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Born :02/24/1977Alexis Jose Grullon, NYC, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Born :03/28/1977Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Born :05/28/1977Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Born :06/17/1977Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
Born :07/11/1977Brandy Gold, Northridge Calif, actress (Annie-Baby Makes 5)
Born :10/18/1977Chris McKenna, Queens NY, actor (Joey-One Live to Live)
Born :05/29/1977Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
Born :11/22/1977Devin Puett
Born :01/07/1977Dustin Diamond, actor (Screech-Saved by the Bell)
Born :08/02/1977Edward Furlong, Pasedina Calif, actor (John Connor-Terminator 2)
Born :09/12/1977James Louis McCartney, son of Paul & Linda McCartney
Born :06/17/1977Jason Miller, Silver Springs Md, actor (New Mickey Mouse Club)
Born :03/23/1977Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club)
Born :04/20/1977Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992)
Born :09/30/1977Maia Brewton, LA Calif, actress (Margaret-Lime Street)
Born :02/14/1977Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
Born :03/24/1977Olivia Burnette, San Clemente Calif, actress (Torkelsons)
Born :11/15/1977Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, 9th in succession to British throne
Born :03/10/1977Shannon Miller, Rolla Mo, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
Born :01/19/1977Taliesin Jaffe, Venice Calif, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief)
Born :12/14/1977Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress (New Mickey Mouse Club)
Born :07/14/1977Victoria Ingrid Alic‚a D‚sir‚e, Princess heir apparent of Sweden




Died :06/20/1977Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68
Died :06/14/1977Alan Reed, actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
Died :01/14/1977Ana‹s Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies
Died :02/18/1977Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71
Died :03/--/1977Anthony Nicholls, actor (Tremayne-The Champions), dies at 74
Died :01/23/1977Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73
Died :10/14/1977Bing Crosby, singer/actor, dies of a heart attack at 74, in Madrid
Died :01/28/1977Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
Died :04/22/1977Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
Died :12/25/1977Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
Died :03/27/1977Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41
Died :07/12/1977Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66
Died :02/28/1977Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
Died :02/01/1977Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
Died :08/16/1977Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
Died :09/01/1977Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76
Died :03/27/1977Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies at 46 in a plane crash
Died :03/13/1977Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies
Died :06/02/1977Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
Died :08/01/1977Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47
Died :04/08/1977Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71
Died :01/29/1977Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22
Died :01/17/1977Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
Died :02/09/1977Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
Died :11/29/1977George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
Died :01/19/1977Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
Died :08/19/1977Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
Died :04/21/1977Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
Died :11/05/1977Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
Died :08/26/1977HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
Died :01/09/1977Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
Died :09/10/1977Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine
Died :12/26/1977Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
Died :05/09/1977James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
Died :10/27/1977James M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
Died :05/10/1977Joan Crawford, [Lucille Fay Le Sueur], actress, dies
Died :11/27/1977John L McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
Died :07/19/1977John R Powers, US director model bureau, dies at 80
Died :09/13/1977Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies in England, at 95
Died :07/09/1977Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal secrets, dies at 69
Died :12/18/1977Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92
Died :08/03/1977Makarios III, [Michail Moeskos], archbishop/president Cyprus, dies
Died :01/26/1977Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
Died :09/16/1977Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53
Died :04/17/1977Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 85
Died :10/11/1977Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
Died :12/19/1977Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor dies at 101
Died :12/31/1977Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies
Died :07/10/1977Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
Died :01/05/1977Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
Died :12/01/1977Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country), dies
Died :04/12/1977Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
Died :02/17/1977Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
Died :07/23/1977Ren‚ the Fox, tailor/actor/composer, dies at 79
Died :11/25/1977Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65
Died :10/17/1977Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
Died :09/12/1977Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60)
Died :06/14/1977Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
Died :06/03/1977Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Roma citt… aperta), dies
Died :09/08/1977Samuel J "Zero" Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62
Died :08/22/1977Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59
Died :07/31/1977Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
Died :08/27/1977Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
Died :09/12/1977Steven Biko, S African black student leader, dies in police custody
Died :06/13/1977Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77
Died :11/28/1977Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 75
Died :08/10/1977Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
Died :07/02/1977Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78
Died :06/16/1977Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
Died :05/26/1977William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35




Special :05/26/1977"Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
Special :06/16/1977"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
Special :05/25/1977"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
Special :05/06/1977"Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in UK
Special :10/12/1977"Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
Special :01/23/1977$1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
Special :02/04/197711 die in a elevated train crash in Chicago Ill
Special :06/23/197713th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4
Special :12/13/197714 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
Special :05/28/1977165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
Special :03/04/19771st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, NM
Special :10/18/19771st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
