1977
For the album by Ash , see 1977 (album) .
1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar).
Events January-February March-April May-June May 17 - The Likud lead by Menachem Begin wins the elections in Israel . May 23 - Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make Insulin May 23 - Moluccan terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde , northern Netherlands (105 hostages) and a passenger train in Bovensmilde-Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. June 11 Dutch Royal Marines storm the train - six terrorists and two hostages are killed May 25 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope May 26 - George Willig climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center . May 28 - In Southgate, Kentucky , the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside. June 5 - A coup takes place in Seychelles . June 7 - After campaigning by Anita Bryant and her anti-Gay "Save Our Children" crusade, Dade County , Florida voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's Gay rights ordinance, igniting a wave of violence against Gays across the United States. June 6 -9 - Jubilee celebrations are held in the United Kingdom to celebrate twenty-five years of Elizabeth II 's reign. June 10 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros , Tennessee (he was recaptured on June 13 ). June 15 - Spain has its first democratic elections after 41 years under the Franco regime. June 20 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions. June 20 - Anglia TV broadcasts fake documentary "Alternative Three ". it enters into conspiracy theory canon. June 22 - Robert Hillsborough, a Gay San Franciscan, is brutally stabbed to death just steps from his home by four youths, calling him "fag" and "queer" and allegedly shouting "this one's for Anita Bryant ". June 25 - US man Roy Sullivan in struck by lightning for the 7th time June 26 - Some 200,000 Gays march through the streets of San Francisco , protesting Anita Bryant 's Homophobia and Robert Hillsborough's murder. July-August September October-December October 13 - Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction . See German Autumn October 17 -18 - GSG-9 troopers storm a hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu , Somalia - three of the four hijackers die October 18 - Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader , Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim prison. Irmgard Möller fails. Their supporters continue to claim they were murdered. Bodies are buried October 27 October 19 - Kidnapped industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer is found killed in Mulhoull, France October 20 - Three members of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash October 21 - The European Patent Institute is founded November 6 - The Kelly Barnes Dam , located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia , fails, killing 39 November 19 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem , seeking a permanent peace settlement (much of the Arab world is outraged by the visit). November 22 - British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service December 1 - First flight of Lockheed 's top-secret Stealth project aircraft designated Have Blue , the precursor to the US F-117A Nighthawk . December 4 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa , president of the Central African Republic , crowns himself Emperor. December 4 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashed in Johor , Malaysia , killing 100. Unknown dates Births January-March January 7 - Dustin Diamond , American actor January 8 - Amber Benson , American actress January 13 - Orlando Bloom , English actor January 26 - Vince Carter , American basketball player January 28 - Daunte Culpepper , American football player January 28 - Joey Fatone , American musician February 2 - Shakira , Colombian musician February 3 - Daddy Yankee , Latin Reggaeton musician February 8 - Yucef Merhi , Venezuelan artist February 11 - Randy Moss , American football player February 11 - Mike Shinoda , American musician February 16 - Ian Clarke , Irish computer scientist February 20 - Stephon Marbury , American basketball player February 21 - Kevin Rose , American television host March 1 - Rens Blom , Dutch athlete March 5 - Wally Szczerbiak , Spanish-born basketball player March 7 - Mitja Zastrow , German-born swimmer March 14 - Mervyn Colley , British kabbalist and ceremonial magician March 28 - Devon , American actress April-June April 9 - Gerard Way , American singer (My Chemical Romance ) April 14 - Sarah Michelle Gellar , American actress April 14 - Chandra Levy , American federal government intern (d. 2001 ) April 21 - Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater April 22 - Andruw Jones , baseball player April 23 - John Cena , American professional wrestler April 24 - Carlos Beltrán , baseball player May 13 - Samantha Morton , English actress May 14 - Roy Halladay , baseball player May 14 - Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress