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== Events ==
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=== January ===
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* January – The world's first personal all-in-one computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the [[Wikipedia:Commodore PET]], is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
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* [[Wikipedia:January 1]] – The Australian state of [[Wikipedia:Queensland]] abolishes [[Wikipedia:inheritance tax]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 3]] – [[Wikipedia:Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] Inc. is incorporated.
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* '''[[Wikipedia:January 6]] &ndash; Record company [[Wikipedia:EMI]] sacks the controversial [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom]] [[Wikipedia:punk rock]] group the [[Wikipedia:Sex Pistols]].'''<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/07/sex-pistols-emi-end-contract-1977</ref>
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* [[Wikipedia:January 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl XI]]: The [[Wikipedia:Oakland Raiders]] defeat the [[Wikipedia:Minnesota Vikings]] 32–14 at the [[Wikipedia:Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Wikipedia:Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[Wikipedia:California]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 10]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in eastern [[Wikipedia:Zaire]] (now the [[Wikipedia:Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).
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** [[Wikipedia:Ocean Park Hong Kong|Ocean Park]] opens in [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong]].
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[[File:Oceanpark-entrance.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Wikipedia:January 10]]: [[Wikipedia:Ocean Park Hong Kong|Ocean Park]], [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong]]]]
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* [[Wikipedia:January 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kälvesta air disaster]]: A Swedish airliner crashes into a residential area of [[Wikipedia:Stockholm]], killing all 22 on board.
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* [[Wikipedia:January 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gary Gilmore]] is executed by [[Wikipedia:firing squad]] in [[Wikipedia:Utah]] (the first execution after the reintroduction of the death penalty in the U.S.).
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* [[Wikipedia:January 18]]
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** Scientists identify a previously unknown [[Wikipedia:Bacteria|bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Wikipedia:Legionellosis|Legionnaires' disease]].
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** [[Wikipedia:Australia]]'s worst [[Wikipedia:Granville railway disaster|railway disaster at Granville]], near [[Wikipedia:Sydney]], leaves 83 people dead.
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** [[Wikipedia:SFR Yugoslavia]] Prime minister, [[Wikipedia:Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in [[Wikipedia:Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 19]]
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** U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Gerald Ford]] pardons [[Wikipedia:Iva Toguri D'Aquino]] (aka "[[Wikipedia:Tokyo Rose]]").
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** [[Wikipedia:Snow]] falls in [[Wikipedia:Miami, Florida]] (despite its ordinarily [[Wikipedia:tropical climate]]) for the only time in its history. Snowfall has occurred farther south in the [[Wikipedia:United States]] only on the high mountains of the state of [[Wikipedia:Hawaii]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter]] succeeds [[Wikipedia:Gerald Ford]] as the 39th [[Wikipedia:President of the United States]].
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[[File:Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Wikipedia:January 20]]: [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter]] 39th [[Wikipedia:U.S.]] [[Wikipedia:President]].]]
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* [[Wikipedia:January 21]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter]] pardons [[Wikipedia:Vietnam War]] draft evaders.
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* [[Wikipedia:January 23]] &ndash; ''[[Wikipedia:Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]'' begins its phenomenally successful run on [[Wikipedia:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 24]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] occurs during the [[Wikipedia:Spanish transition to democracy]].
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* [[Wikipedia:January 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Katimavik]] is founded as a volunteer service organization for Canadian youths.
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* [[Wikipedia:January 28]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]] hits Buffalo, New York; and the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.
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* [[Wikipedia:January 31]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Centre Georges Pompidou]] is officially opened by French President [[Wikipedia:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]].
  
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=== February ===
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* [[Wikipedia:February 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Fleetwood Mac]]'s [[Wikipedia:Grammy]]-winning album ''[[Wikipedia:Rumours]]'' is released.
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* [[Wikipedia:February 7]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Wikipedia:Soyuz 24]]'' ([[Wikipedia:Viktor Gorbatko]], [[Wikipedia:Yuri Glazkov]]) to dock with the ''[[Wikipedia:Salyut 5]]'' space station.
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* [[Wikipedia:February 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle program]]: First test taxi flight of [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise]].
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* [[Wikipedia:February 18]] &ndash; Prog 1 of [[Wikipedia:2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]], is launched (issue dated 26 February 1977).
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* [[Wikipedia:February 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Oscar Romero]] becomes Archbishop of San Salvador.
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* [[Wikipedia:February 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]] opens the [[Wikipedia:Parliament of New Zealand]].
  
