UWF Events

• Gov. Reubin Askew, President Chaing Ching-Kuo, Republic of China (Taiwan) receive honorary degrees
• Colleges restructured to traditional arts and sciences, business and education

World Events

• Sandinistas overthrow Somoza government in Nicaragua
• Shah forced to flee Iran as Ayatollah Khomeini takes over
• Radical students seize U.S. embassy in Iran and hold occupants hostage
• American interest rates exceed 10 percent
• U.S. recognizes People’s Republic of China
• Three-Mile Island nuclear accident
• Jerry Falwell founds moral majority
• Andrew Young resigns from UN
• Department of Education formed
• Federal government bails out Chrysler
• First cellular phone network started in Japan
• John Wayne and conductor Arthur Fiedler die
• ESPN all-sports network debuts