Special :12/20/19771st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
Special :09/01/19771st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
Special :09/09/19771st TRS-80 computer sold
Special :09/13/19771st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
Special :04/15/19771st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
Special :11/21/19771st flight of Concorde (London to New York)
Special :07/12/19771st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
Special :08/23/19771st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)
Special :07/28/19771st oil flow through Alaska pipeline
Special :06/05/19771st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
Special :05/12/19771st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
Special :08/13/19771st test glide of shuttle
Special :03/02/19771st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show
Special :01/01/19771st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
Special :02/11/197720.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
Special :01/10/197720th hat trick in Islander history-Bobby Nystrom
Special :11/13/197725th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
Special :09/13/19772nd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
Special :10/20/19773 members of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash
Special :12/22/197736 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
Special :11/06/197739 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
Special :09/23/19773rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
Special :06/26/197742 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn
Special :10/12/19774th test of space shuttle Enterprise
Special :02/06/19774th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
Special :05/16/19775 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in NYC
Special :06/27/19775-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
Special :03/27/1977583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife
Special :10/26/19775th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
Special :08/14/197777,691 see NY Cosmos beat Ft Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad
Special :01/17/19777th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14
Special :01/30/19778th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
Special :09/16/197790 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV
Special :04/20/1977A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261
Special :02/06/1977Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
Special :08/31/1977Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
Special :04/16/1977Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
Special :04/18/1977Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pultizer Prize
Special :12/31/1977Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
Special :06/07/1977Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
Special :01/03/1977Apple Computer incorporated
Special :06/10/1977Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
Special :10/15/1977Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
Special :06/03/1977Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
Special :05/23/1977Benin adopts its constitution
Special :06/18/1977Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
Special :04/21/1977Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
Special :09/10/1977Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
Special :01/11/1977Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
Special :04/03/1977Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
Special :10/01/1977Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
Special :06/01/1977British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
Special :04/21/1977Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
Special :10/18/1977C Kowal discovers asteroid #2060 Chiron
Special :04/24/1977C Kowal discovers asteroid #2063 Bacchus
Special :08/06/1977C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2191 Uppsala
Special :10/17/1977Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament
Special :11/19/1977Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
Special :01/16/1977Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
Special :12/30/1977Carter holds 1st news conf by US pres in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
Special :09/23/1977Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels
Special :11/01/1977Chiron, farthest known asteroid is discovered
Special :09/10/1977Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull for her 3rd cons US Open title
Special :04/28/1977Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
Special :04/25/1977Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
Special :03/18/1977Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
Special :05/30/1977Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits Calif Angels, 2-0
Special :12/18/1977Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond
Special :09/05/1977Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
Special :02/11/1977Clifford Alexander Jr is 1st Black Secretary of State, confirmed
Special :04/07/1977Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
Special :06/13/1977Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured
Special :06/05/1977Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
Special :09/18/1977Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
Special :07/04/1977Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
Special :04/23/1977Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously
Special :01/01/1977Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
Special :09/17/1977Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
Special :05/08/1977David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
Special :11/25/1977David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
Special :10/15/1977Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
Special :06/27/1977Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
Special :12/31/1977Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa
Special :08/21/1977Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
Special :06/06/1977Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way
Special :10/26/1977Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of NY
Special :06/11/1977Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
Special :11/08/1977E F Helin & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2430 Bruce Helin
Special :04/17/1977E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2135 Aristaeus
Special :11/08/1977E F Helin discovers asteroid #2099 Opik
Special :05/18/1977E S Bus discovers asteroid #3598 Saucier
Special :06/11/1977ELO releases "Telephone Line"
Special :01/06/1977EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
Special :02/08/1977Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
Special :04/18/1977Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
Special :12/14/1977Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
Special :11/14/1977Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
Special :12/05/1977Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
Special :04/03/1977Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
Special :11/19/1977Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
Special :11/20/1977Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
Special :11/17/1977Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
Special :02/04/1977Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt)
Special :03/26/1977Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero"
Special :05/01/1977Empress Lilly dedicated
Special :12/13/1977Entire U of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash
