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Abba Arika, the name of the Babylonian 'amora (q.v.) of the 3rd century, who established at Sura the systematic study of the Rabbinic traditions which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud. He is commonly known as Rab.

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+'''Abba Arika''', the name of the Babylonian 'amora (q.v.) of the 3rd century, who established at Sura the systematic study of the Rabbinic traditions which, using the [[Mishnah]] as text, led to the compilation of the [[Talmud]].  He is commonly known as Rab.
-[[Centuries]]:  [[Year in Review 20th Century]]  ([[19th century]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]])
-[[Decades]]:  [[1920s]] [[1930s]] [[1940s]] [[1950s]] [[1960s]] - '''[[1970s]]''' - [[1980s]] [[1990s]] [[2000s]]
-Years:  [[1972]] [[1973]] [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] - '''1977''' - [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]]
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-'''Events:'''
-*[[January 1]] - First woman Episcopal priest ordained
-*[[January 18]] - Scientists identify a previously unknown [[bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious "[[legionnaires disease|legionnaire's disease]]."
-*[[Jimmy Carter]] succeeds [[Gerald R. Ford]] as [[President of the United States of America]]
-*Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at [[Granville]], near [[Sydney]], in which 83 people died.
-*[[January 21]] - President [[Jimmy Carter]] pardons [[Vietnam War]] draft evaders.
-*[[February 11]] - A 20.2-kg lobster is caught off [[Nova Scotia]] (heaviest known [[crustacean]]).
-*[[May 23]] - Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make [[insulin]].
-*[[June 20]] - The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules that states are not required to spend [[Medicaid]] funds on elective abortions.
-*[[July 13]] - An electricity [[blackout]] hits the [[City of New York]], lasting for 25 hours and resulting in looting and other disorder
-*[[July 22]] - the purged [[China|Chinese]] leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power as the "Gang of Four" is expelled from the Communist Party.
-*[[September 7]] - The [[Panama Canal]] treaties are signed.
-*[[September 11]] - The last "wild" infection of smallpox is reported in [[Somalia]].
-*A collection of work by [[JRR Tolkien]], [[The Silmarillion]], is published posthumously by his son [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]].
-*[[September 21]] - Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of [[nuclear weapon]]s, is signed by 15 countries including the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
-*Swedish music group [[ABBA]] passes [[The Beatles]] as having most records sold.
-'''Births:'''
-*[[February 11]] - [[Jessica Carlson]], US archer.
-*[[February 11]] - [[Stephanie Richardson]], Canadian swimmer.
-'''Deaths:'''
-*[[February 11]] - [[Louis J M Beel]], Dutch premier ([[1946]]-[[1948]], [[1958]]-[[1959]]).
-*[[July 2]] - [[Vladimir Nabokov]], writer
-*[[August 16]] - [[Elvis Presley]], singer, actor
-*[[September 12]] - [[South Africa]]n activist [[Stephen Biko]] dies in police custody.
-*[[October 14]] - [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor
-'''Films:'''
-*The science fiction saga, [[Star Wars]], later renamed to ''Star Wars: Episode IV - [A New Hope]'', makes its first outing to the cinema and makes [[George Lucas]] and the team at [[LucasArts]] a staggering [[top grossing movies|$461 million]].
-*[[John Travolta]] [[Disco|discoed]] in ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
-*In the [[Academy Awards]], [[Peter Finch]], [[Faye Dunaway]] and [[Beatrice Straight]] win [[Academy Awards/Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Academy Awards/Best Actress|Actress]] and [[Academy Awards/Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]] awards for [[Network]].
-*[[Rocky]] picks up a [[Academy Awards/Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[All The Presidents Men|All The President's Men]] wins [[Jason Robards]] the [[Academy Awards/Best Supporting Actor|Supporting Actor]] and an [[Academy Awards/Art Direction|Art Direction]] for George Jenkins and George Gaines.
-'''Music:'''
-*[[February 4]] - [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s album Rumour's released.  It eventually hits #1 and becomes one of the all-time best selling albums (it was the best selling album by a individual artist until 1983, when [[Michael Jackson]]'s Thriller would top it).
-*[[May 27]] - The [[Sex Pistols]]' single "God Save The Queen" is released
-*[[July 22]] - [[Elvis Costello]] releases his first album, ''[[My aim is true]]'', in the UK.
-*[[August 16]] - [[Elvis Presley]] dies.
-*[[October 20]] - A plane carrying [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer/guitarist Ronnie Van Zandt
-'''Sport:'''
-*Baseball - New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the World Series in which [[Reggie Jackson]] becomes known as Mr. October.
-*[[NASCAR Championship]] - [[Cale Yarborough]] wins this years event, beating [[Richard Petty]] into second place with a very respectable 386 point lead.
-*[[January 9]] - [[Super Bowl XI]] [[Oakland Raiders]] (32) def. [[Minnesota Vikings]] (14)
-'''[[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prizes]]:'''
-*[[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]][[Philip Warren Anderson]], [[Sir Nevill Francis Mott]], [[John Hasbrouck van Vleck]]
-*[[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]]
-*[[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - [[Roger Guillemin]], [[Andrew V Schally]], [[Rosalyn Yalow]]
-*[[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Vicente Aleixandre]]
-*[[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Amnesty International]]
-*[[Nobel Prize/Economics|Economics]] - [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]]