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For the album by Ash , see 1977 (album) .
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar).
Events
January-February
March-April
May-June
May 17 - The Likud lead by Menachem Begin wins the elections in Israel .
May 23 - Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make insulin
May 23 - Moluccan terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde , northern Netherlands (105 hostages) and a passenger train in Bovensmilde-Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. June 11 Dutch Royal Marines storm the train - six terrorists and two hostages are killed
May 25 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opens in theaters.
May 26 - George Willig climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center .
May 28 - In Southgate, Kentucky , the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
June 5 - A coup takes place in Seychelles .
June 7 - After campaigning by Anita Bryant and her anti-Gay "Save Our Children" crusade, Dade County , Florida voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's Gay rights ordinance, igniting a wave of violence against Gays across the United States.
June 6 a href="June_9.html" title="June 9">9 - Jubilee celebrations are held in the United Kingdom to celebrate twenty-five years of Elizabeth II 's reign.
June 10 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros , Tennessee (he was recaptured on June 13 ).
June 15 - Spain has its first democratic elections after 41 years under the Franco regime.
June 20 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions.
June 20 - Anglia TV broadcasts fake documentary "Alternative Three". it enters into conspiracy theory canon.
June 22 - Robert Hillsborough, a Gay San Franciscan, is brutally stabbed to death just steps from his home by four youths, calling him "fag" and "queer" and allegedly shouting "this one's for Anita Bryant ".
June 25 - US man Roy Sullivan in struck by lightning for the 7th time
June 26 - Some 200,000 Gays march through the streets of San Francisco , protesting Anita Bryant 's homophobia and Robert Hillsborough's murder.
July-August
September
October-December
October 13 - Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction . See German Autumn
October 17 a href="October_18.html" title="October 18">18 - GSG-9 troopers storm a hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu , Somalia - three of the four hijackers die
October 18 - Three Palestinian hijackers are killed when a German anti-terrorist squad storms a Lufthansa aircraft at Mogadishu Airport
October 18 - Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader , Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim prison. Irmgard Möller fails. Their supporters continue to claim they were murdered. Bodies are buried October 27
October 19 - Kidnapped industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer is found killed in Mulhoull, France
October 20 - Three members of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash
October 21 - The European Patent Institute is founded
November 6 - The Kelly Barnes Dam , located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia , fails, killing 39
November 19 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem , seeking a permanent peace settlement (much of the Arab world is outraged by the visit).
November 22 - British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service
December 1 - First flight of Lockheed 's top-secret stealth project aircraft designated Have Blue , the precursor to the US F-117A Nighthawk .
December 4 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa , president of the Central African Republic , crowns himself Emperor.
December 4 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashed in Johor , Malaysia , killing 100.
Unknown dates
Births
January-March
January 7 - Dustin Diamond , American actor
January 8 - Amber Benson , American actress
January 13 - Orlando Bloom , English actor
January 26 - Vince Carter , American basketball player
January 28 - Daunte Culpepper , American football player
January 28 - Joey Fatone , American musician
February 2 - Shakira , Colombian musician
February 8 - Yucef Merhi , Venezuelan artist
February 11 - Randy Moss , American football player
February 11 - Mike Shinoda , American musician
February 16 - Ian Clarke , Irish computer scientist
February 20 - Stephon Marbury , American basketball player
February 21 - Kevin Rose , American television host
March 1 - Rens Blom , Dutch athlete
March 5 - Wally Szczerbiak , Spanish-born basketball player
March 7 - Mitja Zastrow , German-born swimmer
March 14 - Mervyn Colley , British kabbalist and ceremonial magician
March 28 - Devon , American actress
April-June
April 9 - Gerard Way , American singer (My Chemical Romance )
April 14 - Sarah Michelle Gellar , American actress
April 14 - Chandra Levy , American federal government intern (d. 2001 )
April 21 - Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater
April 22 - Andruw Jones , baseball player
April 24 - Carlos Beltrán , baseball player
May 13 - Samantha Morton , English actress