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=== March ===
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* [[Wikipedia:March 4]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:1977 Vrancea earthquake|1977 Bucharest Earthquake]] kills 1,500.
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* [[Wikipedia:March 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Formula One]] driver [[Wikipedia:Tom Pryce]] dies after colliding with a [[Wikipedia:track marshal]] at the [[Wikipedia:South African Grand Prix]] in [[Wikipedia:Kyalami]].
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* [[Wikipedia:March 8]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Parliament of Australia|Australian parliament]] is opened by [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]], [[Wikipedia:Monarchy of Australia|Queen of Australia]].
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* [[Wikipedia:March 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:1977 Hanafi Siege|Hanafi Siege]]: Approximately a dozen armed [[Wikipedia:Nation of Islam|Hanafi Movement]] members take over 3 buildings in [[Wikipedia:Washington, D.C.]], killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends 2 days later.
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* [[Wikipedia:March 10]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:rings of Uranus]] are discovered.
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* [[Wikipedia:March 12]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Centenary Test]] between Australia and England begins at the [[Wikipedia:Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
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* [[Wikipedia:March 15]] &ndash; Tenor [[Wikipedia:Luciano Pavarotti]] and the [[Wikipedia:Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[Wikipedia:opera]] series ''[[Wikipedia:Live from the Met]]'' both make their [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] [[Wikipedia:television]] debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of [[Wikipedia:Puccini]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:La Boheme]]''.
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* [[Wikipedia:March 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Focus on the Family]] is founded by Dr. [[Wikipedia:James Dobson]].
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* [[Wikipedia:March 27]] &ndash; '''[[Wikipedia:Tenerife disaster]]: A collision between [[Wikipedia:KLM]] and [[Wikipedia:Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] [[Wikipedia:Boeing 747]]s at [[Wikipedia:Tenerife]], [[Wikipedia:Canary Islands]], kills 583 persons (the deadliest accident in aviation history).'''
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=== April ===
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* [[Wikipedia:April 1]] &ndash; The small market town of [[Wikipedia:Hay-on-Wye]] declares [[Wikipedia:independence]] from the UK, as a [[Wikipedia:publicity stunt]].
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* [[Wikipedia:April 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Horse Racing]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Red Rum]] wins a record third [[Wikipedia:Grand National]] at [[Wikipedia:Aintree racecourse]].
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* [[Wikipedia:April 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Grundy, Virginia]] experienced a major flood that made around $15 million in damages to 228 residential and commercial structures. To date the town is still recovering.
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* [[Wikipedia:April 7]]
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** '''German Federal Prosecutor [[Wikipedia:Siegfried Buback]] and his driver are shot by 2 [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] members while waiting at a red light near his home in [[Wikipedia:Karlsruhe]]. The "[[Wikipedia:Ulrike Meinhof]] Commando" later claims responsibility.'''
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** The [[Wikipedia:Toronto Blue Jays]] play their first-ever game of [[Wikipedia:baseball]] against the [[Wikipedia:Chicago White Sox]].
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** The [[Wikipedia:Seattle Mariners]] play their first-ever game of [[Wikipedia:baseball]] against the [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]].
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[[File:Silver Routemaster SRM3.jpg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:April 11]]: UK [[Wikipedia:Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] (25 red buses painted silver).]]
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* [[Wikipedia:April 8]] &ndash; '''The punk band [[Wikipedia:The Clash]]'s debut album ''[[Wikipedia:The Clash (album)|The Clash]]'' is released in the [[Wikipedia:UK]] on [[Wikipedia:CBS Records]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:April 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport]]'s '''[[Wikipedia:Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]]''' [[Wikipedia:Routemaster|buses]] are launched.
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* [[Wikipedia:April 21]] &ndash; Residents of [[Wikipedia:Dover, Massachusetts]] report sightings of an [[Wikipedia:Dover Demon|eerie monster]].
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* [[Wikipedia:April 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Wikipedia:telephone]] traffic.
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* [[Wikipedia:April 27]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Guatemala City air disaster]] kills 28 people.
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* [[Wikipedia:April 28]] &ndash; '''A [[Wikipedia:Stuttgart]] court sentences [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] members [[Wikipedia:Andreas Baader]], [[Wikipedia:Gudrun Ensslin]] and [[Wikipedia:Jan-Carl Raspe]] to [[Wikipedia:life imprisonment]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:April 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin]] sets a new world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction at the [[Wikipedia:Pontiac Silverdome]] when 76,229 persons attend a concert here on the group's [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977|1977 North American Tour]].
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=== May ===
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* [[Wikipedia:May 1]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Taksim Square massacre]] in [[Wikipedia:Istanbul]] results in 34 deaths, hundreds of injuries.
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* [[Wikipedia:May 3]] &ndash; The ''[[Wikipedia:HMS Invincible (R05)|HMS Invincible]]'' is launched at [[Wikipedia:Barrow-in-Furness]] by [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]].
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* [[Wikipedia:May 14]]
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** The [[Wikipedia:1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash|1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash]] in [[Wikipedia:Lusaka]], [[Wikipedia:Zambia]] kills all 6 on board.
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** '''In [[Wikipedia:Milan]], [[Wikipedia:Italy]], during a far-left demonstration, a hooded person shoots at the police, killing a policeman, Antonio Custra. The scene is photographed and the picture<ref>[http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=32481_2_122_540lo.jpg Im135.imageavenue.com]</ref> of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street appears in many magazines around the world.'''
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* [[Wikipedia:May 17]]
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** The [[Wikipedia:Likud]] Party, led by [[Wikipedia:Menachem Begin]], wins the elections in [[Wikipedia:Israel]].
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** '''[[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]] commences her [[Wikipedia:Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|1977 Silver Jubilee]] tour in [[Wikipedia:Glasgow]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:May 23]]
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** Scientists report using [[Wikipedia:bacteria]] in a lab to make [[Wikipedia:insulin]].
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** [[Wikipedia:Molucca]]n terrorists take over a school in [[Wikipedia:Midden-Drenthe|Bovensmilde]], northern [[Wikipedia:Netherlands]] (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde-[[Wikipedia:Assen]] route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On [[Wikipedia:June 11]], [[Wikipedia:Netherlands Marine Corps|Dutch Royal Marines]] storm the train; 6 terrorists and 2 hostages are killed.
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* [[Wikipedia:May 25]] &ndash; ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.
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* [[Wikipedia:May 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:George Willig]] climbs the South Tower of the [[Wikipedia:World Trade Center]].
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* [[Wikipedia:May 27]]
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[[File:SexPistols GodSaveTheQueen.jpg|thumb|350px|[[God Save the Queen]] cover: A visual [[Wikipedia:portmanteau|portmanteau]]; see the article]]
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** ''[[God Save the Queen]]'' [[Wikipedia:God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|(WP)]] released. It was the second single released by the [[Sex Pistols]]. While Wikipedia has it first and foremost that the song "was regarded by much of the general public to be an assault on Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy" [[John Lydon]] says, ''"You don't write 'God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race, you write a song like that because you love them; and you're fed up with them being mistreated…"''<ref name="LydonCom1">{{cite web | author= John Lydon | year=2007 | title=Sex Pistols Vinyl Reissues 2007: God Save The Queen| work=johnlydon.com| url=http://www.johnlydon.com/press/pistols.html | accessdate= 29 January 2008 }}</ref>
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** [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]] opens the new Air Terminal Building at [[Wikipedia:Edinburgh Airport]].
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** The [[Wikipedia:1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 crash|1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash]] in [[Wikipedia:Cuba]] kills 69 people.
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* [[Wikipedia:May 28]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Beverly Hills Supper Club fire|Beverly Hills Supper Club]] in [[Wikipedia:Southgate, Kentucky]] is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
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* [[Wikipedia:May 29]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:1977 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]]: [[Wikipedia:A. J. Foyt|A.J. Foyt]] becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.
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=== June ===
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* [[Wikipedia:June 5]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Coup d'état|coup]] takes place in the [[Wikipedia:Seychelles]].
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** The first [[Wikipedia:Apple II series]] computers go on sale.
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** The [[Wikipedia:Portland Trail Blazers]] defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 to win the NBA finals 4–2. Bill Walton is named series MVP.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:June 9|9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Jubilee]] celebrations are held in the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom]] to celebrate 25 years of [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]]'s reign.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 7]] &ndash; After campaigning by [[Wikipedia:Anita Bryant]] and her anti-gay "Save Our Children" crusade, [[Wikipedia:Miami-Dade County, Florida]] voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's [[Wikipedia:gay]] rights ordinance.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 10]] &ndash; '''[[Wikipedia:James Earl Ray]] escapes from [[Wikipedia:List of Tennessee state prisons|Brushy Mountain State Prison]] in [[Wikipedia:Petros, Tennessee]] (he is recaptured on [[Wikipedia:June 13]]).'''
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* [[Wikipedia:June 11]] &ndash; Andreas Hector, Computer Scientist, was born.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 12]] &ndash;  [[Wikipedia:The Supremes]] perform their final concert together at Drury Lane in London, England and disband.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 15]] &ndash; '''[[Wikipedia:Spain]] has [[Wikipedia:Spanish general election, 1977|its first democratic election]]s, after 41 years under the [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Wikipedia:Fascism|(WP)]] regime of [[Wikipedia:Francisco Franco|Francisco Franco]]. Franco died on the 20th November 1975, 30 years after the war that is so often claimed to have been fought against fascism. His fascist regime gained power in 1939; Nazi Germany sent troops to back him, but no Allied powers sent troops to fight against him, other than the USSR.'''
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* [[Wikipedia:June 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Oracle Corporation]] is incorporated in [[Wikipedia:Redwood Shores, California]] as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by [[Wikipedia:Larry Ellison]], [[Wikipedia:Bob Miner]] and [[Wikipedia:Ed Oates]].
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* [[Wikipedia:June 20]]
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** '''The [[Wikipedia:Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that states are not required to spend [[Wikipedia:Medicaid]] funds on elective abortions.'''
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** [[Wikipedia:Anglia Television]] broadcasts the fake documentary ''[[Wikipedia:Alternative 3]]'', which enters into the conspiracy theory canon.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Bülent Ecevit]], of [[Wikipedia:Republican People's Party (Turkey)|CHP]] forms the new government of [[Wikipedia:Turkey]] (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence)
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* [[Wikipedia:June 25]]
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**The [[Wikipedia:1977 Rugby League World Cup]] culminates in [[Wikipedia:Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]'s 13–12 victory over [[Wikipedia:Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] at the [[Wikipedia:Sydney Cricket Ground]] before 24,457 spectators.
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**[[Wikipedia:United States|American]] [[Wikipedia:Roy Sullivan]] is struck by [[Wikipedia:lightning]] for the seventh time.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 26]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley]] performs his last-ever concert at [[Wikipedia:Market Square Arena]] in [[Wikipedia:Indianapolis]].
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** '''Some 200,000 protesters march through the streets of [[Wikipedia:San Francisco]], protesting [[Wikipedia:Anita Bryant]]'s anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough.'''
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** 16-year-old shop assistant Jayne Macdonald is murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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* [[Wikipedia:June 30]]
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** '''[[Wikipedia:SEATO]] is dissolved.'''
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** Women [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|Marines]] disbanded; women are integrated into regular [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]].
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===July===
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* [[Wikipedia:July 1]]
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** [[Wikipedia:CKO]] (a now-defunct [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canadian]] all [[Wikipedia:news radio]] network) begins broadcasting.
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** [[Wikipedia:East African Community|EAC]] dissolved.
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* [[Wikipedia:July 5]] &ndash; General [[Wikipedia:Mohammed Zia ul-Haq]] overthrows [[Wikipedia:Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected Prime Minister of [[Wikipedia:Pakistan]].
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* [[Wikipedia:July 13]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:New York City blackout of 1977]] lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
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* [[Wikipedia:July 15]] &ndash; Anti-drug campaigner [[Wikipedia:Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner)|Donald Mackay]] disappears near Griffith, [[Wikipedia:New South Wales]] (presumed murdered).
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* [[Wikipedia:July 19]]&ndash;[[Wikipedia:July 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Flood]]ing in [[Wikipedia:Johnstown, PA]], caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
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* [[Wikipedia:July 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Süleyman Demirel]], of [[Wikipedia:Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]] forms the new government of [[Wikipedia:Turkey]] (41st government a three party coalition, so called second national front ({{lang-tr|Milliyetçi cephe}}))
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* [[Wikipedia:July 22]] &ndash; '''The purged [[Wikipedia:People's Republic of China|Chinese Communist]] leader [[Wikipedia:Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power 9 months after the "[[Wikipedia:Gang of Four (China)|Gang of Four]]" was expelled from power in a coup d'état.'''
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* [[Wikipedia:July 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin]] plays their last U.S. concert in Oakland, CA at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter [[Wikipedia:Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]'s staff, resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer [[Wikipedia:John Bonham]].
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* [[Wikipedia:July 28]] &ndash; The first oil through the [[Wikipedia:Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] reaches [[Wikipedia:Valdez, Alaska]].
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* [[Wikipedia:July 30]] &ndash; '''Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht,<ref>[http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/raf/albrechtsusanne.html Baader-Meinhof.com]</ref> [[Wikipedia:Brigitte Mohnhaupt]] and a third person assassinate Jürgen Ponto,<ref>[http://www.dresdner-bank.com/content/03_unternehmen/05_gesellschaftliches_engagement/02_ponto_stiftung/ Dresdner-Bank.com]</ref> chairman of the [[Wikipedia:Dresdner Bank]] in [[Wikipedia:Oberursel]], [[Wikipedia:West Germany]].'''
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=== August ===
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[[File:Elvis grave Graceland.jpg|thumb|170px|right|[[Wikipedia:August 16]]: [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley]] dies. His funeral in Memphis attracts 75,000 fans.]]
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* [[Wikipedia:August 3]]
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** [[Wikipedia:United States Senate]] hearings on [[Wikipedia:MKULTRA]] are held.
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** The [[Wikipedia:Tandy Corporation]] [[Wikipedia:TRS-80]] Model I computer is announced at a press conference.
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* [[Wikipedia:August 4]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter]] signs legislation creating the [[Wikipedia:United States Department of Energy]].
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* [[Wikipedia:August 7]] &ndash; The Japanese [[Wikipedia:Mount Usu|Usu]] volcano erupts.
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* [[Wikipedia:August 9]] &ndash; The military-controlled government of [[Wikipedia:Uruguay]] announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in [[Wikipedia:1981]] for a President and [[Wikipedia:General Assembly of Uruguay|Congress]].
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* [[Wikipedia:August 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:David Berkowitz]] is captured in [[Wikipedia:Yonkers]], [[Wikipedia:New York]], after over a year of murders in [[Wikipedia:New York City]] as the [[Wikipedia:Son Of Sam]].
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* [[Wikipedia:August 12]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:NASA]] [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle]], named ''[[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
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* [[Wikipedia:August 15]]
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** [[Wikipedia:The Big Ear]], a [[Wikipedia:radio telescope]] operated by [[Wikipedia:Ohio State University]] as part of the [[Wikipedia:SETI]] project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the [[Wikipedia:wow signal|"WOW!" signal]] for a notation made by a volunteer on the project.
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** [[Wikipedia:Herbert Kappler]] escapes from the [[Wikipedia:Caelian Hill]] military hospital in [[Wikipedia:Rome]].
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* [[Wikipedia:August 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley]], the king of [[Wikipedia:rock and roll]] dies in his home in [[Wikipedia:Graceland]] at age 42. 75,000 fans lined the streets of [[Wikipedia:Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] for this funeral.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934884/elvis_presley_19351977_funeral_in_memphis Elvis Presley (1935–1977): Funeral in Memphis]</ref>
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* [[Wikipedia:August 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Groucho Marx]], Comedic legend, star of stage and screen dies of [[Wikipedia:pneumonia]] at  [[Wikipedia:Cedars Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California]] the age of 86 (1890–1977).
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* [[Wikipedia:August 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Voyager program]]: The [[Wikipedia:United States]] launches the [[Wikipedia:Voyager 2]] [[Wikipedia:spacecraft]].
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=== September ===
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* [[Wikipedia:September 3]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Commodore PET]] computer is first sold.
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* [[Wikipedia:September 4]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Golden Dragon Massacre]] took place in [[Wikipedia:San Francisco, California]].
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* [[Wikipedia:September 5]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Voyager program]]: [[Wikipedia:Voyager 1]] is launched after a brief delay.
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** '''[[Wikipedia:German Autumn]]: Employers Association President [[Wikipedia:Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] is kidnapped in [[Wikipedia:Cologne]], [[Wikipedia:West Germany]]. The kidnappers kill 3 escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] (RAF) prisoners.'''
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* [[Wikipedia:September 7]] &ndash; Treaties between [[Wikipedia:Panama]] and the [[Wikipedia:United States]] on the status of the [[Wikipedia:Panama Canal]] are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
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* [[Wikipedia:September 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:INTERPOL]] issues a resolution against the piracy of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs today.
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* [[Wikipedia:September 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Hamida Djandoubi]]'s is the last [[Wikipedia:guillotine]] execution in France.
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* [[Wikipedia:September 12]] &ndash; '''South African activist [[Wikipedia:Steve Biko]] dies after suffering a massive head injury in police custody in [[Wikipedia:Pretoria]], [[Wikipedia:South Africa]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:September 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Glam rock]] pioneer [[Wikipedia:Marc Bolan]] dies in a car crash in [[Wikipedia:Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[Wikipedia:London]].
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* [[Wikipedia:September 18]] &ndash; ''Courageous (U.S.)'', skippered by [[Wikipedia:Ted Turner]], sweeps ''Australia (Australia)'' in the 24th [[Wikipedia:America's Cup]].
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* [[Wikipedia:September 19]] &ndash; '''Under pressure from the [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter|Carter Administration]], [[Wikipedia:President of Nicaragua|President]] [[Wikipedia:Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] lifts the [[Wikipedia:State of emergency|state of siege]] in [[Wikipedia:Nicaragua]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:September 20]] &ndash; Fonzie  [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903,0,6800871.story Jumps the Shark] on [[Wikipedia:Happy Days]] and [[Wikipedia:Charles Emerson Winchester III]] makes his first appearance on M*A*S*H in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638303/ Fade Out, Fade In]
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* [[Wikipedia:September 21]] &ndash; '''A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the [[Wikipedia:United States]] and the [[Wikipedia:Soviet Union]].'''
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* [[Wikipedia:September 28]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Porsche 928]] debuts at the Geneva Auto Convention.
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* [[Wikipedia:September 28]] &ndash; Japan Airlines Flight 472 is hijacked by the [[Japanese Red Army]] [[Wikipedia:Japanese Red Army|(WP)]] (JRA). The JRA is subsequently suspected of a hijacking in [[#December]] 1977
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* [[Wikipedia:September 29]] &ndash; The modern [[Wikipedia:Food Stamp Program]] begins when the [[Wikipedia:Food Stamp Act of 1977]] is enacted.
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=== October ===
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* [[Wikipedia:October 1]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Energy Research and Development Administration]] part of [[Wikipedia:United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]].
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Pelé]] plays his final professional football game as a member of the [[Wikipedia:New York Cosmos]].
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:German Autumn]]: Four [[Wikipedia:Palestinian people|Palestinian]]s hijack a [[Wikipedia:Lufthansa|Lufthansa Airlines]] flight to [[Wikipedia:Somalia]] and demand the release of 11 [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] members (see [[Wikipedia:Lufthansa Flight 181]]).
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* [[Wikipedia:October 14]]
 +
** The [[Wikipedia:Atari 2600]] game system is released.
 +
** '''[[Wikipedia:Anita Bryant]] is famously pied by four gay rights activists during a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. This event resulted in her political fallout from anti-gay activism.'''
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:October 18|18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:German Autumn]]: [[Wikipedia:GSG 9]] troopers storm a hijacked [[Wikipedia:Lufthansa]] passenger plane in [[Wikipedia:Mogadishu]], [[Wikipedia:Somalia]]; 3 of the 4 hijackers die.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 18]]
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** '''[[Wikipedia:German Autumn]]: [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] members [[Wikipedia:Andreas Baader]], [[Wikipedia:Jan-Carl Raspe]] and [[Wikipedia:Gudrun Ensslin]] commit suicide in Stammheim prison; [[Wikipedia:Irmgard Möller]] fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered).  They are buried on [[Wikipedia:October 27]].'''
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** [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II]], [[Wikipedia:Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]], opens the 3rd session of the [[Wikipedia:30th Canadian Parliament]].
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Reggie Jackson]] blasts 3 home runs to lead the [[Wikipedia:New York Yankees]] to a [[Wikipedia:World Series]] victory over the [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Dodgers]].
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[[File:Smallpox.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Wikipedia:October 26]]: Last natural [[Wikipedia:smallpox]] case (in [[Wikipedia:Somalia]]).]]
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* [[Wikipedia:October 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:German Autumn]]: Kidnapped industrialist [[Wikipedia:Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] is found murdered in [[Wikipedia:Mulhouse]], [[Wikipedia:France]].
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 20]] &ndash; Three members of the rock band [[Wikipedia:Lynyrd Skynyrd]] die in a charter plane crash outside [[Wikipedia:Gillsburg, Mississippi]], 3 days after the release of their fifth studio album ''[[Wikipedia:Street Survivors]]''.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 21]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:European Patent Institute]] is founded.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Seychelles]] recognizes the [[Wikipedia:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] (SADR).
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 26]]
 +
**The last natural [[Wikipedia:smallpox]] case is discovered in Merca district, [[Wikipedia:Somalia]].  The [[Wikipedia:WHO]] and the [[Wikipedia:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of [[Wikipedia:vaccination]] and, by extension, of modern science.
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle program]]: Last test taxi flight of [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise]].
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 28]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong]] police forces attack the [[Wikipedia:Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong|ICAC]] headquarters.
 +
** '''[[Wikipedia:Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols]]'' is released in the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom]].'''
 +
 
