewers got caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers
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