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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 ...
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 –
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.
August 1977 sports events in the United States (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "August 1977 events in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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August 12 – The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first test free-flight from the back of a jetliner. August 15 – Ohio State University Radio Observatory, working on the SETI project, receives a strong narrowband radio signal from deep space; the event is named the Wow! signal for a notation made by researcher Jerry R. Ehman.
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