 +
=== November ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:2060 Chiron]], first of the outer [[Wikipedia:solar system]] [[Wikipedia:asteroid]]s known as [[Wikipedia:Centaur (minor planet)|Centaur]]s, is discovered by [[Wikipedia:Charles T. Kowal|Charlie Kowal]].
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[[File:Sadat Camp David.jpg||thumb|140px|[[Wikipedia:November 19]]: [[Wikipedia:Anwar El Sadat|Sadat]] meets [[Wikipedia:Menachem Begin]] in Israel.]]
 +
[[File:IP stack connections.svg|thumb|130px|[[Wikipedia:November 22]]: [[Wikipedia:TCP/IP]] links 3 of 111 [[Wikipedia:ARPANET]] nodes.]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 2]] &ndash; The worst storm in [[Wikipedia:Athens]]' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 6]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Kelly Barnes Dam]], located above [[Wikipedia:Toccoa Falls Bible College]] near [[Wikipedia:Toccoa, Georgia]] fails, killing 39.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 8]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Greece|Greek]] [[Wikipedia:Archaeology|archaeologist]] [[Wikipedia:Manolis Andronikos]] discovers the tomb of [[Wikipedia:Philip II of Macedon]] at [[Wikipedia:Vergina]].
 +
** [[Wikipedia:San Francisco]] elects City Supervisor [[Wikipedia:Harvey Milk]], the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 9]] &ndash; '''[[Wikipedia:Hugo Banzer|Gen. Hugo Banzer]], president of the military government of [[Wikipedia:Bolivia]], announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in [[Wikipedia:1978]] instead of [[Wikipedia:1980]] as previously provided.'''
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 10]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Bee Gees]] release the [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track|soundtrack]] to [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Fever]], which will go on to become the then best selling album of all time.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 19]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Egypt]]ian President [[Wikipedia:Anwar El Sadat|Anwar Sadat]] becomes the first [[Wikipedia:Arab people|Arab]] leader to make an official visit to [[Wikipedia:Israel]], when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister [[Wikipedia:Menachem Begin]], seeking a permanent peace settlement.
 +
** [[Wikipedia:TAP Portugal Flight 425]] crashes at [[Wikipedia:Madeira Airport]], [[Wikipedia:Funchal]], [[Wikipedia:Portugal]], killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 22]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:British Airways]] inaugurates regular [[Wikipedia:London]] to [[Wikipedia:New York City]] supersonic [[Wikipedia:Concorde]] service.
 +
** [[Wikipedia:TCP/IP]] test succeeds connecting 3 [[Wikipedia:ARPANET]] nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the [[Wikipedia:Internet]] protocol.<ref>"TCP/IP", LivingInternet, 2008, webpage: [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_tcpip.htm LivingI-tcpip].</ref>
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* [[Wikipedia:November 27]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass]] made-for-TV animated film ''[[Wikipedia:The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]'' premieres on [[Wikipedia:NBC]] in the United States.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD) founded as specialized agency of the [[Wikipedia:United Nations]].
 +
 
