1977

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.

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Events

January

• 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
• Wikipedia:January 1 – The Australian state of Wikipedia:Queensland abolishes Wikipedia:inheritance tax.
• Wikipedia:January 3 – Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated.
• Wikipedia:January 6 – Record company Wikipedia:EMI sacks the controversial Wikipedia:United Kingdom Wikipedia:punk rock group the Wikipedia:Sex Pistols.
• Wikipedia:January 9 – Wikipedia:Super Bowl XI: The Wikipedia:Oakland Raiders defeat the Wikipedia:Minnesota Vikings 32–14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Wikipedia:California.
• Wikipedia:January 10
  • Wikipedia:Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Wikipedia:Zaire (now the Wikipedia:Democratic Republic of the Congo).
  • Ocean Park opens in Wikipedia:Hong Kong.

Wikipedia:January 10: Ocean Park, Wikipedia:Hong Kong

• Wikipedia:January 15 – Wikipedia:Kälvesta air disaster: A Swedish airliner crashes into a residential area of Wikipedia:Stockholm, killing all 22 on board.
• Wikipedia:January 17 – 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.).
• Wikipedia:January 18
  • Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
  • Wikipedia:Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, near Wikipedia:Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.
  • Wikipedia:SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister, Wikipedia:Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Wikipedia:Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Wikipedia:January 19
  • U.S. President Wikipedia:Gerald Ford pardons Wikipedia:Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka "Wikipedia:Tokyo Rose").
  • 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.
• Wikipedia:January 20 – Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter succeeds Wikipedia:Gerald Ford as the 39th Wikipedia:President of the United States.

Wikipedia:January 20: Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter 39th Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedia:President.

• Wikipedia:January 21 – U.S. President Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter pardons Wikipedia:Vietnam War draft evaders.
• Wikipedia:January 23 – Roots begins its phenomenally successful run on ABC.
• Wikipedia:January 24 – The Massacre of Atocha occurs during the Wikipedia:Spanish transition to democracy.
• Wikipedia:January 26 – Wikipedia:Katimavik is founded as a volunteer service organization for Canadian youths.
• Wikipedia:January 28 – The Wikipedia:Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 hits Buffalo, New York; and the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.
• Wikipedia:January 31 – The Wikipedia:Centre Georges Pompidou is officially opened by French President Wikipedia:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

February

• Wikipedia:February 4 – Wikipedia:Fleetwood Mac's Wikipedia:Grammy-winning album Wikipedia:Rumours is released.
• Wikipedia:February 7 – The Wikipedia:Soviet Union launches Wikipedia:Soyuz 24 (Wikipedia:Viktor Gorbatko, Wikipedia:Yuri Glazkov) to dock with the Wikipedia:Salyut 5 space station.
• Wikipedia:February 15 – Wikipedia:Space Shuttle program: First test taxi flight of Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• Wikipedia:February 18 – Prog 1 of 2000 AD, is launched (issue dated 26 February 1977).
• Wikipedia:February 23 – Wikipedia:Oscar Romero becomes Archbishop of San Salvador.
• Wikipedia:February 28 – Wikipedia:Elizabeth II opens the Wikipedia:Parliament of New Zealand.

March

• Wikipedia:March 4 – The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake kills 1,500.
• Wikipedia:March 5 – 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.
• Wikipedia:March 8 – The Australian parliament is opened by Wikipedia:Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.
• Wikipedia:March 9 – Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed 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.
• Wikipedia:March 10 – The Wikipedia:rings of Uranus are discovered.
• Wikipedia:March 12 – The Wikipedia:Centenary Test between Australia and England begins at the Wikipedia:Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• Wikipedia:March 15 – Tenor Wikipedia:Luciano Pavarotti and the PBS Wikipedia:opera series Wikipedia:Live from the Met both make their American Wikipedia:television debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of Wikipedia:Puccini's Wikipedia:La Boheme.
• Wikipedia:March 26 – Wikipedia:Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. Wikipedia:James Dobson.
• Wikipedia:March 27 – Wikipedia:Tenerife disaster: A collision between Wikipedia:KLM and Pan Am Wikipedia:Boeing 747s at Wikipedia:Tenerife, Wikipedia:Canary Islands, kills 583 persons (the deadliest accident in aviation history).

