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Events on the year of 1977 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
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01 Jan 1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
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01 Jan 1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
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01 Jan 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
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01 Jan 1977 Charter 77 published its first document.
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02 Jan 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
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03 Jan 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games)
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03 Jan 1977 Apple Computer is incorporated.
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04 Jan 1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
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05 Jan 1977 Kenya President Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
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06 Jan 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
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08 Jan 1977 Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
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09 Jan 1977 "Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 122 performances
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09 Jan 1977 Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
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10 Jan 1977 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom
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11 Jan 1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
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11 Jan 1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
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11 Jan 1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
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12 Jan 1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
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12 Jan 1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
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12 Jan 1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City NY for 39 performances
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15 Jan 1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
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15 Jan 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
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15 Jan 1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
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16 Jan 1977 Washington Capital's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
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17 Jan 1977 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
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17 Jan 1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on capital punishment in the United States.
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17 Jan 1977 Zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium
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17 Jan 1977 Kansas City releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams
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17 Jan 1977 7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14
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18 Jan 1977 SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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18 Jan 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
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18 Jan 1977 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
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18 Jan 1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG
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19 Jan 1977 Snow falls in Miami. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in The Bahamas.
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19 Jan 1977 President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
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19 Jan 1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
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19 Jan 1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
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20 Jan 1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting Director of CIA
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20 Jan 1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
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20 Jan 1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA through March 9
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21 Jan 1977 United States President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
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21 Jan 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
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21 Jan 1977 Italy legalizes abortion
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23 Jan 1977 Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
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23 Jan 1977 $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
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23 Jan 1977 Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
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24 Jan 1977 Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
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24 Jan 1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid
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26 Jan 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
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27 Jan 1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
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28 Jan 1977 The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one-day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas most affected.
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30 Jan 1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
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30 Jan 1977 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (New South Wales vs Queesland)
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30 Jan 1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame
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31 Jan 1977 Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad
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31 Jan 1977 Frenchman Fran
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31 Jan 1977 Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, & Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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01 Feb 1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
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01 Feb 1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
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02 Feb 1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR)
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02 Feb 1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
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03 Feb 1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
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04 Feb 1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago St. (11 die, 200 hurt)
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04 Feb 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.
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05 Feb 1977 "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
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05 Feb 1977 "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56
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05 Feb 1977 "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40
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05 Feb 1977 "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
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05 Feb 1977 "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
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05 Feb 1977 General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
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05 Feb 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
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05 Feb 1977 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
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05 Feb 1977 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
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06 Feb 1977 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
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06 Feb 1977 Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
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06 Feb 1977 Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
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07 Feb 1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 Cosmonauts
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08 Feb 1977 Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
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08 Feb 1977 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
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10 Feb 1977 "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 performances
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10 Feb 1977 Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
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10 Feb 1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
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10 Feb 1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid (1976)
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10 Feb 1977 Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
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11 Feb 1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
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12 Feb 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
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13 Feb 1977 "Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances
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13 Feb 1977 "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 39 performances
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13 Feb 1977 "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 145 performances
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13 Feb 1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
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13 Feb 1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
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15 Feb 1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
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16 Feb 1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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18 Feb 1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
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18 Feb 1977 The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
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18 Feb 1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
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18 Feb 1977 Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
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18 Feb 1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner vs Pakistan Bridgetown
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19 Feb 1977 Doug Walters scores 250 vs. New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket w / Gilmour
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19 Feb 1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner
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19 Feb 1977 19th Grammy Awards This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
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19 Feb 1977 A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000
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19 Feb 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
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19 Feb 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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20 Feb 1977 "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 384 performances
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20 Feb 1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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21 Feb 1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY
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24 Feb 1977 President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
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25 Feb 1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 points
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25 Feb 1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
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25 Feb 1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
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26 Feb 1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
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27 Feb 1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
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27 Feb 1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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28 Feb 1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles, California)
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28 Feb 1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
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01 Mar 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
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01 Mar 1977 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
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02 Mar 1977 1st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show
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02 Mar 1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award
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02 Mar 1977 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
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02 Mar 1977 Libya amends constitution
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03 Mar 1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina / Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)
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03 Mar 1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
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03 Mar 1977 Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)
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04 Mar 1977 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
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04 Mar 1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain
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04 Mar 1977 Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541
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04 Mar 1977 The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of Bucharest, Romania.