 +
=== December ===
 +
* December &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Colombo Plan]] for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in [[Wikipedia:Asia]] and the [[Wikipedia:Pacific]] (CESDAP)
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 1]]
 +
** '''The [[Wikipedia:Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]]'s top-secret [[Wikipedia:stealth aircraft]] project, designated [[Wikipedia:Have Blue]], precursor to the U.S. [[Wikipedia:F-117A Nighthawk]], makes its first flight.'''
 +
** The [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (TV Channel)|Nickelodeon Television Channel]], a children's [[Wikipedia:cartoon]] channel, launches as [[Wikipedia:The Pinwheel Network]].
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 4]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], president of the [[Wikipedia:Central African Republic]], crowns himself Emperor.
 +
** '''[[Wikipedia:Malaysia Airlines Flight 653]] is hijacked and crashes in [[Wikipedia:Tanjung Kupang]], [[Wikipedia:Johor]], [[Wikipedia:Malaysia]], killing all 100 passengers and crew on board. Speculation has it, perhaps because of the hijacking in [[#September]], that the hijacker is a member of the [[Japanese Red Army]]. The flight was carrying the Cuban ambassador to Tokyo, Mario Garcia'''
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 11]] &ndash; The [[Wikipedia:Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] of the [[Wikipedia:NFL]] win their very first game against the [[Wikipedia:New Orleans Saints]]. They had lost their first 26 games before the win.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 13]] &ndash; A DC-3 charter plane carrying the [[Wikipedia:University of Evansville]] basketball team to Nashville, Tenn., crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from [[Wikipedia:Evansville]] Dress Regional Airport. Twenty-nine people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach Bob Watson.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Mikhail Baryshnikov]]'s 1976 production of [[Wikipedia:Tchaikovsky]]'s beloved ballet ''[[Wikipedia:The Nutcracker]]'' comes to CBS a year after premiering onstage at the [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Center]]. This adaptation will become the most popular television production of the work.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730|Flight SATA 730]], an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), touches the sea in a landing attempt. Many of the 36 fatalities got trapped inside the sinking plane. 21 people survived with the help of rescue teams and by swimming to the shore.
 +
 
 +
=== Date unknown ===
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[[File:Shuttle Enterprise at Ellington Airfield 1978 4.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']] flies atop Boeing 747 over U.S.]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:Portugal]]'s [[Wikipedia:Portuguese names|traditional naming conventions]] change such that children's surnames can come from either the mother or the father, not just from the father.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:Chiara Lubich]] is awarded the [[Wikipedia:Templeton Prize]].
 +
* The [[Wikipedia:Soviet National Anthem]]'s lyrics are returned after a 24 year period, with [[Wikipedia:Joseph Stalin]]'s name omitted.
 +
* [[Wikipedia:Mormon sex in chains case]] with the alleged abduction in [[Wikipedia:England]] of a young [[Wikipedia:Mormon]] [[Wikipedia:missionary]].
 +
* [[Wikipedia:WAVES]] disbanded; women integrated into regular [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|Navy]].
 +
 
