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1977 Calendar

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•  January 18, 1977 – Australia’s worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
•  January 24, 1977 – Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
•  February 18, 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
•  March 16, 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
•  August 20, 1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
•  October 6, 1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
•  October 20, 1977 – A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
•  November 19, 1977 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130.
•  November 21, 1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that 'the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem “God Save the Queen” and the poem “God Defend New Zealand”, written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion.

•  January 2, 1977 – Brian Boucher, American professional ice hockey player
•  January 28, 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
•  February 1, 1977 – Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
•  March 2, 1977 – Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
•  March 14, 1977 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (d. 2011)
•  April 25, 1977 – Matthew West, American Christian singer
•  May 13, 1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor
•  June 10, 1977 – Enzo Emanuele, Italian medical researcher
•  July 5, 1977 – Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player
•  October 14, 1977 – Joey Didulica, Croatian football goalkeeper