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August 29, 1977 (Monday) [ edit ] The first of two major fires at film vaults of the U.S. National Archives took place at Suitland, Maryland , when nitrocellulose film stock ignited, destroying one million feet of irreplaceable footage from the newsreel series The March of Time , equivalent to 75,000 minutes worth of the 20-minute film preview ...
Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) [2] based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal , this time opposite Candice Bergen .
Moreover, Love Story "was ignominiously bounced from the nomination slate of the National Book Awards after the fiction jury threatened to resign." Segal later said that the book "totally ruined me." [3] He would go on to write more novels and screenplays, including the 1977 sequel to Love Story, titled Oliver's Story.
August 16 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans lined the streets of Memphis for his funeral, which occurred on August 18, but wasn't televised until August 20. [19] August 20 – Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. August 25 –
"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the August 1977 issue of Gallery, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. [1] The story revolves around a young man who buys flowers for his love interest, but he is eventually revealed to be a serial killer who went insane after his lover's ...
Trinidad Silva, Jr. (January 30, 1950 – July 31, 1988) was an American comedian and character actor who played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s. He is known for the roles of Jesus Martinez, a gang leader in the TV series Hill Street Blues; Frog in the film Colors; and Raul, the bizarre animal lover in "Weird" Al Yankovic's first film, UHF.
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.
"One Day at a Time" was Lane's only No. 1 hit. For Kristofferson, the song was his sixth No. 1 as a songwriter and first in six years (his last being 1974's "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" by Ronnie Milsap).