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1977 Calendar

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•  February 18, 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
•  May 26, 1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
•  June 5, 1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles.
•  June 10, 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
•  June 13, 1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
•  July 24, 1977 – End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
•  October 6, 1977 – The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
•  October 25, 1977 – Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
•  December 20, 1977 – Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.

•  January 19, 1977 – Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor
•  March 31, 1977 – Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
•  April 25, 1977 – Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer
•  May 4, 1977 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
•  June 20, 1977 – Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
•  July 15, 1977 – John St. Clair, American football player
•  August 12, 1977 – Plaxico Burress, American football player
•  November 8, 1977 – Nick Punto, American baseball player
•  December 11, 1977 – Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
•  December 18, 1977 – José Acevedo, Dominican baseball player