1977 Calendar
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1977 Historical Event(s)
- January 18, 1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’ disease.
- January 24, 1977 – Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
- February 4, 1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency’s history.
- February 18, 1977 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- April 28, 1977 – The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
- May 26, 1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
- July 21, 1977 – The start of the four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
- August 18, 1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William’s Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa’s apartheid policies.
- September 20, 1977 – The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
- November 22, 1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
Who Were Born On 1977?
- January 2, 1977 – Nikos Soultanidis, Greek footballer
- May 10, 1977 – Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer
- May 14, 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player
- June 7, 1977 – Preston Campbell, Australian Rugby League Player
- June 24, 1977 – Cas Jansen, Dutch actor
- July 31, 1977 – Tim Couch, American football player
- August 19, 1977 – Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- October 6, 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
- November 17, 1977 – Paul Shepherd, English footballer
- December 1, 1977 – Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)