 +
== Births ==
 +
=== January ===
 +
[[File:Orlando Bloom at Venice Festival.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Orlando Bloom]]]]
 +
[[File:Leigh Whannell Saw 3D premiere.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Leigh Whannell]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 2]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Gavin Mahon]], English footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Aleš Píša]], Czech ice hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Mayumi Iizuka]], Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
 +
** [[Wikipedia:A. J. Burnett]], American baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jim Shearer]], American VJ ([[Wikipedia:MTV2]] & [[Wikipedia:VH1]]) and television personality
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tim Wheeler]], Irish Musician
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 7]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:John Gidding]], American actor and architect
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Dustin Diamond]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Amber Benson]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Anni Friesinger]], German speed skater
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Piolo Pascual]], Filipino actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Orlando Bloom]], British actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ruco Chan]], Hong Kong actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Leigh Whannell]], Australian actor and writer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Melody (Belgian singer)|Melody]], Belgian singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jerry Trainor]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Hidetoshi Nakata]], Japanese footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kamal Heer]], Punjabi Singer and Musician
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Johann Urb]], American Actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 25]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Hatem Trabelsi]], Tunisian footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:The-Dream]], American singer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Christian Ingebrigtsen]], Norwegian singer ([[Wikipedia:A1 (band)|A1]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Vince Carter]], American basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jermaine Jackson|Jermaine Jackson, Jr.]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 28]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Lyle Overbay]], American baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Daunte Culpepper]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Joey Fatone]], American musician ([[Wikipedia:'N Sync]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 31]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Mark Dutiaume]], Canadian hockey player
 +
 
 +
=== February ===
 +
[[File:Shakira Rio 03.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Shakira]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 2]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Shakira]], Colombian musician
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jessica Wahls]], German pop singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 4]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Gavin Degraw]], Singer/Songwriter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 5]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Adam Everett]], American baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ahmad Merritt]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ben Ainslie]], British sailor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 7]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Paul Comrie]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 8]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Yucef Merhi]], Venezuelan artist
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Barry Hall]], [[Wikipedia:Australian rules football]]er
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Randy Moss]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Mike Shinoda]], American rock musician (Linkin Park)
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ian Clarke (computer scientist)|Ian Clarke]], Irish computer scientist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ike Barinholtz]], American actor, comedian and screenwriter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gianluca Zambrotta]], Italian footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 20]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Stephon Marbury]], American basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Amal Hijazi]], Lebanese singer and model
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kevin Rose]], American television host
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kristina Šmigun-Vähi]], Estonian skier
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 24]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], boxing champion
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jason Akermanis]], [[Wikipedia:Australian rules football]]er
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ji Sung]], South Korean actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jason Aldean]], American country music singer
 +
 
 +
=== March ===
 +
[[File:Chris Martin-viva-cropped.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Chris Martin]]]]
 +
[[File:JAMES VAN DER BEEK sansierra studio cropped.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:James Van Der Beek]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Rens Blom]], Dutch athlete
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 2]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Chris Martin]], British rock musician ([[Wikipedia:Coldplay]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Heather McComb]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ronan Keating]], Irish singer ([[Wikipedia:Boyzone]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 4]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ana Guevara]], Mexican track and field athlete
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Daniel Klewer]], German footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Wally Szczerbiak]], Spanish-born basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 6]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Francisco Javier Fernandez]], Spanish race walker
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Santino Marella]], Canadian wrestler
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 7]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ronan O'Gara]], Irish rugby player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Mitja Zastrow]], German-born swimmer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Paul Cattermole]], English singer ([[Wikipedia:S Club 7]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:James Van Der Beek]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 10]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Peter Enckelman]], Finnish footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Shannon Miller]], American gymnast
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Rita Simons]], English Actor
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Robin Thicke]], American-Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Becky Hammon]], American basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jason Greeley]], Canadian singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kim Nam-Il]], South Korean footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 15]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Norifumi Yamamoto]], Japanese mixed martial artist
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Adrian Burnside]], Australian baseball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Zdeno Chara]], Czechoslovakian (now [[Wikipedia:Slovakia]]) hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 23]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sammy Morris]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Edwin Siu]], Hong Kong actor and singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Darren Lockyer]], Australian rugby league player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 27]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Vitor Meira]], Brazilian race car driver
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Roger Velasco]], American actor
 +
 
 +
=== April ===
 +
[[File:Sarah Michelle Gellar.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Sarah Michelle Gellar]]]]
 +
[[File:Frederik Magle playing organ 2011 (III).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Frederik Magle]]]]
 +
[[File:John Cena 2010.jpeg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:John Cena]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian mixed martial artist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Stephen Mulhern]], British musician, TV presenter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gerard Way]], American rock singer ([[Wikipedia:My Chemical Romance]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tobias Angerer]], German cross-country skier
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sarah Monahan]], Australian actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sarah Jane Morris (actress)|Sarah Jane Morris]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sarah Michelle Gellar]], American actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Chandra Levy]], American federal government intern (d. [[Wikipedia:2001]])
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Rob McElhenney]], American Actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Dejan Milojević|Dejan Milojevic]], Serbian basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Fredrik Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Frederik Magle]], Danish composer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jamie Salé]], Canadian figure skater
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 23]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Mariusz Pudzianowski]], Polish strongman
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Andruw Jones]], Antillean baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:John Cena]], American professional wrestler, actor and singer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kal Penn]], American actor, producer and civil servant
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 24]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Carlos Beltrán]], Puerto Rican baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ]], Belarusian writer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 26]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jason Earles]], American actor
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tom Welling]], American actor
 +
 
 +
=== May ===
 +
[[File:Melanie Lynskey at TIFF 2009.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Melanie Lynskey]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ben Olsen]], American footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Emily Perkins]], Canadian actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Choi Kang-hee]], South Korean actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Juan Ignacio Sánchez|Pepe Sánchez]], Argentine basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Choi Jeong-yoon]], South Korean actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 10]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Nick Heidfeld]], German race car driver
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Chas Licciardello]], Australian comedian (''[[Wikipedia:The Chaser]]'')
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Victor Matfield]], South African rugby player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Janne Ahonen]], Finnish ski jumper
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Graeme Dott]], Scottish snooker player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Rebecca Herbst]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Samantha Morton]], British actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Roy Halladay]], American baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ada Nicodemou]], Australian actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Melanie Lynskey]], New Zealand actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Lisa Kelly]], Irish singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Brandon Inge]], American baseball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Chad Muska]], American skateboarder
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ilia Kulik]], Russian figure skater
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tamarine Tanasugarn]], Thai tennis player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 26]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Misaki Ito]], Japanese actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Luca Toni]], Italian footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 27]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Abderrahmane Hammad]], Algerian athlete
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tommie van der Leegte]], Dutch soccer player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Elisabeth Hasselbeck]], American talk show host
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 31]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Phil Devey]], Canadian baseball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Domenico Fioravanti]], Italian swimmer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Greg Leeb]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Joachim Olsen]], Danish athlete
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Eric Christian Olsen]], American actor
 +
** [[Wikipedia:June Sarpong]], British television presenter
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Moses Sichone]], Zambian footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Petr Tenkrát]], Czech ice hockey player
 +
 
 +
=== June ===
 +
[[File:ZacharyQuintoAtMidtownComicsByRonGejon2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Zachary Quinto]]]]
 +
[[File:Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Kanye West]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 1]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Danielle Harris]], American actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sarah Wayne Callies]] American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Zachary Quinto]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jordan Bratman]], American celebrity
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Nourhanne]], Lebanese singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 7]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Marcin Baszczyński]], Polish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kanye West]], African-American rapper and record producer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 9]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Roopa Mishra]], Indian civil servant
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Peja Stojakovic]], Serbian basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Adam Darski]], Polish musician (aka Nergal, Holocausto)
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ryan Dunn]], American television personality (d. 2011)
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Geoff Ogilvy]], Australian golfer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Shane Meier]], Canadian actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ana Tijoux]], French-Chilean musician
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Chris McAlister]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kerry Wood (baseball player)|Kerry Wood]], American baseball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Peter Warrick]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Aaron Moule]], Australian rugby league player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jochen Hecht]], German ice hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 23]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Antoine Winfield]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jason Mraz]], American singer/songwriter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Naoya Tsukahara]], Japanese gymnast
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:William Kipsang]], Kenyan long-distance runner
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 27]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Raúl González Blanco|Raúl]], Spanish footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Arkadiusz Radomski]], Polish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Harun Tekin]], Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist ([[Wikipedia:Mor ve Ötesi]])
 +
 
