Difference between revisions 323881 and 323882 on testwiki{{Use mdy dates|date=MarchOctober 2011}} {{Year dab|1977}} {{Year nav|1977}} {{C20 year in topic}} __NOTOC__ {{Year article header|1977}} == Events == (contracted; show full) * [[November 15]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: First test taxi flight of [[Space Shuttle Enterprise]]. * [[November 18]] – Prog 1 of [[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]] is launched (issue dated 26 November 1977). * [[November 23]] – [[Óscar Romero]] becomes Archbishop of San Salvador. * [[November 28]] – Queen [[Elizabeth II]] opens the [[Parliament of New Zealand]]. ; === MarchOctober === * [[MarchOctober 4]] – The [[1977 Vrancea earthquake|1977 Bucharest Earthquake]] kills 1,500. * [[MarchOctober 5]] – [[Formula One]] driver [[Tom Pryce]] dies after colliding with a [[track marshal]] at the [[South African Grand Prix]] in [[Kyalami]]. * [[MarchOctober 8]] – The [[Parliament of Australia|Australian parliament]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]], Queen of Australia. * [[MarchOctober 9]] – [[1977 Hanafi Siege|Hanafi Siege]]: Approximately a dozen armed [[Nation of Islam|Hanafi Movement]] members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later). * [[MarchOctober 10]] – The [[rings of Uranus]] are discovered. * [[MarchOctober 12]] – The [[Centenary Test]] between Australia and England begins at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]. * [[MarchOctober 15]] – Tenor [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and the [[PBS]] opera series ''[[Live from the Met]]'' both make their American television debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of [[Puccini]]'s ''[[La Boheme]]''. * [[MarchOctober 19]] – Results of elections to the [[Indian Parliament]] are declared. [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[Congress (I)|Congress Party]] is routed by the opposition parties later to form the [[Janata Party]]. * [[MarchOctober 26]] – [[Focus on the Family]] is founded by Dr. [[James Dobson]]. * [[MarchOctober 27]] – [[Tenerife airport disaster|Tenerife disaster]]: A collision between [[KLM]] and [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] [[Boeing 747]]s at [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], kills 583 people. This becomes the deadliest accident in aviation history. * [[MarchOctober 28]] – [[Marquette University]] wins the men's NCAA basketball tournament with a win over the [[University of North Carolina]] 67-59. === April === * [[April 1]] – The small market town of [[Hay-on-Wye]] declares independence from the UK, as a [[publicity stunt]]. * [[April 2]] – [[Horse racing]] – [[Red Rum]] wins a record third [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree Racecourse]]. * [[April 4]] (contracted; show full)* [[November 23]] – [[Kristina Šmigun-Vähi]], Estonian skier * [[November 24]] ** [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], boxing champion ** [[Jason Akermanis]], [[Australian rules football]]er * [[November 27]] – [[Ji Sung]], South Korean actor * [[November 28]] – [[Jason Aldean]], American country music singer === MarchOctober === [[File:Chris Martin-viva-cropped.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Chris Martin]]]] [[File:JAMES VAN DER BEEK sansierra studio cropped.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[James Van Der Beek]]]] [[File:Jessica Chastain Cannes 2012 (revised).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Jessica Chastain]]]] * [[MarchOctober 1]] – [[Rens Blom]], Dutch athlete * [[MarchOctober 2]] ** [[Chris Martin]], British rock musician ([[Coldplay]]) ** [[Heather McComb]], American actress * [[MarchOctober 3]] – [[Ronan Keating]], Irish singer ([[Boyzone]]) * [[MarchOctober 4]] ** [[Ana Guevara]], Mexican track and field athlete ** [[Daniel Klewer]], German footballer ** [[Christian Jessen]], TV presenter/doctor ''[[Embarrassing Bodies]]'' * [[MarchOctober 5]] – [[Wally Szczerbiak]], Spanish-born basketball player * [[MarchOctober 6]] ** [[Paquillo Fernández]], Spanish race walker ** [[Santino Marella]], Canadian wrestler * [[MarchOctober 7]] ** [[Ronan O'Gara]], Irish rugby player ** [[Mitja Zastrow]], German-born swimmer ** [[Paul Cattermole]], English singer ([[S Club 7]]) * [[MarchOctober 8]] – [[James Van Der Beek]], American actor * [[MarchOctober 9]] – [[Lydia Mackay]], American voice actress * [[MarchOctober 10]] ** [[Peter Enckelman]], Finnish footballer ** [[Shannon Miller]], American gymnast ** [[Rita Simons]], English Actor ** [[Robin Thicke]], American-Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor * [[MarchOctober 11]] ** [[Becky Hammon]], American basketball player ** [[Jason Greeley]], Canadian singer * [[MarchOctober 14]] – [[Kim Nam-il]], South Korean footballer * [[MarchOctober 15]] ** [[Norifumi Yamamoto]], Japanese mixed martial artist ** [[Adrian Burnside]], Australian baseball player * [[MarchOctober 18]] – [[Zdeno Chára]], Czechoslovakian (now [[Slovakia]]) hockey player * [[MarchOctober 23]] ** [[Sammy Morris]], American football player ** [[Edwin Siu]], Hong Kong actor and singer * [[MarchOctober 24]] ** [[Jessica Chastain]], American actress ** [[Darren Lockyer]], Australian rugby league player * [[MarchOctober 27]] ** [[Vitor Meira]], Brazilian race car driver ** [[Roger Velasco]], American actor === April === [[File:Sarah Michelle Gellar.