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07 Mar 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter
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08 Mar 1977 Henry L Marsh III elected Mayor of Richmond
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09 Mar 1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th Director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
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09 Mar 1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington DC, siege ended March 11th
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09 Mar 1977 The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
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10 Mar 1977 Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
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10 Mar 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO
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11 Mar 1977 The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
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11 Mar 1977 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway
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11 Mar 1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC
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12 Mar 1977 Chile President Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party
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12 Mar 1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
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13 Mar 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
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15 Mar 1977 "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV
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15 Mar 1977 "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV
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15 Mar 1977 US House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions
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16 Mar 1977 Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
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16 Mar 1977 US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
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17 Mar 1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
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18 Mar 1977 Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
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18 Mar 1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia
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18 Mar 1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US
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19 Mar 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances
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19 Mar 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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19 Mar 1977 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1:15.33)
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20 Mar 1977 Communists / socialists win French municipal elections
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20 Mar 1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
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20 Mar 1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
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22 Mar 1977 Dutch Den Uyl government falls
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22 Mar 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India
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22 Mar 1977 Uyl government falls
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23 Mar 1977 The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
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26 Mar 1977 Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero"
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27 Mar 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
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27 Mar 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash, Tenerife
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27 Mar 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
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28 Mar 1977 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky, " Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win
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28 Mar 1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59
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28 Mar 1977 Morarji Desai forms government in India
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31 Mar 1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box" premieres in New York NY
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01 Apr 1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
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01 Apr 1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
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02 Apr 1977 Montreal Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
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03 Apr 1977 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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03 Apr 1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
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03 Apr 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
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03 Apr 1977 Netherlands / Belgium / Luxembourg adopt summer time
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06 Apr 1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
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06 Apr 1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
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07 Apr 1977 Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
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07 Apr 1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
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07 Apr 1977 German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
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08 Apr 1977 Israel Premier Rabin resigns
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09 Apr 1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
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10 Apr 1977 41st Golf Masters Championship Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
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10 Apr 1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
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10 Apr 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17)
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11 Apr 1977 London Transport's Silver Jubilee buses are launched.
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11 Apr 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
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14 Apr 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
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15 Apr 1977 1st baseball game at Montr
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16 Apr 1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
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17 Apr 1977 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
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17 Apr 1977 Christian-Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
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17 Apr 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
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18 Apr 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
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18 Apr 1977 Alex Haley, Author of "Roots, " awarded Pulitzer Prize
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18 Apr 1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
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18 Apr 1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
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18 Apr 1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33
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18 Apr 1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
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18 Apr 1977 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray hits his 1st homerun
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18 Apr 1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
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20 Apr 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses
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20 Apr 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses
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20 Apr 1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres
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21 Apr 1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie, " premieres in New York City
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21 Apr 1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
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21 Apr 1977 Charles Strouse & Martin Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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21 Apr 1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed President of Bangladesh
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22 Apr 1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
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22 Apr 1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
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23 Apr 1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10
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23 Apr 1977 Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
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23 Apr 1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms
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23 Apr 1977 Military workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
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24 Apr 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament
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25 Apr 1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Atlanta Braves 23-9
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26 Apr 1977 New York's famed disco Studio 54 opens
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27 Apr 1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in the Netherlands
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27 Apr 1977 Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
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27 Apr 1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
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28 Apr 1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
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28 Apr 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
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28 Apr 1977 The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
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28 Apr 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.
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28 Apr 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling US secrets to the Russians
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29 Apr 1977 British Aerospace forms
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30 Apr 1977 "Party with Comden & Green" closes at Morosco NYC after 92 performances
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30 Apr 1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore MD, to become WWF champion
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30 Apr 1977 Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April
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01 May 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
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01 May 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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01 May 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated
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01 May 1977 Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
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02 May 1977 "King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
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05 May 1977 The first of The Nixon Interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon are broadcast.
