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1977 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
December 12 – The Lockheed's top-secret stealth aircraft project, designated Have Blue, precursor to the U.S. F-117A Nighthawk, makes its first flight. December 13 – Crash of Air Indiana Flight 216 : A DC-3 charter plane carrying the University of Evansville basketball team crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from ...
English-born comedian and silent film legend Sir Charlie Chaplin dies aged 88 of a stroke at his home in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. 27 December – The much-acclaimed Star Wars film, which has been a massive hit in the United States, is screened in British cinemas for the first time. [51]
1977 – The science-fiction space opera film Star Wars debuts in theaters. 1977 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder. 1977 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral
On this day in history, October 20, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd ...
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Stewart Copeland of the U.S., drummer for the band Curved Air, arrived in London and met in a jam session with English schoolteacher Gordon Sumner, singer and bass player for the band Last Exit, and guitarist Henry Padovani of Corsica. [47] Copeland persuaded Sumner and Padovani to join him and to form a new rock band, which they named The Police.
Events from the year 1977 in Michigan.. The Associated Press (AP) selected Michigan's top stories of 1977 as follows: [1]. The emergence of the Michigan PBB contamination scandal as a political issue and related medical investigation and legislative actions (the PBB scandal was one of the state's top stories for the fourth consecutive year dating back to 1974);