 +
=== July ===
 +
[[File:Jarome Iginla. 2008.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Jarome Iginla]]]]
 +
[[File:LivTylerLOTR03.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Liv Tyler]]]]
 +
[[File:JonathanRhysMeyersApr06.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 1]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jarome Iginla]], Canadian hockey player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Liv Tyler]], American actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tom Frager]], French-born singer and surfer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ricardo Medina, Jr.]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 7]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Felix Vasquez]], American housing authority worker and hero
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 8]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Milo Ventimiglia]], American actor
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Wang Zhizhi]], Chinese basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Schapelle Corby]], Australian convicted drug smuggler
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Edward Moss (impersonator)|Edward Moss]], American impersonator
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Peter Schaefer (ice hockey)|Peter Schaefer]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Brock Lesnar]], American professional wrestler
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ray Toro]], American rock guitarist (''[[Wikipedia:My Chemical Romance]]'')
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Bryan Budd]], British soldier ([[Wikipedia:Victoria Cross|VC]] recipient) (d. [[Wikipedia:2006]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Alfian Sa'at|Alfian bin Sa'at]], Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jean-Sébastien Aubin]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Paul Casey]], English golfer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Mehdi Mahdavikia]], Iranian football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Rebecca St James]], Australian-born Christian musician
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], Irish actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 28]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Manu Ginóbili]], Argentine basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Rahman "Rock" Harper]], American Personality, Restauranteur
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jaime Pressly]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 31]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tim Couch]], American football player
 +
 
 +
=== August ===
 +
[[File:Edward Furlong image.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Edward Furlong]]]]
 +
[[File:Tom Brady 8-28-09 Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Tom Brady]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Edward Furlong]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Angela Beesley Starling]], British Internet entrepreneur
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tom Brady]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 7]] &ndash; Twins [[Wikipedia:Samantha Ronson]] and [[Wikipedia:Charlotte Ronson]], British DJ and designer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Marilson Gomes dos Santos]], Brazilian long-distance runner
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Chamique Holdsclaw]], American basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Danny Griffin]], Irish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Plaxico Burress]], African-American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Park Yong-ha]], South Korean actor and singer (d. [[Wikipedia:2010]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Michael Klim]], Australian swimmer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 15]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Martin Biron]], Canadian hockey player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Igor Cassina]], Italian gymnast
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Anthony Rocca]], [[Wikipedia:Australian rules football]]er
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tamer Hosny]], Egyptian singer/actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 17]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Thierry Henry]], French footballer
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Tarja Turunen]], Finnish operatic soprano
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Claire Richards]], English singer ([[Wikipedia:Steps (group)|Steps]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Lukáš Bauer]], Czech cross-country skier
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 20]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Felipe Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Manuel Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Henning Stensrud]], Norwegian ski jumper
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Nicole Bobek]], American figure skater
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 24]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Robert Enke]], German footballer (d. [[Wikipedia:2009]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Per Gade]], Danish footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jürgen Macho]], Austrian footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Morris Peterson]], American basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Deco]], Portuguese footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 30]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Shaun Alexander]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jens Ludwig]], German guitarist
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kamil Kosowski]], Polish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 31]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jeff Hardy]], American professional wrestler
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Craig Nicholls]], Australian rock musician and songwriter
 +
 
 +
=== September ===
 +
[[File:Ludacris 2008.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Ludacris]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Aamir Ali]], Indian television actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 2]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Frédéric Kanouté]], Mali [[Wikipedia:soccer]] player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Elitsa Todorova]], Bulgarian singer-songwriter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 4]]
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Ian Grushka]], American bassist ([[Wikipedia:New Found Glory]])
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Lucie Silvas]], English singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kiyoshi Hikawa]], Japanese enka singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ludacris]], African-American rapper
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Fiona Apple]], American singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 15]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Angela Aki]], Japanese singer-songwriter
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jason Terry]], American basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kieran West]], British Olympic oarsman
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ioana Maria Lupascu]], Romanian pianist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Namie Amuro]], Japanese singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Hank Fraley]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Paul Sculthorpe]], English rugby league player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 23]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Matthieu Descoteaux]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Susan Tamim]], Lebanese singer, actress, and murder victim (d. [[Wikipedia:2008]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Andrus Värnik]], Estonian javelin thrower
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 28]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ivana Bozilovic]], Serbian model and actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Se Ri Pak]], South Korean golfer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kristal Tin]], Hong Kong actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Roy Carroll]], Irish footballer
 +
 
 +
=== October ===
 +
[[File:6.7.11MattBomerByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Matthew Bomer]]]]
 +
[[File:Jon Heder by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Jon Heder]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Hugleikur Dagsson]], Icelandic artist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Daniel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 7]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Meighan Desmond]], New Zealand actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Anne-Caroline Chausson]], French mountain bicycle racer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Hicham Chami]], Moroccan financier and musician
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Claudia Palacios]], Colombian journalist and newsreader
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Matthew Bomer]], American film, stage, and television actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Bode Miller]], American skier
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 13]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Paul Pierce]], American basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Quincy Carter]], American Football Player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Adam Pengilly]], British skeleton racer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Bianca Beauchamp]], Canadian latex model
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kelly Schumacher]], American basketball and volleyball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:David Trezeguet|David Sergio Trezeguet]], French footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:John Mayer (musician)|John Mayer]], American musician and record producer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:André Villas-Boas]], Portuguese football manager
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 18]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ryan Nelsen]], New Zealand footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Paul Stalteri]], Canadian footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Stewart Petrie]] Scottish Actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Birgit Prinz]], German footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 26]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jon Heder]], American actor and screenwriter
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Louis Crayton]], Swiss/Liberian footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kumar Sangakkara]], Sri Lankan cricketer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jonas Rasmussen]], Danish badminton player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 29]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Brendan Fehr]], Canadian actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance|Charmian Faulkner]], missing Australian toddler
 +
 
 +
=== November ===
 +
[[File:Maggie Gyllenhaal Golden Globes 2009.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Maggie Gyllenhaal]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Alistair Griffin]], British singer and songwriter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Randy Harrison]], American actor
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Aria Giovanni]], American model and actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Larry Bigbie]], American baseball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 6]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Patrícia Tavares]], Portuguese actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Dušan Kecman]], Serbian basketball player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Brittany Murphy]], American actress (d. [[Wikipedia:2009]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 13]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Chanel Cole]], New Zealand-born singer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Huang Xiaoming]], Chinese actor and singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Peter Phillips]], son of [[Wikipedia:Anne, Princess Royal]] and Captain [[Wikipedia:Mark Phillips]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 16]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Oksana Baiul]], Ukrainian figure skater
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Maggie Gyllenhaal]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ryk Neethling]], South African swimmer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Trent Barrett]], Australian rugby league player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kerri Strug]], American gymnast
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 20]]
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Daniel Svensson]], Swedish drummer
 +
**[[Wikipedia:Josh Turner]], American country music singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jonas Jennings]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Michael Preston (footballer)|Michael Preston]], English footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ivan Basso]], Italian cyclist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Mika Tan]], Asian-American adult film actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:DeMya Walker]], American basketball player
 +
 
