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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.
Singer-songwriter Billy Joel releases his fifth studio album The Stranger; it becomes the first of several hit albums, spawning five hit singles, going 10× platinum in the US, and later ranking at No. 70 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The modern Food Stamp Program begins when the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is enacted.
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
The year 1977 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space exploration. March 10 ...
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.
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 ...
Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. [36] Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about 50 million records, died on October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains the best-selling single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. [37]
At 8:07 in the morning local time, five local police officers, armed with .30-30-caliber rifles and all volunteers, fired at Gilmore's chest from a distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) and killed him. A U.S. Navy LCM-6, transporting 124 U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy members from Barcelona back to their ships, USS Trenton and USS Guam , sailed into the path ...