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06 May 1977 "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl, " released in the UK
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07 May 1977 "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
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07 May 1977 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
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08 May 1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
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08 May 1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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09 May 1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
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09 May 1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon
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09 May 1977 Patty Hearst let out of jail
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09 May 1977 Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
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11 May 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
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11 May 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
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12 May 1977 1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
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12 May 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
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13 May 1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York
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14 May 1977 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
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14 May 1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires
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14 May 1977 Kansas City Royals Jim Colborn no-hits the Texas Rangers, 6-0
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14 May 1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
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14 May 1977 Stanley Cup: Montr
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15 May 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
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16 May 1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC
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16 May 1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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17 May 1977 Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel
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18 May 1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
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18 May 1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
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18 May 1977 Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
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18 May 1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
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19 May 1977 "Smokey & the Bandit, " premieres
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19 May 1977 "Smokey & the Bandit" premieres
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20 May 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
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21 May 1977 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 performances
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21 May 1977 SD Padres beat Montreal Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
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21 May 1977 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew (undefeated) wins in 1:54.4
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21 May 1977 Albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC
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21 May 1977 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19
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21 May 1977 San Diego Padres beat Montr
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22 May 1977 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)
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22 May 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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22 May 1977 Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game homerun record of 11
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23 May 1977 Benin adopts its constitution
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23 May 1977 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
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23 May 1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell
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24 May 1977 USSR President Podgorny resigns
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25 May 1977 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
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25 May 1977 "Brady Bunch Hour, " last airs on ABC-TV
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25 May 1977 Star Wars is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.
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25 May 1977 Chinese government removes a decade old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
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25 May 1977 "Brady Bunch Hour" last airs on ABC-TV
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25 May 1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
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25 May 1977 Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome
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25 May 1977 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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26 May 1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
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26 May 1977 George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
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26 May 1977 "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
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26 May 1977 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
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26 May 1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
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27 May 1977 New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
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27 May 1977 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
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27 May 1977 NYC fines George Willig 1
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28 May 1977 In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
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28 May 1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
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29 May 1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
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29 May 1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 (average speed of 161.331 mph) for a record 4th time
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29 May 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500
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29 May 1977 NBC News & Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio
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29 May 1977 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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29 May 1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
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30 May 1977 Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
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31 May 1977 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
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31 May 1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
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31 May 1977 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
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31 May 1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
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01 Jun 1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
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01 Jun 1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
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01 Jun 1977 SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
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02 Jun 1977 New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
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03 Jun 1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs. Kansas City Royals)
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03 Jun 1977 Belgium government of Tindemans forms
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03 Jun 1977 US and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
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04 Jun 1977 Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
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04 Jun 1977 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
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05 Jun 1977 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
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05 Jun 1977 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2
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05 Jun 1977 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box and Annie win
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05 Jun 1977 Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
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05 Jun 1977 A coup takes place in Seychelles.
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06 Jun 1977 "Washington Post" reports US has developed neutron bomb
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06 Jun 1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way
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06 Jun 1977 Joseph L Howze installed as Bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
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06 Jun 1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
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07 Jun 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
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07 Jun 1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
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07 Jun 1977 500 million people watched the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
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08 Jun 1977 Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game
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09 Jun 1977 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
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09 Jun 1977 George and Patti Harrison divorce
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09 Jun 1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
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10 Jun 1977 James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
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10 Jun 1977 The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
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10 Jun 1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
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10 Jun 1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
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11 Jun 1977 "Dance & Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
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11 Jun 1977 "I Need A Man" by Grace Jones peaks at #83
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11 Jun 1977 "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold peaks at #7
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11 Jun 1977 "The Pretender" by Jackson Browne peaks at #58
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11 Jun 1977 "Watch Closely Now" by Kris Kristofferson peaks at #52
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11 Jun 1977 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
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11 Jun 1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
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11 Jun 1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
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11 Jun 1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
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11 Jun 1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premiers [Disneyland? WDW?]
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11 Jun 1977 Seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
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12 Jun 1977 "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1944 performances
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12 Jun 1977 23rd LPGA Championship won by Chako Higuchi
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12 Jun 1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for President Kennedy library
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13 Jun 1977 Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured
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13 Jun 1977 Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
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13 Jun 1977 Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured [?]
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15 Jun 1977 New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry
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15 Jun 1977 Wim Polak becomes Mayor of Amsterdam
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15 Jun 1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936
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16 Jun 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
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16 Jun 1977 Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections
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16 Jun 1977 Leonid Brezhnev named President of the USSR
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16 Jun 1977 Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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16 Jun 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
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16 Jun 1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
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18 Jun 1977 Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub
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18 Jun 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
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18 Jun 1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
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18 Jun 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft
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19 Jun 1977 77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
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19 Jun 1977 Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg
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19 Jun 1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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19 Jun 1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
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19 Jun 1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
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20 Jun 1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government
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20 Jun 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
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21 Jun 1977 Bülent Ecevit, of the CHP forms the new government of Turkey.