Special :02/13/1977Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
Special :11/12/1977Ernest N Morial elected mayor of New Orleans
Special :11/23/1977European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
Special :02/11/1977Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3578
Special :11/13/1977Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
Special :05/22/1977Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
Special :07/20/1977Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage
Special :04/02/1977Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
Special :07/19/1977Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76
Special :06/22/1977Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
Special :06/21/1977Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
Special :08/26/1977Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
Special :02/05/1977General Mills Adventure Theater premiers on CBS radio
Special :09/13/1977General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
Special :06/09/1977George & Patti Harrison divorce
Special :02/18/1977George Harrison releases "True Love"
Special :05/26/1977George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
Special :06/12/1977Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
Special :02/19/1977H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroid #3111 Misuzu
Special :03/12/1977H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroid #3319 Kibi
Special :02/18/1977H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroids #2330 Ontake, #2960 Ohtaki,
Special :04/27/1977H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel
Special :09/05/1977H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3496 Arieso
Special :04/27/1977HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands
Special :05/31/1977Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes Heir Apparent to throne of Qatar
Special :03/09/1977Hanafi Muslims invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th
Special :09/09/1977Harvard College discovers asteroid #2267 Agassiz
Special :11/12/1977Harvard College discovers asteroid #2314 Field
Special :03/17/1977Harvard College discovers asteroid #2395 Aho
Special :02/22/1977Harvard College discovers asteroid #2923 Schuyler
Special :02/01/1977Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
Special :05/16/1977Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Alfredo Evangelista in Landover Md
Special :03/08/1977Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond
Special :08/12/1977High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
Special :02/01/1977Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
Special :06/19/1977Hubert Green wins US Open golf tournament
Special :02/08/1977Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
Special :06/24/1977IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
Special :03/22/1977Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
Special :10/22/1977International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
Special :09/08/1977Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
Special :12/07/1977Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0
Special :11/01/1977Islander Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Flames 9-0-Trottier 4 goals
Special :03/03/1977Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
Special :12/25/1977Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian Pres Sadat
Special :03/07/1977Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter
Special :06/10/1977James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
Special :05/21/1977Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins 102nd Preakness Stakes (1:54.4)
Special :05/07/1977Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins 103rd Kentucky Derby (2:02.2)
Special :12/04/1977Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
Special :06/30/1977Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
Special :09/08/1977Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
Special :07/27/1977John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
Special :06/06/1977Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
Special :04/06/1977Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
Special :05/14/1977KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
Special :02/27/1977Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
Special :09/24/1977Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
Special :04/06/1977Kingdome in Seattle opens
Special :06/25/1977LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
Special :08/14/1977Larry Wadkins wins PGA golf tournament
Special :06/16/1977Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
Special :03/02/1977Libya amends constitution
Special :12/18/1977M Lovas discovers asteroid #3579
Special :05/09/1977Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
Special :06/11/1977Main Street Electrical Parade premiers [Disneyland? WDW?]
Special :11/10/1977Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
Special :06/30/1977Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss
Special :07/11/1977Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr
Special :06/21/1977Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM
Special :11/24/1977Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
Special :01/23/1977Miniseries "Roots" premiers on ABC
Special :09/22/1977Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits Calif Angels, 9-0
Special :11/17/1977Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
Special :04/02/1977Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
Special :05/26/1977Movie "Star Wars" debuts
Special :09/29/1977Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers
Special :03/11/1977Muslis hold 130 hostages in Wash DC
Special :07/19/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2228 Soyuz-Apollo
Special :09/12/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2473 Heyerdahl
Special :08/23/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2498 Tsesevich
Special :05/15/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2862 Vavilov
Special :09/18/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3461
Special :09/07/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3544
Special :09/08/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3739
Special :03/22/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2149 Schwambraniya & #2563 Boyarchuk
Special :09/13/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2372 Proskurin & #2951
Special :08/18/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2580, #3053 Dresden, #3408 & #3518
Special :09/09/1977N Chernykh discovers asteroids #3233 Krisbarons & #3409
Special :11/09/1977N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2089 Cetacea
Special :08/20/1977NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
Special :10/27/1977NASA launches space vehicle S-200
Special :11/05/1977NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
Special :04/01/1977NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
Special :12/04/1977NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinatti beats KC 27-7
Special :06/02/1977NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
Special :07/19/1977NL beats AL 7-5 in 48th All Star Game (Yankee Stadium, NY)
Special :04/26/1977NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
Special :07/13/1977NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
Special :05/27/1977NYC fines George Willig 1› for each of 110 stories he climbed
Special :11/12/1977New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial
Special :02/25/1977New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
Special :07/04/1977Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
