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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.
In contrast to the contiguous US, Alaska had to that point [b] its warmest January on record with a mean of 17.4 °F or −8.1 °C being 16.2 °F or 9.0 °C warmer than the 1925 to 1974 average of 1.2 °F or −17.1 °C and 1.8 °F or 1.0 °C warmer than Alaska's previous record warmest January 1937. [7]
Jackson in 1977. The New York Yankees defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 8 to 4, to win baseball's World Series in Game 6, capturing the series 4 games to 2. The Yankees' Reggie Jackson hit three home runs, matching a record in a World Series game set by Babe Ruth for the Yankees on October 6, 1926 in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series. [78]
The Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32 to 14, to win Super Bowl XI before a record crowd of 103,438 spectators at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. The telecast of the game on NBC was watched by an estimated 81,900,000 people, at the time a record for the largest audience to watch a live sporting event.
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1977 – The television miniseries Roots airs on ABC, to critical acclaim and record audiences. 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.
While Slovik had not been the only person to flee from military service during World War II, he was the only one to receive the death penalty. [ 43 ] The hijacking of an Air France airliner ended abruptly when the lone hijacker, 19-year-old Egyptian student Tarek el Khater, stepped off of the Airbus A-300 to check on refueling.
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