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August 12 – The NASA Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). August 15 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "WOW!"
1977 was a common year ... August 12 – The NASA Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier ...
Pages in category "1977 in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York, Central NY, Northern NY, and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year. Daily peak wind gusts ranging from 46 to 69 mph (74 to 111 km/h) were recorded by the National Weather Service in Buffalo , with snowfall as high as 100 in (254 cm) recorded in areas, [ 1 ] and the high winds blew ...
October 1977 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) November 1977 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) December 1977 events in the United States (1 C, 8 P)
The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. [3] [4] The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and ...
Voyager 2, like Voyager 1, carried with it a copy of the "Voyager Golden Record", a phonograph record with multiple recorded sounds and 115 images "selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth" in 1977, in case the probe was later found by intelligent life.
Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world's greatest cities. [1] However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city began to feel the effects of suburbanization brought about by new housing communities such as Levittown, a downturn in industry and commerce as businesses left for places where it was cheaper and easier to operate, an increase in crime ...