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Snowfall has occurred further south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii. President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka “Tokyo Rose”). January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th president of the United States, and Walter F. Mondale is sworn in as the 42nd vice president.
1973–1974 — The United States is affected by the Arab Oil Embargo; gasoline prices skyrocket as supplies of gasoline and heating oil are in short supply. In response, daylight saving time is started in January (nearly four months earlier than usual), and the national speed limit is lowered to 55 mph.
1977 was a common year ... This becomes the deadliest accident in aviation history. April ... United States, is engulfed in fire; 165 are killed inside.
The 95th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford 's presidency and the first two years ...
July 11 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4512, designating the period of July 16 to July 24, 1977, as "United States Space Observance." [249] July 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ray V. Fitzgerald for membership on the board of directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. [250]
1977 in the United States by state or territory (55 C) 1977 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1977 disestablishments in the United States (47 C, 10 P)
President Carter launched a high-stakes peace tour in the final days of 1977 that would bring him into the new year, but an interpreter's slip-up at the very first stop overshadowed his diplomatic ...
The inauguration of Jimmy Carter as the 39th president of the United States was held on Thursday, January 20, 1977, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. This was the 48th inauguration and marked the commencement of Jimmy Carter's and Walter Mondale's single term as president and vice president.