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== Events ==

=== January ===
* JanuaryDecember ===
* December – The world's first personal all-in-one computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the [[Commodore PET]], is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
* [[JanuaryDecember 1]] – The Australian state of Queensland abolishes the [[inheritance tax]].
* [[JanuaryDecember 3]] – [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] is incorporated.
* [[JanuaryDecember 6]] &ndash; Record company [[EMI]] sacks the controversial United Kingdom [[punk rock]] group the [[Sex Pistols]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/07/sex-pistols-emi-end-contract-1977</ref>
* [[JanuaryDecember 8]] &ndash; [[1977 Moscow bombings|Three bombs]] explode in [[Moscow]] within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an [[Armenia]]n separatist group.
* [[JanuaryDecember 10]]
** [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in eastern [[Zaire]] (now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).
** [[Ocean Park, Hong Kong|Ocean Park]] opens in Hong Kong.
[[File:Oceanpark-entrance.JPG|100px|thumb|[[JanuaryDecember 10]]: [[Ocean Park, Hong Kong]]]]
* [[JanuaryDecember 15]] &ndash; [[Kälvesta air disaster]]: A Swedish airliner crashes into a residential area of [[Stockholm]], killing all 22 on board.
* [[JanuaryDecember 17]] &ndash; [[Gary Gilmore]] is executed by [[firing squad]] in [[Utah]] (the first execution after the reintroduction of the death penalty in the U.S.).
* [[JanuaryDecember 18]]
** Scientists identify a previously unknown [[Bacteria|bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Legionnaires' disease]].
** Australia's worst [[Granville rail disaster|railway disaster at Granville]], near Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.
** [[SFR Yugoslavia]] Prime minister [[Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
* [[JanuaryDecember 19]]
** U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] pardons [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]] (aka "[[Tokyo Rose]]").
** Snow falls in [[Miami]] (despite its ordinarily [[tropical climate]]) for the only time in its history. Snowfall has occurred farther south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii.
* [[JanuaryDecember 20]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Carter]] succeeds [[Gerald Ford]] as the 39th [[President of the United States]].
* [[JanuaryDecember 21]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] pardons [[Vietnam War]] draft evaders.
* [[JanuaryDecember 23]]&ndash; Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] of India calls for fresh elections to the [[Lok Sabha]] and releases all political prisoners.
* [[JanuaryDecember 23]] &ndash; ''[[Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]'' begins its phenomenally successful run on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
* [[JanuaryDecember 24]] &ndash; The [[1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] occurs during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]].
* [[JanuaryDecember 26]] &ndash; [[Katimavik]] is founded as a volunteer service organization for Canadian youths.
* [[JanuaryDecember 28]] &ndash; The [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]] hits Buffalo, New York, and the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.
* [[JanuaryDecember 31]] &ndash; The [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] is officially opened by French President [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]].

=== February ===
* [[February 2]] The Congress party of India, led by [[Indira Gandhi]], splits with [[Jagjivan Ram]] and other senior leaders, forming [[Congress for Democracy]]. This party later merges with the [[Janata Party]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s [[Grammy]]-winning album ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' is released.
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* The [[Soviet National Anthem]]'s lyrics are returned after a 24 year period, with [[Joseph Stalin]]'s name omitted.
* [[Mormon sex in chains case]] with the alleged abduction in England of a young [[Mormon missionary]].
* The [[WAVES]] are disbanded; women integrated into the regular [[United States Navy|Navy]].