 +
=== December ===
 +
[[File:EmmanuelleChriqui08TIFF.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Wikipedia:Emanuelle Chriqui]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Adam Małysz]], Polish ski jumper
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Troy Evans]], American football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Paul McVeigh]], Irish footballer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 7]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Fernando Vargas]], American boxer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Luke Donald]], English golfer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 8]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sébastien Chabal]], French rugby union player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ryan Newman]], American race car driver
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Emmanuelle Chriqui]], Canadian actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Peter Stringer]], Irish rugby union player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm|Dahm triplets]], American models
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Adam Saitiev]], Chechen wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ahmed al-Nami]], Saudi Arabian hijacker
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:KaDee Strickland]], American actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jamie Peacock (rugby player)|Jamie Peacock]], English rugby league player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 16]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kevin Gillespie (comics)|Kevin Gillespie]], American comic book artist
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Anu Nieminen]], Finnish badminton player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Oxana Fedorova]], Miss Universe 2002, of Russia (Dethroned)
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Sonja Aldén]], Swedish pop singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gregor Horvatic]], a Slovenian politician, former president of [[Wikipedia:Slovenian Democratic Youth]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 23]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Alge Crumpler]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Matt Baker (television personality)|Matt Baker]], British television presenter
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Domingo Vega]], also known as ''Américo'', Chilean singer
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Uhm Ji-won]], South Korean actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 27]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jacqueline Pillon]], Canadian actress
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sam Talbot]], American chef
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 29]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Laveranues Coles]], American football player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Katherine Moennig]], American actress
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 30]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Laila Ali]], African-American boxer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Alapag]], Filipino-American professional basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Scott Lucas (footballer)|Scott Lucas]], Australian rules footballer
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Kenyon Martin]], American basketball player
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Saša Ilić (footballer born 1977)|Sasa Ilic]], Serbian football player
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 31]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Donald Trump, Jr.]], Executive Vice President of the [[Wikipedia:Trump Organization]]
 +
 
 +
=== Date unknown ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:Yaakov Shwekey]], Jewish singer
 +
 
 +
== Deaths ==
 +
=== January&ndash;March ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Erroll Garner]], American musician (b. [[Wikipedia:1921]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Carroll Quigley]], American historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (b. [[Wikipedia:1910]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Hans Reinowski]], German politician (b. [[Wikipedia:1900]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 5]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Artur Adson]], Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Onslow Stevens]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:William Gropper]], American artist (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1907]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Henri Langlois]], French film historian (b. [[Wikipedia:1914]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Anthony Eden]], [[Wikipedia:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Peter Finch]], English-born actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1916]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Anaïs Nin]], French author (b. [[Wikipedia:1903]])
 +
[[File:Rt_Hon_Anthony_Eden_MP.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Anthony Eden]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (executed) (b. [[Wikipedia:1940]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Džemal Bijedić]], [[Wikipedia:SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] [[Wikipedia:Prime Minister]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1917]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Yvonne Printemps]], French singer and actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1895]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Sandro Penna]], Italian poet (b. [[Wikipedia:1906]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Toots Shor]], New York restaurateur (b. [[Wikipedia:1903]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Burt Mustin]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1884]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:January 29]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Buster Nupen]], South African cricketer (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Freddie Prinze]], American actor and comedian (''Chico and the Man'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1954]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Pauline Starke]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1901]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Brett Halliday]], American writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1904]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Queen Alia]], Queen of Jordan (b. [[Wikipedia:1948]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Louis Beel]], [[Wikipedia:Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Rózsa Péter]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[Wikipedia:1905]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 18]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Andy Devine]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1905]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ralph Graves]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1900]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Anthony Crosland]], British author and politician (b. [[Wikipedia:1918]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ralph Hungerford]], American naval officer, 33rd [[Wikipedia:Governor of American Samoa]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:John Hubley]], American animator (b. [[Wikipedia:1914]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Patricia Haines]], British actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1932]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Allison Hayes]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1930]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:February 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Eddie Anderson (comedian)|Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]], African-American actor (''The Jack Benny Show'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1905]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Percy Marmont]], stage & screen actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1883]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1951]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tom Pryce]], British Formula race car driver (b. [[Wikipedia:1949]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Henry Hull]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1890]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:E. Power Biggs]], British-born American organist (b. [[Wikipedia:1906]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ulysses S. Grant IV]], American geologist and paleontologist (b. [[Wikipedia:1893]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Antonino Rocca]], professional wrestler )b. [[Wikipedia:1921]]}
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. [[Wikipedia:1917]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Marien Ngouabi]], President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. [[Wikipedia:1938]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:A. K. Gopalan]], Indian communist leader (b. [[Wikipedia:1904]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Nunnally Johnson]], American screenwriter and director (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Madeleine Dring]], British composer and actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1923]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Diana Hyland]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1936]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 29]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Charles Nicoletti]], American gangster (b. [[Wikipedia:1916]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:March 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer and actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1929]])
 +
 
 +
=== April&ndash;June ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jacques Prévert]], French poet and screenwriter (b. [[Wikipedia:1900]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 12]] &ndash;  [[Wikipedia:Philip K. Wrigley]], [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] [[Wikipedia:chewing gum]] manufacturer and [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball]] executive (b. [[Wikipedia:1894]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:William Conway (cardinal)|William Conway]], Northern Irish cardinal (b. [[Wikipedia:1913]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 20]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Wilmer Allison]], American tennis champion (b. [[Wikipedia:1904]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Bryan Foy]], American film producer and director (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gummo Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 27]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Stanley Adams (actor)|Stanley Adams]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1915]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:April 28]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ricardo Cortez]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1899]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sepp Herberger]], German soccer coach (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Richard Pike Bissell]], author of short stories and novels (b. [[Wikipedia:1913]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 5]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ludwig Erhard]], [[Wikipedia:Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Sam Lanin]], American [[Wikipedia:1920s]] [[Wikipedia:bandleader]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1891]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:James Jones (author)|James Jones]], American writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1921]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Joan Crawford]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1905]])
 +
 
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Herbert Wilcox]], British film director and producer (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Modibo Keita]], former [[Wikipedia:President of Mali]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1915]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:May 31]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:William Castle]], American film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1914]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Stephen Boyd]], American film actor (''Fantastic Voyage'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1931]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Archibald Hill]], English physiologist, [[Wikipedia:Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[Wikipedia:1886]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Roberto Rossellini]], Italian film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1906]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Alan Reed]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1907]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Wernher von Braun]], German-born American rocket scientist (b. [[Wikipedia:1912]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 19]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1925]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Olave Baden-Powell|Lady Olave Baden-Powell]], English Chief Girl Guide (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ali Shariati]], Iranian sociologist (b. [[Wikipedia:1933]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:June 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jacqueline Audry]], French film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1908]])
 +
 
 +
=== July&ndash;September ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 2]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born writer (''Lolita'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1899]])
 +
[[File:Vladimir_Nabokov.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Vladimir Nabokov]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 9]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Loren Eiseley]], American anthropologist and writer (''The Immense Journey'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1907]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Alice Paul]], American women's rights activist (b. [[Wikipedia:1885]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Carl Gustaf von Rosen|Carl Gustav von Rosen]], Swedish pilot (b. [[Wikipedia:1909]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Konstantin Fedin]], Russian writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Karl Ristikivi]], Estonian writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1912]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 20]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Carter DeHaven]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1886]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:July 23]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Erico]], Paraguayan footballer (b. [[Wikipedia:1915]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Francis Gary Powers]], American pilot, shot down in [[Wikipedia:1960 U-2 incident]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1929]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 3]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Alfred Lunt]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Makarios III]], [[Wikipedia:List of Archbishops of Cyprus|Cypriot Archbishop]] and first [[Wikipedia:President of Cyprus]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1913]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian]], English physiologist, [[Wikipedia:Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:George Kenney]], World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 11]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:John Howard Lawson]], American screenwriter, one of the [[Wikipedia:Hollywood Ten]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1894]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 14]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ron Haydock]], American actor, writer, and musician (b. [[Wikipedia:1940]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Alexander Luria]], Soviet neuropsychologist (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 16]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley]], American singer and actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1935]])
 +
[[File:Elvis_Presley_68_Comeback_Special.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Delmer Daves]], American screenwriter and director (b. [[Wikipedia:1904]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 19]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Groucho Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[Wikipedia:1890]])
 +
[[File:Groucho_Marx.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Groucho Marx]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 22]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], English actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1918]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 29]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1923]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:August 31]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Rick Vallin]], Russian-American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1919]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 1]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ethel Waters]], African-American singer (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 4]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:E. F. Schumacher|E.F. Schumacher]], British economist (b. [[Wikipedia:1911]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 6]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:John Edensor Littlewood]], British mathematician (b. [[Wikipedia:1885]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Zero Mostel]], American film and stage actor (''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'') (b. [[Wikipedia:1915]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 12]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Steve Biko]], South African activist (b. [[Wikipedia:1946]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Robert Lowell]], American poet (b. [[Wikipedia:1917]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Leopold Stokowski]], English conductor (b. [[Wikipedia:1882]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:September 16]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Marc Bolan]], English musician (b. [[Wikipedia:1947]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Maria Callas]], American-born soprano (b. [[Wikipedia:1923]])
 +
 
 +
=== October&ndash;December ===
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tay Garnett]], American film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1894]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 8]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Joe Greenstein]], Polish-born American strongman (b. [[Wikipedia:1893]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Giorgos Papasideris]], [[Wikipedia:Greeks|Greek]] [[Wikipedia:Country music|country singer]], [[Wikipedia:composer]], & [[Wikipedia:lyricist]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 10]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Helen Gibson]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Angelo Muscat]], Maltese actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1930]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Dorothy Davenport]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1895]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 13]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Jackie Condon]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1918]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 14]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1903]])
 +
[[File:Bing_Crosby_1942.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Bing Crosby]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 17]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Michael Balcon]], English film producer (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Andreas Baader]], West German member of [[Wikipedia:Red Army Faction]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1943]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 20]] &ndash; Members of the American southern rock group [[Wikipedia:Lynyrd Skynyrd]] (killed in a plane crash):
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Cassie Gaines]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1948]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Steve Gaines]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1949]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ronnie Van Zant]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1948]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:October 27]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:James M. Cain]], American writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1892]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Tony Hulman]], American businessman and racetrack owner (b. [[Wikipedia:1901]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 3]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Florence Vidor]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1895]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 5]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:René Goscinny]], French comic book writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1926]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Guy Lombardo]], Canadian-American bandleader (b. [[Wikipedia:1902]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 8]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Bucky Harris]], American baseball player (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 9]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Gertrude Astor]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1887]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Dennis Wheatley]], English writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 11]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Greta Keller]], Austrian-born singer and actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1903]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.]], Filipino journalist & political activist (b. [[Wikipedia:1950]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 14]]
 +
[[File:Clementine_Churchill_1915.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Clementine Churchill]]]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Indian leader of the Hare Krishna movement (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Ferdinand Heim]], German general, branded the "Scapegoat of [[Wikipedia:Stalingrad]]" (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Princess Charlotte of Monaco]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1898]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Victor Francen]], Belgian actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1888]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 21]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]], American actor (b. [[Wikipedia:1912]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Tommy Prince]], Canadian war hero (b. [[Wikipedia:1915]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:November 30]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Terence Rattigan]], English playwright (b. [[Wikipedia:1911]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 5]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Roland Kirk]], American jazz musician (b. [[Wikipedia:1936]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 10]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Ethel Roosevelt Derby]], Youngest daughter of [[Wikipedia:Theodore Roosevelt]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1891]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 12]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill]], Wife of [[Wikipedia:Winston Churchill]] (b. [[Wikipedia:1885]])
 +
[[File:Charlie_Chaplin.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wikipedia:Sir Charles Chaplin]]]]
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 13]] &ndash; Sir [[Wikipedia:Charles Petrie (historian)|Charles Petrie]], British historian (b. [[Wikipedia:1895]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 15]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Wilfred Kitching]], 7th (British) General of The Salvation Army (b. [[Wikipedia:1893]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 18]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Cyril Ritchard]], Australian actor and director (b. [[Wikipedia:1897]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 19]]
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Takeo Kurita]], Japanese admiral (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
** [[Wikipedia:Jacques Tourneur]], French director (b. [[Wikipedia:1904]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 24]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Samael Aun Weor]], Colombian writer (b. [[Wikipedia:1917]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 25]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Sir Charles Chaplin]], English-born comedian (b. [[Wikipedia:1889]])
 +
* [[Wikipedia:December 26]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Howard Hawks]], American film director (b. [[Wikipedia:1896]])
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* [[Wikipedia:December 28]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia:Charlotte Greenwood]], American actress (b. [[Wikipedia:1890]])
  
 
== Nobel Prizes ==
 
== Nobel Prizes ==

Latest revision as of 08:54, 3 August 2013

Year 1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a Wikipedia:common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Wikipedia:Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1977th year of the Wikipedia:Common Era, the 977th year of the Wikipedia:2nd millennium, the 77th year of the Wikipedia:20th century, and the 8th year of the Wikipedia:1970s.

This article contains content from Wikipedia. Current versions of the GNU FDL article 1977 on WP may contain information useful to the improvement of this article WP

Events[edit]

January[edit]

Wikipedia:January 10: Ocean Park, Wikipedia:Hong Kong
Wikipedia:January 20: Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter 39th Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedia:President.

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

Wikipedia:April 11: UK Silver Jubilee (25 red buses painted silver).

May[edit]

God Save the Queen cover: A visual portmanteau; see the article

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

Wikipedia:August 16: Wikipedia:Elvis Presley dies. His funeral in Memphis attracts 75,000 fans.

September[edit]

October[edit]

Wikipedia:October 26: Last natural Wikipedia:smallpox case (in Wikipedia:Somalia).

November[edit]

Wikipedia:November 19: Sadat meets Wikipedia:Menachem Begin in Israel.
Wikipedia:November 22: Wikipedia:TCP/IP links 3 of 111 Wikipedia:ARPANET nodes.

December[edit]

Date unknown[edit]

Enterprise flies atop Boeing 747 over U.S.

Births[edit]

January[edit]

Wikipedia:Orlando Bloom
Wikipedia:Leigh Whannell

February[edit]

Wikipedia:Shakira

March[edit]

Wikipedia:Chris Martin
Wikipedia:James Van Der Beek

April[edit]

Wikipedia:Sarah Michelle Gellar
Wikipedia:Frederik Magle
Wikipedia:John Cena

May[edit]

Wikipedia:Melanie Lynskey

June[edit]

Wikipedia:Zachary Quinto
Wikipedia:Kanye West

July[edit]

Wikipedia:Jarome Iginla
Wikipedia:Liv Tyler
Wikipedia:Jonathan Rhys Meyers

August[edit]

Wikipedia:Edward Furlong
Wikipedia:Tom Brady

September[edit]

Wikipedia:Ludacris

October[edit]

Wikipedia:Matthew Bomer
Wikipedia:Jon Heder

November[edit]

Wikipedia:Maggie Gyllenhaal

December[edit]

Wikipedia:Emanuelle Chriqui

Date unknown[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January–March[edit]

Wikipedia:Anthony Eden

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

File:Vladimir Nabokov.jpg
Wikipedia:Vladimir Nabokov
File:Elvis Presley 68 Comeback Special.jpg
Wikipedia:Elvis Presley
Wikipedia:Groucho Marx

October–December[edit]

Wikipedia:Bing Crosby
Wikipedia:Clementine Churchill
Wikipedia:Sir Charles Chaplin

Nobel Prizes[edit]

100px


1977 in gay rights[edit]

gay rights

Other topics

LGBT activism
homophobia
same-sex marriage

  • Wikipedia:Dade County, Florida enacts a Human Rights Ordinance providing that rights can not be abridged on the basis of sexuality.
  • June 7 "Save Our Children", a campaign founded by Wikipedia:Anita Bryant, trading on fears of homosexual "recruitment" and child molestation, results in a repeal of the county's Civil Rights Ordinance by an overwhelming margin of 69% to 31%.
  • Wikipedia:Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Wikipedia:Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, certain services and other activities in the public and private sectors.

External links[edit]


This article is based on a GNU FDL LGBT Wikia article: in gay rights 1977 in gay rights LGBT

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/07/sex-pistols-emi-end-contract-1977
  2. ↑ Im135.imageavenue.com
  3. ↑ John Lydon (2007). Sex Pistols Vinyl Reissues 2007: God Save The Queen. johnlydon.com. URL accessed on 29 January 2008.
  4. ↑ Baader-Meinhof.com
  5. ↑ Dresdner-Bank.com
  6. ↑ Elvis Presley (1935–1977): Funeral in Memphis
  7. ↑ "TCP/IP", LivingInternet, 2008, webpage: LivingI-tcpip.
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