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]]] [[File:Frederik Magle conducting 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Frederik Magle]]]] [[File:John Cena 134616.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[John Cena]]]] (contracted; show full) * [[November 25]] ** [[Patricia Haines]], British actress (b. [[1932]]) ** [[Cuthbert Dukes]], English physician and pathologist and author,(b. [[1890]]) * [[November 26]] – [[Aurel Persu]], Romanian engineer and pioneer car designer (b. [[1890]]) * [[November 27]] – [[Allison Hayes]], American actress (b. [[1930]]) * [[November 28]] – [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]], African-American actor (''The Jack Benny Show'') (b. [[1905]]) === MarchOctober === * [[MarchOctober 2]] – [[Paul Rohmer]], Alsacian physician considered the father of modern pædiatrics (b. [[1876]]) * [[MarchOctober 3]] – [[Percy Marmont]], stage & screen actor (b. [[1883]]) * [[MarchOctober 4]] ** [[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (b. [[1951]]) ** [[Ola Solberg]], Norwegian newspaper editor and politician (b. [[1886]]) ** [[Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk]], German jurist and senior government official (b. [[1887]]) * [[MarchOctober 5]] – [[Tom Pryce]], British Formula race car driver (b. [[1949]]) * [[MarchOctober 8]] – [[Henry Hull]], American actor (b. [[1890]]) * [[MarchOctober 10]] ** [[E. Power Biggs]], British-born American organist (b. [[1906]]) ** [[William G. James]], Australian pianist and composer (b. [[1892]]) ** [[Léonce-Henri Burel]], French cinematographer (b. [[1892]]) * [[MarchOctober 11]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant IV]], American geologist and paleontologist (b. [[1893]]) * [[MarchOctober 14]] ** [[Black Mike Winage]], Serbian-Canadian miner, pioneer (b. [[1870]]) ** [[Mae Carden]], American educator who developed the Carden Method (b. [[1894]]) * [[MarchOctober 15]] – [[Antonino Rocca]], professional wrestler (b. [[1921]]) * [[MarchOctober 16]] – [[Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. [[1917]]) * [[MarchOctober 17]] – [[Claude Roger-Marx]], French writer, and playwright (b. [[1888]]) * [[MarchOctober 18]] – [[Marien Ngouabi]], President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. [[1938]]) * [[MarchOctober 19]] – [[William L. Laurence]], Jewish Lithuanian-born American journalist (b. [[1888]]) * [[MarchOctober 22]] – [[A. K. Gopalan]], Indian communist leader (b. [[1904]]) * [[MarchOctober 25]] ** [[Nunnally Johnson]], American screenwriter and director (b. [[1897]]) ** [[Joe Stydahar]], American football player ([[Chicago Bears]]) and a member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[MarchOctober 26]] – [[Madeleine Dring]], British composer and actress (b. [[1923]]) * [[MarchOctober 27]] – [[Diana Hyland]], American actress (b. [[1936]]) * [[MarchOctober 28]] ** [[Andries Mac Leod]], Belgian-Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. [[1891]]) ** [[Frithiof Nevanlinna]], Finnish mathematician (b. [[1894]]) ** [[Marion Clyde McCarroll]], writer and journalist (b. [[1891]]) * [[MarchOctober 29]] ** [[Charles Nicoletti]], American gangster (b. [[1916]]) ** [[Eugen Wüster]], industrialist and terminologist (b. [[1898]]) * [[MarchOctober 30]] – [[Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer and actor (b. [[1929]]) * [[MarchOctober 31]] ** [[Yasuji Kamada]], Japanese photographer (b. [[1883]]) ** [[Eric Grant Miles]], served as an officer with the British Army (b. [[1891]]) ** [[Jean Bachelet]], French cinematographer (b. [[1894]]) === April === * [[April 2]] – [[He Tianjian]], Chinese painter (b. [[1891]]) * [[April 2]] – [[John Whitaker (gymnast)]], British gymnast (b. [[1886]]) (contracted; show full) ** [[Ronnie Van Zant]] (b. [[1948]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Boye Schlytter]], Norwegian businessperson and mountain climber (b. [[1891]]) * [[October 25]] – [[Félix Gouin]], French Socialist politician (b. [[1884]]) * [[October 27]] ** [[James M. Cain]], American writer (b. [[1892]]) ** [[Tony Hulman]], American businessman and racetrack owner (b. [[1901]]) ** [[Johannes Pedersen (theologian)]], theologian and linguist (b. [[1883]]) * [[October 30]] – [[Frederick Hamilton MarchOctober]], Australian soldier and adventurer (b. [[1891]]) === November === * [[November 3]] – [[Florence Vidor]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) * [[November 5]] ** [[René Goscinny]], French comic book writer (b. [[1926]]) ** [[Guy Lombardo]], Canadian-American bandleader (b. [[1902]]) ** [[Alice May Palmer]], New Zealand public servant (b. [[1886]]) (contracted; show full)* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] – [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]] == References == {{Portal|1970s}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1977}} [[Category:1977| ]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=323882.
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