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21 Jun 1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
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21 Jun 1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM
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22 Jun 1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
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22 Jun 1977 Walt Disney's "The Rescuers" released
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23 Jun 1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4
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24 Jun 1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
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25 Jun 1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
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25 Jun 1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
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26 Jun 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee
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26 Jun 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
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26 Jun 1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career
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26 Jun 1977 The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.
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26 Jun 1977 Elvis Presley performs the final concert of his life in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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27 Jun 1977 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
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27 Jun 1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (April 12, 1973)
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27 Jun 1977 France grants independence to Djibouti.
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27 Jun 1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
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27 Jun 1977 Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day)
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28 Jun 1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
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29 Jun 1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
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29 Jun 1977 Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults
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30 Jun 1977 Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss
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30 Jun 1977 US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Washington DC)
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30 Jun 1977 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
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30 Jun 1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
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30 Jun 1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
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01 Jul 1977 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
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01 Jul 1977 FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
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03 Jul 1977 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
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03 Jul 1977 Turkey: Premier Ecevit goes off
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04 Jul 1977 Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
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04 Jul 1977 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
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04 Jul 1977 Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6
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04 Jul 1977 The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit
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05 Jul 1977 Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
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07 Jul 1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
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08 Jul 1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
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09 Jul 1977 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
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10 Jul 1977 "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
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10 Jul 1977 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
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11 Jul 1977 Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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11 Jul 1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr
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12 Jul 1977 John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey vs. Derbyshire at The Oval
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12 Jul 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
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13 Jul 1977 New York City experiences 25 hour black-out
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13 Jul 1977 Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War.
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13 Jul 1977 New York, New York, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
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13 Jul 1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
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14 Jul 1977 North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3
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14 Jul 1977 US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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14 Jul 1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2286 Fesenkov, #2492 Kutuzov,
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16 Jul 1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe
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17 Jul 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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18 Jul 1977 Vietnam becomes member of UN
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19 Jul 1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York
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19 Jul 1977 All star MVP: Don Sutton (LA Dodgers)
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19 Jul 1977 Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76
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19 Jul 1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2228 Soyuz-Apollo
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19 Jul 1977 NL beats AL 7-5 in 48th All Star Game (Yankee Stadium, NY)
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20 Jul 1977 The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
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20 Jul 1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, kills 80 & causing $350 mil damage
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21 Jul 1977 Libyan-Egyptian border fights
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21 Jul 1977 Sri Lanka Premier Bandaranaike loses election
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21 Jul 1977 The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
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22 Jul 1977 Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
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23 Jul 1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges
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24 Jul 1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
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24 Jul 1977 End of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
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26 Jul 1977 The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
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27 Jul 1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
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28 Jul 1977 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
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28 Jul 1977 1st oil flow through the Alaska pipeline
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28 Jul 1977 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
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31 Jul 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic
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31 Jul 1977 E Henry Knoche, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
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31 Jul 1977 John F Blake promoted from acting to Deputy Director of CIA
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03 Aug 1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
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03 Aug 1977 The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra.
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03 Aug 1977 Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
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04 Aug 1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy
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04 Aug 1977 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
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07 Aug 1977 "Shenandoah" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 1,050 performances
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08 Aug 1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi
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09 Aug 1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks
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09 Aug 1977 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
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10 Aug 1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer
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10 Aug 1977 US and Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
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10 Aug 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.