April

• Wikipedia:April 1 – The small market town of Wikipedia:Hay-on-Wye declares Wikipedia:independence from the UK, as a Wikipedia:publicity stunt.
• Wikipedia:April 2 – Wikipedia:Horse Racing – Wikipedia:Red Rum wins a record third Wikipedia:Grand National at Wikipedia:Aintree racecourse.
• Wikipedia:April 4 – 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.
• Wikipedia:April 7
  • 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.
  • The Wikipedia:Toronto Blue Jays play their first-ever game of Wikipedia:baseball against the Wikipedia:Chicago White Sox.
  • The Wikipedia:Seattle Mariners play their first-ever game of Wikipedia:baseball against the California Angels.

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

• Wikipedia:April 8 – The punk band Wikipedia:The Clash's debut album The Clash is released in the Wikipedia:UK on Wikipedia:CBS Records.
• Wikipedia:April 11 – London Transport's Silver Jubilee buses are launched.
• Wikipedia:April 21 – Residents of Wikipedia:Dover, Massachusetts report sightings of an eerie monster.
• Wikipedia:April 22 – Wikipedia:Optical fiber is first used to carry live Wikipedia:telephone traffic.
• Wikipedia:April 27 – The Wikipedia:Guatemala City air disaster kills 28 people.
• Wikipedia:April 28 – 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.
• Wikipedia:April 30 – 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 1977 North American Tour.

May

• Wikipedia:May 1 – The Wikipedia:Taksim Square massacre in Wikipedia:Istanbul results in 34 deaths, hundreds of injuries.
• Wikipedia:May 3 – The HMS Invincible is launched at Wikipedia:Barrow-in-Furness by Wikipedia:Elizabeth II.
• Wikipedia:May 14
  • The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Wikipedia:Lusaka, Wikipedia:Zambia kills all 6 on board.
  • 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 of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street appears in many magazines around the world.
• Wikipedia:May 17
  • The Wikipedia:Likud Party, led by Wikipedia:Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Wikipedia:Israel.
  • Wikipedia:Elizabeth II commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Wikipedia:Glasgow.
• Wikipedia:May 23
  • Scientists report using Wikipedia:bacteria in a lab to make Wikipedia:insulin.
  • Wikipedia:Moluccan terrorists take over a school in 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, Dutch Royal Marines storm the train; 6 terrorists and 2 hostages are killed.
• Wikipedia:May 25 – Star Wars opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.
• Wikipedia:May 26 – Wikipedia:George Willig climbs the South Tower of the Wikipedia:World Trade Center.
• Wikipedia:May 27

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

• • God Save the Queen (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…"
  • Wikipedia:Elizabeth II opens the new Air Terminal Building at Wikipedia:Edinburgh Airport.
  • The 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash in Wikipedia:Cuba kills 69 people.
• Wikipedia:May 28 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Wikipedia:Southgate, Kentucky is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
• Wikipedia:May 29 – Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.

June

• Wikipedia:June 5
  • coup takes place in the Wikipedia:Seychelles.
  • The first Wikipedia:Apple II series computers go on sale.
  • The Wikipedia:Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 to win the NBA finals 4–2. Bill Walton is named series MVP.
• Wikipedia:June 6 – 9 – Jubilee celebrations are held in the Wikipedia:United Kingdom to celebrate 25 years of Wikipedia:Elizabeth II's reign.
• Wikipedia:June 7 – 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.
• Wikipedia:June 10 – Wikipedia:James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Wikipedia:Petros, Tennessee (he is recaptured on Wikipedia:June 13).
• Wikipedia:June 11 – Andreas Hector, Computer Scientist, was born.
• Wikipedia:June 12 – Wikipedia:The Supremes perform their final concert together at Drury Lane in London, England and disband.
• Wikipedia:June 15 – Wikipedia:Spain has its first democratic elections, after 41 years under the fascist (WP) regime of 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.
• Wikipedia:June 16 – 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.
• Wikipedia:June 20
  • The Wikipedia:Supreme Court of the United States rules that states are not required to spend Wikipedia:Medicaid funds on elective abortions.
  • Wikipedia:Anglia Television broadcasts the fake documentary Wikipedia:Alternative 3, which enters into the conspiracy theory canon.
• Wikipedia:June 21 – Wikipedia:Bülent Ecevit, of 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)
• Wikipedia:June 25
  • The Wikipedia:1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13–12 victory over Great Britain at the Wikipedia:Sydney Cricket Ground before 24,457 spectators.
  • American Wikipedia:Roy Sullivan is struck by Wikipedia:lightning for the seventh time.
• Wikipedia:June 26
  • Wikipedia:Elvis Presley performs his last-ever concert at Wikipedia:Market Square Arena in Wikipedia:Indianapolis.
  • 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.
  • 16-year-old shop assistant Jayne Macdonald is murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
• Wikipedia:June 30
  • Wikipedia:SEATO is dissolved.
  • Women Marines disbanded; women are integrated into regular Marine Corps.

