Astronomer James Christy spotted a bulge on photographic plates of Pluto, revealing the dwarf planet's largest moon, Charon.

Louise Joy Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization, was born in Oldham, England, opening a new era in reproductive medicine.

NASA announced its astronaut class of 1978, including Sally Ride, who five years later became the first American woman in space.

Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president and a towering figure of African independence, died in Mombasa after leading the nation for fifteen years.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state.

The Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize jointly to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for their Camp David peace framework.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Camp David framework toward peace.

Over 900 followers of Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide at the Peoples Temple compound in Guyana, hours after cult members shot dead a visiting US congressman.

HBO engineer stunned viewers by hijacking a satellite signal, an early sign of the vulnerabilities in emerging global broadcast technology.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David framework toward peace.

Vietnamese forces launched their full invasion of Cambodia, aiming to topple Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime after years of border clashes.