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10 Aug 1977 Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
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11 Aug 1977 Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Aust at Headingley
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12 Aug 1977 The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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12 Aug 1977 The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
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12 Aug 1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
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12 Aug 1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
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13 Aug 1977 Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband
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13 Aug 1977 Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
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13 Aug 1977 1st test glide of the shuttle
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14 Aug 1977 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach, California
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14 Aug 1977 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stadium
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14 Aug 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic
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15 Aug 1977 SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
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15 Aug 1977 The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
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16 Aug 1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
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17 Aug 1977 Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole
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17 Aug 1977 Thomas Wessinghage / Harald Hudak / Michael Lederer / Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)
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18 Aug 1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
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18 Aug 1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
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20 Aug 1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
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21 Aug 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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21 Aug 1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
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23 Aug 1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
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23 Aug 1977 1st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)
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23 Aug 1977 Yanks leap frog over Red Sox
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26 Aug 1977 Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
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27 Aug 1977 "Chicago" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 947 performances
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27 Aug 1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee
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27 Aug 1977 Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
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28 Aug 1977 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
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28 Aug 1977 New York Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
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28 Aug 1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
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29 Aug 1977 St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
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31 Aug 1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed President of Cyprus
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31 Aug 1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
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01 Sep 1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
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03 Sep 1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
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04 Sep 1977 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
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04 Sep 1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
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04 Sep 1977 The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
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05 Sep 1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
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05 Sep 1977 RAF kidnap West German work Chairman Schleyer
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05 Sep 1977 Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
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05 Sep 1977 Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
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05 Sep 1977 Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
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06 Sep 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
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07 Sep 1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
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07 Sep 1977 President Carter and General Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties
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07 Sep 1977 The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
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07 Sep 1977 The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
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08 Sep 1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
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08 Sep 1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
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09 Sep 1977 1st TRS-80 computer sold
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09 Sep 1977 Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Allan Trammell debut together and will play together for 19 years
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10 Sep 1977 91st US Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62)
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10 Sep 1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
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10 Sep 1977 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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10 Sep 1977 Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978
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10 Sep 1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
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10 Sep 1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
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11 Sep 1977 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
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11 Sep 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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11 Sep 1977 Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O'Connors wins US Open
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11 Sep 1977 TV's Rhoda gets divorced
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12 Sep 1977 South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
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13 Sep 1977 General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
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13 Sep 1977 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
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13 Sep 1977 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise
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14 Sep 1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
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15 Sep 1977 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 124 performances
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15 Sep 1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
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15 Sep 1977 President Carter meets with 15 record company execs
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15 Sep 1977 Rock Music Award
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16 Sep 1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
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16 Sep 1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV
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16 Sep 1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love"
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17 Sep 1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
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18 Sep 1977 All 4 Kiss members release solo albums
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18 Sep 1977 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
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18 Sep 1977 Joanne Carner / Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship
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18 Sep 1977 Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
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18 Sep 1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
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18 Sep 1977 US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together
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20 Sep 1977 "Estrada" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 7 performances
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20 Sep 1977 Vietnam and Djibouti ask for membership in UN
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20 Sep 1977 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
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20 Sep 1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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21 Sep 1977 US Minister of Foreign Affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed
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21 Sep 1977 A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.
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22 Sep 1977 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
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22 Sep 1977 West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
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23 Sep 1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
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23 Sep 1977 Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels
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24 Sep 1977 "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 7 performances
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24 Sep 1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV
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24 Sep 1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
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25 Sep 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
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25 Sep 1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
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26 Sep 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
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26 Sep 1977 Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to New York
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27 Sep 1977 A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people.
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27 Sep 1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
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29 Sep 1977 "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band, " by Meco hits #1
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29 Sep 1977 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship
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29 Sep 1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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29 Sep 1977 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini, " premieres in Amsterdam
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29 Sep 1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers
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29 Sep 1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
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30 Sep 1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns
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30 Sep 1977 Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album
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30 Sep 1977 Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
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30 Sep 1977 Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album
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01 Oct 1977 Department Of Energy established
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01 Oct 1977 Elton John honored by Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame
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01 Oct 1977 Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
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01 Oct 1977 Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title
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02 Oct 1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
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02 Oct 1977 Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition
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02 Oct 1977 Vivian Brownlee wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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03 Oct 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial NYC for 66 performances
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03 Oct 1977 Indira Gandhi arrested
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04 Oct 1977 Pier 39 opens in San Francisco
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05 Oct 1977 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
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06 Oct 1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game, " premieres in New York City
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06 Oct 1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
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06 Oct 1977 In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
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06 Oct 1977 The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
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07 Oct 1977 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis
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07 Oct 1977 USSR adopts constitution
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07 Oct 1977 The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
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08 Oct 1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
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09 Oct 1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
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09 Oct 1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
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09 Oct 1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
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10 Oct 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
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11 Oct 1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
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12 Oct 1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
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12 Oct 1977 Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Med School
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12 Oct 1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of
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12 Oct 1977 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise
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12 Oct 1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
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12 Oct 1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School
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13 Oct 1977 Four Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.
