1977 Calendar
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1977 Historical Event(s)
- January 21, 1977 – President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
- February 18, 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
- May 1, 1977 – 36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
- June 5, 1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles.
- June 10, 1977 – Apple ships its first Apple II personal computer.
- August 10, 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
- August 23, 1977 – The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.
- October 17, 1977 – German Autumn: Four days after it is hijacked, Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board.
- 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.
Who Were Born On 1977?
- February 26, 1977 – Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
- March 24, 1977 – Olivia Burnette, American actress
- May 4, 1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
- May 27, 1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
- July 24, 1977 – Danny Dyer, English actor and television presenter
- August 8, 1977 – Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
- October 8, 1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain-bike rider
- November 29, 1977 – Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
- December 4, 1977 – Big Pokey, American rapper
- December 16, 1977 – Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player