May 23 - Ilia Kulik , Russian figure skater June 1 - Danielle Harris , American voice actress June 8 - Kanye West , American rapper and record producer June 9 - Peja Stojakovic , Serbian basketball player June 14 - Chris McAlister , American football player June 16 - Kerry Wood , baseball player June 19 - Peter Warrick , American football player June 27 - Raúl , Spanish footballer July-November July 1 - Jarome Iginla , Canadian hockey player July 1 - Liv Tyler , American actress July 8 - Wang Zhizhi , Chinese basketball player July 14 - Victoria, Princess of Sweden July 27 - Martha Anne Madison , American actress July 28 - Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player July 31 - Tim Couch , American football player August 2 - Dave Farrel , American musician August 3 - Angela Beesley , British Internet entrepreneur August 3 - Tom Brady , American football player August 9 - Chamique Holdsclaw , American basketball player August 12 - Plaxico Burress , American football player August 13 - Michael Klim , Australian swimmer August 15 - Igor Cassina , Italian gymnast August 17 - Thierry Henry , French footballer August 25 - Jonathan Togo , American actor August 27 - Deco , Portuguese footballer September 1 - Aaron Schobel , American football player September 11 - Ludacris , American rapper September 13 - Fiona Apple , American musician September 28 - Se Ri Pak , Korean golfer October 7 - Meighan Desmond , New Zealand actress October 11 - Claudia Palacios , Colombian journalist and newsreader October 14 - Kelly Schumacher , Canadian basketball player October 25 - Birgit Prinz , German footballer November 2 - Randy Harrison , American actor November 3 - Aria Giovanni , American model and actress November 10 - Brittany Murphy , American actress November 13 - Chanel Cole , New Zealand-born singer November 16 - Oksana Baiul , Ukrainian figure skater November 17 - Ryk Neethling , South African swimmer November 19 - Kerri Strug , American gymnast November 21 - Jonas Jennings , American football player November 28 - DeMya Walker , American basketball player December Deaths January-March January 2 - Errol Garner , American musician (b. 1921 ) January 14 - Anthony Eden , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897 ) January 14 - Peter Finch , English-born actor (b. 1916 ) January 14 - Anaďs Nin , French author (b. 1903 ) January 17 - Gary Gilmore , American murderer (executed) (b. 1940 ) January 19 - Yvonne Printemps , French singer and actress (b. 1895 ) January 29 - Buster Nupen , South African cricketer (b. 1902 ) January 29 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (b. 1954 ) February 4 - Brett Halliday , American writer (b. 1904 ) February 11 - Louis Beel , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902 ) February 27 - Allison Hayes , American actress (b. 1930 ) February 28 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson , American actor (b. 1905 ) March 4 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian writer (b. 1951 ) March 11 - Ulysses S. Grant IV , American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893 ) March 16 - Kamal Jumblatt , leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917 ) March 18 - Marien Ngouabi , President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. 1938 ) April-August April 21 - Gummo Marx , American actor and comedian (b. 1892 ) May 5 - Ludwig Erhard , Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897 ) May 10 - Joan Crawford , American actress (b. 1905 ) June 16 - Werner von Braun , German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912 ) June 19 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell , English Chief Girl Guide (b. 1889 ) June 19 - Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist (b. 1933 ) July 2 - Vladimir Nabokov , Russian-born writer (b. 1899 ) July 13 - Carl Gustav von Rosen , Swedish pilot (b. 1909 ) July 23 - Arsenio Erico , Paraguayan footballer (b. 1915 ) August 14 - Ron Haydock , American actor, writer, and musician (b. 1940 ) August 16 - Elvis Presley , American singer and actor (b. 1935 ) August 19 - Groucho Marx , American actor and comedian (b. 1890 ) September-December September 1 - Ethel Waters , American singer (b. 1896 ) September 6 - John Edensor Littlewood , British mathematician (b. 1885 ) September 12 - Steve Biko , South African activist (b. 1946 ) September 13 - Leopold Stokowski , English conductor (b. 1882 ) September 16 - Marc Bolan , English musician (b. 1947 ) September 16 - Maria Callas , American-born soprano (b. 1923 ) October 14 - Bing Crosby , American singer and actor (b. 1903 ) October 20 - Killed in a plane crash: November 5 - René Goscinny , French comic book writer (b. 1926 ) November 8 - Bucky Harris , baseball player (b. 1896 ) November 15 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898 ) November 25 - Tommy Prince , Canadian war hero (b. 1915 ) December 19 - Jacques Tourneur , French director (b. 1904 ) December 25 - Charlie Chaplin , English-born comedian (b. 1889 ) Nobel Prizes