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14 Oct 1977 Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro
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14 Oct 1977 Linda Ronstadt sings the national anthem at the 74th World Series
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15 Oct 1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
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15 Oct 1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
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15 Oct 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
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17 Oct 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.
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17 Oct 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament
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17 Oct 1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers
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18 Oct 1977 New York Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
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18 Oct 1977 W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
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18 Oct 1977 German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
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18 Oct 1977 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
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18 Oct 1977 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
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18 Oct 1977 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
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19 Oct 1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H M Schleyer, found
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19 Oct 1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
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20 Oct 1977 Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula, " premieres in New York City
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20 Oct 1977 Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashes.
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20 Oct 1977 3 members of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash
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21 Oct 1977 The European Patent Institute is founded.
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21 Oct 1977 US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa
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22 Oct 1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
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23 Oct 1977 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
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23 Oct 1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 34-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered
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23 Oct 1977 Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties
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24 Oct 1977 Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
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25 Oct 1977 Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
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26 Oct 1977 Dr Clifford R Wharton Jr named chancellor of State University of New York
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26 Oct 1977 Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
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26 Oct 1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
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27 Oct 1977 Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
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27 Oct 1977 NASA launches space vehicle S-200
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28 Oct 1977 TV's Rhoda gets married
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29 Oct 1977 "Act" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances
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30 Oct 1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07
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01 Nov 1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981
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02 Nov 1977 South Ockendon Windmill, a smock mill at South Ockendon, Essex, England collapsed.
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03 Nov 1977 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
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04 Nov 1977 UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
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05 Nov 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
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06 Nov 1977 "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 43 performances
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06 Nov 1977 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation
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06 Nov 1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Georgia
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10 Nov 1977 Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider / Christof Wackernagel arrested
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10 Nov 1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
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11 Nov 1977 Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School"
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12 Nov 1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
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12 Nov 1977 Ernest N Morial elected mayor of New Orleans
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13 Nov 1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
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13 Nov 1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
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14 Nov 1977 Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
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15 Nov 1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
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16 Nov 1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
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17 Nov 1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
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17 Nov 1977 Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
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19 Nov 1977 Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
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19 Nov 1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
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19 Nov 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
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20 Nov 1977 Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
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20 Nov 1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
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20 Nov 1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
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21 Nov 1977 Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
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21 Nov 1977 1st flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
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22 Nov 1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins
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23 Nov 1977 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 performances
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23 Nov 1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
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24 Nov 1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
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25 Nov 1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes
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25 Nov 1977 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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26 Nov 1977 An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
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27 Nov 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 performances
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27 Nov 1977 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6
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04 Dec 1977 Hollis Stacy / Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
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04 Dec 1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
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04 Dec 1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
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04 Dec 1977 Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
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05 Dec 1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen
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05 Dec 1977 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
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06 Dec 1977 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
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06 Dec 1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
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08 Dec 1977 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
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10 Dec 1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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11 Dec 1977 Billboard Awards
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12 Dec 1977 Yankees purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
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13 Dec 1977 A DC-3 aircraft chartered from the Indianapolis-based National Jet crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff and boosters of the team.
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13 Dec 1977 Entire University of Evansville basketball team (14 players) die in plane crash
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14 Dec 1977 "Saturday Night Fever, "starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City
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14 Dec 1977 Egypt & Israel representatives gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
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14 Dec 1977 Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
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14 Dec 1977 Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, vs England at Lahore
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14 Dec 1977 War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
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17 Dec 1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st US TV appearance (SNL)
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17 Dec 1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs India at the WACA, aged 41
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17 Dec 1977 Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1st US TV appearance (Saturday Night Live)
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17 Dec 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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18 Dec 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey #42 (Nate Thumond)
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18 Dec 1977 Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off
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19 Dec 1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
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20 Dec 1977 Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
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20 Dec 1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
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20 Dec 1977 RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
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22 Dec 1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
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25 Dec 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt
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25 Dec 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
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25 Dec 1977 Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Sadat
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29 Dec 1977 Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1977 For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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30 Dec 1977 Carter holds 1st news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
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31 Dec 1977 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 766 performances
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31 Dec 1977 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 124 performances
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31 Dec 1977 WFAT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
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31 Dec 1977 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa
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31 Dec 1977 Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado
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31 Dec 1977 Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
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31 Dec 1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam
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