May 14 - Roy Halladay , baseball player
May 14 - Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress
May 23 - Ilia Kulik , Russian figure skater
June 1 - Danielle Harris , American voice actress
June 8 - Kanye West , American rapper and record producer
June 9 - Peja Stojakovic , Serbian basketball player
June 14 - Chris McAlister , American football player
June 16 - Kerry Wood , baseball player
June 19 - Peter Warrick , American football player
June 27 - Raúl , Spanish footballer
July-November
July 1 - Jarome Iginla , Canadian hockey player
July 1 - Liv Tyler , American actress
July 8 - Wang Zhizhi , Chinese basketball player
July 14 - Victoria, Princess of Sweden
July 27 - Martha Anne Madison , American actress
July 28 - Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player
July 31 - Tim Couch , American football player
August 3 - Angela Beesley , British Internet entrepreneur
August 3 - Tom Brady , American football player
August 9 - Chamique Holdsclaw , American basketball player
August 12 - Plaxico Burress , American football player
August 13 - Michael Klim , Australian swimmer
August 15 - Igor Cassina , Italian gymnast
August 17 - Thierry Henry , French footballer
August 27 - Deco , Portuguese footballer
September 1 - Aaron Schobel , American football player
September 11 - Ludacris , American rapper
September 13 - Fiona Apple , American musician
September 28 - Se Ri Pak , Korean golfer
October 7 - Meighan Desmond , New Zealand actress
October 11 - Claudia Palacios , Colombian journalist and newsreader
October 14 - Kelly Schumacher , Canadian basketball player
October 25 - Birgit Prinz , German footballer
November 2 - Randy Harrison , American actor
November 3 - Aria Giovanni , American model and actress
November 10 - Brittany Murphy , American actress
November 13 - Chanel Cole , New Zealand-born singer
November 16 - Oksana Baiul , Ukrainian figure skater
November 17 - Ryk Neethling , South African swimmer
November 19 - Kerri Strug , American gymnast
November 21 - Jonas Jennings , American football player
November 28 - DeMya Walker , American basketball player
December
Deaths
January-March
January 2 - Errol Garner , American musician (b. 1921 )
January 14 - Anthony Eden , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897 )
January 14 - Peter Finch , English-born actor (b. 1916 )
January 14 - Anaïs Nin , French author (b. 1903 )
January 17 - Gary Gilmore , American murderer (executed) (b. 1940 )
January 19 - Yvonne Printemps , French singer and actress (b. 1895 )
January 29 - Buster Nupen , South African cricketer (b. 1902 )
January 29 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (b. 1954 )
February 4 - Brett Halliday , American writer (b. 1904 )
February 11 - Louis Beel , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902 )
February 27 - Allison Hayes , American actress (b. 1930 )
February 28 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson , American actor (b. 1905 )
March 4 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian writer (b. 1951 )
March 11 - Ulysses S. Grant IV , American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893 )
March 16 - Kamal Jumblatt , leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917 )
March 18 - Marien Ngouabi , President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. 1938 )
April-August
April 21 - Gummo Marx , American actor and comedian (b. 1892 )
May 5 - Ludwig Erhard , Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897 )
May 10 - Joan Crawford , American actress (b. 1905 )
June 16 - Werner von Braun , German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912 )
June 19 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell , English Chief Girl Guide (b. 1889 )
June 19 - Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist (b. 1933 )
July 2 - Vladimir Nabokov , Russian-born writer (b. 1899 )
July 13 - Carl Gustav von Rosen , Swedish pilot (b. 1909 )
July 23 - Arsenio Erico , Paraguayan footballer (b. 1915 )
August 14 - Ron Haydock , American actor, writer, and musician (b. 1940 )
August 16 - Elvis Presley , American singer and actor (b. 1935 )
August 19 - Groucho Marx , American actor and comedian (b. 1890 )
September-December
September 1 - Ethel Waters , American singer (b. 1896 )
September 6 - John Edensor Littlewood , British mathematician (b. 1885 )
September 12 - Steve Biko , South African activist (b. 1946 )
September 13 - Leopold Stokowski , English conductor (b. 1882 )
September 16 - Marc Bolan , English musician (b. 1947 )
September 16 - Maria Callas , American-born soprano (b. 1923 )
October 14 - Bing Crosby , American singer and actor (b. 1903 )
October 20 - Killed in a plane crash:
November 5 - René Goscinny , French comic book writer (b. 1926 )
November 8 - Bucky Harris , baseball player (b. 1896 )
November 15 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898 )
November 25 - Tommy Prince , Canadian war hero (b. 1915 )
December 19 - Jacques Tourneur , French director (b. 1904 )
December 25 - Charlie Chaplin , English-born comedian (b. 1889 )
Nobel Prizes
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