Special :05/18/1977Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
Special :01/09/1977Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, in Super Bowl XI
Special :06/20/1977Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
Special :02/25/1977Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
Special :11/03/1977P Wild discovers asteroid #2151 Hadwiger
Special :09/07/1977P Wild discovers asteroid #2229 Mezzarco
Special :09/04/1977P Wild discovers asteroid #2368 Beltrovata
Special :10/18/1977P Wild discovers asteroid #2481
Special :10/12/1977P Wild discovers asteroids #2175 Andrea Doria, #2429, #2565 & #3026
Special :07/05/1977Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
Special :10/30/1977Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07
Special :10/23/1977Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve new Canal treaties
Special :03/20/1977Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
Special :05/09/1977Patty Hearst let out of jail
Special :04/13/1977Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2382 Nonie
Special :09/27/1977Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
Special :10/04/1977Pier 39 opens in SF
Special :06/19/1977Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
Special :02/24/1977Pres Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
Special :08/04/1977Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy
Special :01/27/1977Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
Special :11/01/1977Pres Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981
Special :01/19/1977Pres Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
Special :01/21/1977Pres Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
Special :11/15/1977Pres Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
Special :02/19/1977President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino [Tokyo Rose]
Special :10/12/1977Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
Special :04/18/1977Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
Special :10/10/1977Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3187
Special :10/04/1977Purple Mt Obs discovers asteroid #2223 Sarpedon & #2363 Cebriones
Special :11/03/1977Purple Mt Observatory discovers asteroid #2255 Qinghai & #2693 Yan'an
Special :02/02/1977Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
Special :05/22/1977Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11
Special :06/19/1977Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
Special :11/22/1977Regular Concorde passenger service between NY & Europe begins
Special :03/28/1977Retiring coach Al McGuire's Marquette basketball team wins NCAA
Special :09/16/1977Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
Special :03/10/1977Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO
Special :06/16/1977Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
Special :06/25/1977Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
Special :07/28/1977Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
Special :11/11/1977S Barros discovers asteroid #2757 Crisser
Special :09/13/1977S J Bus & T Lauer discovers asteroid #2735 Ellen
Special :02/13/1977S J Bus discovers asteroid #2791 Paradise
Special :05/21/1977SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
Special :08/01/1977SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
Special :07/08/1977Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
Special :03/12/1977Sadat pledges to regain Arab terrority from Israel
Special :06/11/1977Seattle Slew wins 109th Belmont Stakes (2:29.6) & triple crown
Special :02/19/1977Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner
Special :06/09/1977Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
Special :09/26/1977Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY
Special :12/06/1977South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
Special :09/29/1977Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
Special :02/07/1977Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
Special :02/25/1977Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
Special :10/09/1977Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
Special :10/11/1977Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
Special :12/10/1977Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
Special :08/12/1977Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
Special :06/15/1977Spain's 1st free elections since 1936
Special :11/20/1977Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
Special :02/05/1977Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
Special :10/19/1977Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
Special :04/20/1977Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses
Special :06/29/1977Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
Special :06/06/1977Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
Special :07/02/1977Sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbledon men's singles over Jimmy Connors
Special :10/28/1977TV's Rhoda gets married
Special :12/31/1977Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado
Special :05/11/1977Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
Special :03/28/1977The 49th Academy Awards
Special :11/25/1977Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
Special :02/12/1977Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
Special :02/02/1977Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
Special :06/05/1977Trailblazers beat 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2
Special :05/31/1977Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
Special :03/15/1977US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions
Special :06/30/1977US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)
Special :09/18/1977US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together
Special :03/01/1977US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
Special :10/21/1977US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa
Special :03/18/1977US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
Special :10/07/1977USSR adopts constitution
Special :03/18/1977Vietnam hands over MIA to US
Special :06/04/1977Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
Special :07/01/1977Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbledon's woman's singles
Special :09/05/1977Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
Special :09/20/1977Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Special :10/13/1977W Sebok discovers asteroid #2150
Special :02/15/1977W Sebok discovers asteroid #2491
Special :12/31/1977WFAT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
Special :06/22/1977Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released
Special :11/20/1977Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
Special :06/06/1977Washington Post reports building of neutron bomb
Special :07/23/1977Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges
Special :02/04/1977Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Special :11/11/1977Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School"
Special :04/20/1977Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers
Special :01/19/1977World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
Special :06/30/1977Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
Special :08/16/1977Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
Special :08/23/1977Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs « game in 1st place to stay
Special :12/12/1977Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
Special :10/09/1977Yanks rally for 3 in 9th & beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
Special :10/01/1977Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title

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