Major Events
- Jan 3 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc
- Mar 27 583 die in aviation's worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain
- Apr 28 Andreas Baader and members of terrorist group the Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang) jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
- Jun 9 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks
- Jun 10 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers
- Sep 10 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by Guillotine in France
- Oct 23 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces discovery of a 3.4-billion year old one-celled fossil, one of the earliest life forms on Earth
- Oct 26 Last natural case of smallpox discovered in Merca district, Somalia. Considered the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination
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1977 in Film & TV
- Jan 23 Mini-series "Roots" premieres on ABC
- Apr 20 "Annie Hall", directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1978)
- May 25 Original "Star Wars" movie (Episode IV – A New Hope), directed by George Lucas and starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, premieres
- Jun 22 Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released, first Disney film to get a sequel
1977 in Music
- Feb 4 "Rumours" 11th studio album by Fleetwood Mac is released (Grammy Album of the Year)
- Apr 2 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album goes to No. 1 & stays atop charts for 31 weeks
- May 27 The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen", sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
- Oct 15 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
1977 in Sport
- Jun 10 American golfer Al Geiberger becomes first player in history to post a sub-60 score, 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, during the 2nd round Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial CC in Cordova, Tennessee
- Jul 28 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge
Did You Know?
US, USSR and other nations sign the Environmental Modification Convention which prohibits weather warfare having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Emmanuel Macron
Orlando Bloom
Ronan Keating
Sarah Michelle Gellar
John Cena
Liv Tyler
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Shakira
Chris Martin
Kanye West
Psy
Ben Ainslie
Randy Moss
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Tom Brady
Iva Majoli
Thierry HenryMore People Born in 1977
Fun Fact About 1977
George Willig climbs the South Tower of NYC's World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
Anthony Eden
Alice Paul
Francis Gary Powers
Andreas Baader
Terence Rattigan
Peter Carl Goldmark
Joan Crawford
Wernher von Braun
Elvis Presley
Bing Crosby
René Goscinny
Charlie Chaplin
Erroll Garner
Maria Callas
Jock Hutchison
Bucky HarrisMore 1977 Deaths
Articles About 1977
‘My Name is Jimmy Carter and I’m Running for President’
Jimmy Carter is a one-term President but a man who worked tirelessly through a long life to help others and to end conflicts. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.January 20
Tenerife Airport Disaster
Wreckage from the two 747 jets after they collided in Tenerife AirportMarch 27
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-7 launch vehicleAugust 20
The Atari 2600
An Atari 2600 video game consoleSeptember 11
Dictator Bokassa I
Jean-Bédel Bokassa is crowned as 'Emperor of Central Africa' atop a golden throne in 1976December 4
Famous Weddings in 1977
- Feb 18 British actor Peter Sellers (51) weds (his 4th time), British actress Lynne Frederick (22), in Paris, France
- Feb 20 American world No. 1 tennis player Arthur Ashe (33) weds Indo-Guadeloupean-African-American photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City in ceremony officiated by US Ambassador to the UN Andrew Young
- Apr 7 American real estate tycoon Donald Trump (30) weds Czech fashion model Ivana Zelníčková (28) (his 1st marriage, her 2nd)at Marble Collegiate Church, NYC; we dding officiated by Norman Vincent Peale; divorce 1992
Famous Divorces in 1977
- Jan 19 American film director Martin Scorsese (34) divorces Julia Cameron (28) after 1 year of marriage
- Jun 6 Former Beatle George Harrison (33) and British model Pattie Boyd (32) divorce after 11 years of marriage
- Jun 9 George & Patti Harrison divorce
More 1977 Weddings
Diane Keaton
Richard Dreyfuss
Stevie Wonder
Hua Guofeng
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev