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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 ...
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 ...
January–June – The United Kingdom holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.; January – The Ford Fiesta car goes on sale in the UK.; 3 January – Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, announces he is leaving the House of Commons to become President of the European Commission.
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 cold wave was named the top story of 1977 in the Associated Press's annual poll of the year's biggest news stories. [13]
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 ...