== Births ==

=== 
JanuaryDecember ===
[[File:Orlando Bloom at Venice Festival.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Orlando Bloom]]]]
[[File:Leigh Whannell Saw 3D premiere.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Leigh Whannell]]]]
* [[JanuaryDecember 1]]
** [[Craig Reucassel]], Australian comedian
* [[JanuaryDecember 2]]
** [[Gavin Mahon]], English footballer
** [[Aleš Píša]], Czech ice hockey player
* [[JanuaryDecember 3]]
** [[Mayumi Iizuka]], Japanese voice actress
** [[A. J. Burnett]], American baseball player
** [[Jim Shearer]], American VJ ([[MTV2]] & [[VH1]]) and television personality
* [[JanuaryDecember 4]] &ndash; [[Tim Wheeler]], Irish musician
* [[JanuaryDecember 7]]
** [[John Gidding]], American actor and architect
** [[Dustin Diamond]], American actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 8]] &ndash; [[Amber Benson]], American actress
* [[JanuaryDecember 11]] &ndash; [[Anni Friesinger-Postma]], German speed skater
* [[JanuaryDecember 12]] &ndash; [[Piolo Pascual]], Filipino actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 13]] &ndash; [[Orlando Bloom]], British actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 14]] &ndash; [[Ruco Chan]], Hong Kong actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 17]] &ndash; [[Leigh Whannell]], Australian actor and writer
* [[JanuaryDecember 19]] &ndash; [[Taliesin Jaffe]], American voice actor and actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 20]] &ndash; [[Melody (Belgian singer)|Melody]], Belgian singer
* [[JanuaryDecember 21]] &ndash; [[Jerry Trainor]], American actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 22]] &ndash; [[Hidetoshi Nakata]], Japanese footballer
* [[JanuaryDecember 23]] &ndash; [[Kamal Heer]], Punjabi singer and musician
* [[JanuaryDecember 24]] &ndash; [[Johann Urb]], American actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 25]]
** [[Hatem Trabelsi]], Tunisian footballer
** [[The-Dream]], American singer
** [[Christian Ingebrigtsen]], Norwegian singer ([[A1 (band)|A1]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 26]] &ndash; [[Vince Carter]], American basketball player
* [[JanuaryDecember 27]] &ndash; [[Jermaine Jackson|Jermaine Jackson, Jr.]], African-American actor
* [[JanuaryDecember 28]]
** [[Lyle Overbay]], American baseball player
** [[Daunte Culpepper]], American football player
** [[Joey Fatone]], American musician ([['N Sync]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 31]] &ndash; [[Mark Dutiaume]], Canadian hockey player

=== February ===
[[File:Shakira Rio 03.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Shakira]]]]
[[File:Barry hall.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Barry Hall]]]]
* [[February 2]]
** [[Shakira]], Colombian musician
** [[Jessica Wahls]], German pop singer
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* [[Hayko]], Armenian singer
* [[Yaakov Shwekey]], Jewish singer

== Deaths ==

=== 
JanuaryDecember ===
[[File:Rt Hon Anthony Eden MP.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Anthony Eden]]]]
* [[JanuaryDecember 1]] 
** [[Etelka Freund]],Hungarian pianist. (b. [[1879]])
** [[Adam Fox]], Indian born British male tennis player. (b. [[1879]])
** [[Michael Hogan (screenwriter)]], British screenwriter. (b. [[1893]])
** [[Johannes Pedersen (theologian)]], noted theologian and linguist. (b. [[1883]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 2]] &ndash; [[Erroll Garner]], American musician (b. [[1921]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 3]]
** [[Carroll Quigley]], American historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (b. [[1910]])
** [[Hans Reinowski]], German politician (b. [[1900]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 5]]
** [[Artur Adson]], Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic (b. [[1889]])
** [[Onslow Stevens]], American actor (b. [[1902]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 6]] &ndash; [[William Gropper]], American artist (b. [[1897]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 11]]
** [[Hilder F. Smith]], pioneer aviator (b. [[1890]])
** [[Henry Cronin]], British civil engineer and army officer (b. [[1894]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 12]] &ndash; [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director (b. [[1907]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 13]] &ndash; [[Henri Langlois]], French film historian (b. [[1914]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 14]]
** [[Anthony Eden]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1897]])
** [[Peter Finch]], English-born actor (b. [[1916]])
** [[Anaïs Nin]], French author (b. [[1903]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 17]] &ndash; [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (executed) (b. [[1940]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 18]] &ndash; [[Džemal Bijedić]], [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] [[Prime Minister]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 19]] &ndash; [[Yvonne Printemps]], French singer and actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 21]] &ndash; [[Sandro Penna]], Italian poet (b. [[1906]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 22]] &ndash; [[Billy Down]], English professional association footballer (b. [[1898]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 23]] &ndash; [[Toots Shor]], New York restaurateur (b. [[1903]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 24]] &ndash; [[Eli Lilly (industrialist)]],  pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indianapolis,(b. [[1885]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 27]] 
** [[Eero Nelimarkka]], Finnish painter (b. [[1891]])
** [[Walter Baldwin]], prolific character actor (b. [[1889]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 28]] &ndash; [[Burt Mustin]], American actor (b. [[1884]])
* [[JanuaryDecember 29]]
** [[Buster Nupen]], South African cricketer (b. [[1902]])
** [[Freddie Prinze]], American actor and comedian (''Chico and the Man'') (b. [[1954]])

=== February ===
[[File:Queenalia.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Queen Alia]]]]

* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Pauline Starke]], American actress (b. [[1901]])
(contracted; show full)* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] &ndash; [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]]

== References ==
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