July

• Wikipedia:July 1
  • Wikipedia:CKO (a now-defunct Canadian all Wikipedia:news radio network) begins broadcasting.
  • EAC dissolved.
• Wikipedia:July 5 – General Wikipedia:Mohammed Zia ul-Haq overthrows Wikipedia:Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Wikipedia:Pakistan.
• Wikipedia:July 13 – The Wikipedia:New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
• Wikipedia:July 15 – Anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith, Wikipedia:New South Wales (presumed murdered).
• Wikipedia:July 19–Wikipedia:July 20 – Wikipedia:Flooding in Wikipedia:Johnstown, PA, caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
• Wikipedia:July 21 – Wikipedia:Süleyman Demirel, of AP forms the new government of Wikipedia:Turkey (41st government a three party coalition, so called second national front (Template:lang-tr))
• Wikipedia:July 22 – The purged Chinese Communist leader Wikipedia:Deng Xiaoping is restored to power 9 months after the "Gang of Four" was expelled from power in a coup d'état.
• Wikipedia:July 24 – 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 Bill Graham's staff, resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer Wikipedia:John Bonham.
• Wikipedia:July 28 – The first oil through the Wikipedia:Trans-Alaska Pipeline System reaches Wikipedia:Valdez, Alaska.
• Wikipedia:July 30 – Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht, Wikipedia:Brigitte Mohnhaupt and a third person assassinate Jürgen Ponto, chairman of the Wikipedia:Dresdner Bank in Wikipedia:Oberursel, Wikipedia:West Germany.

August

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

• Wikipedia:August 3
  • Wikipedia:United States Senate hearings on Wikipedia:MKULTRA are held.
  • The Wikipedia:Tandy Corporation Wikipedia:TRS-80 Model I computer is announced at a press conference.
• Wikipedia:August 4 – U.S. President Wikipedia:Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the Wikipedia:United States Department of Energy.
• Wikipedia:August 7 – The Japanese Usu volcano erupts.
• Wikipedia:August 9 – 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 Congress.
• Wikipedia:August 10 – 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.
• Wikipedia:August 12 – The Wikipedia:NASA Wikipedia:Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
• Wikipedia:August 15
  • 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 "WOW!" signal for a notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • Wikipedia:Herbert Kappler escapes from the Wikipedia:Caelian Hill military hospital in Wikipedia:Rome.
• Wikipedia:August 16 – 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 Memphis for this funeral.
• Wikipedia:August 19 – 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).
• Wikipedia:August 20 – Wikipedia:Voyager program: The Wikipedia:United States launches the Wikipedia:Voyager 2 Wikipedia:spacecraft.

September

• Wikipedia:September 3 – The Wikipedia:Commodore PET computer is first sold.
• Wikipedia:September 4 – The Wikipedia:Golden Dragon Massacre took place in Wikipedia:San Francisco, California.
• Wikipedia:September 5
  • Wikipedia:Voyager program: Wikipedia:Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
  • 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.
• Wikipedia:September 7 – 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.
• Wikipedia:September 8 – 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.
• Wikipedia:September 10 – Wikipedia:Hamida Djandoubi's is the last Wikipedia:guillotine execution in France.
• Wikipedia:September 12 – South African activist Wikipedia:Steve Biko dies after suffering a massive head injury in police custody in Wikipedia:Pretoria, Wikipedia:South Africa.
• Wikipedia:September 16 – Wikipedia:Glam rock pioneer Wikipedia:Marc Bolan dies in a car crash in Barnes, Wikipedia:London.
• Wikipedia:September 18 – Courageous (U.S.), skippered by Wikipedia:Ted Turner, sweeps Australia (Australia) in the 24th Wikipedia:America's Cup.
• Wikipedia:September 19 – Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President Wikipedia:Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Wikipedia:Nicaragua.
• Wikipedia:September 20 – Fonzie Jumps the Shark on Wikipedia:Happy Days and Wikipedia:Charles Emerson Winchester III makes his first appearance on M*A*S*H in Fade Out, Fade In
• Wikipedia:September 21 – A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the Wikipedia:United States and the Wikipedia:Soviet Union.
• Wikipedia:September 28 – The Wikipedia:Porsche 928 debuts at the Geneva Auto Convention.
• Wikipedia:September 28 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 is hijacked by the Japanese Red Army (WP) (JRA). The JRA is subsequently suspected of a hijacking in #December 1977
• Wikipedia:September 29 – The modern Wikipedia:Food Stamp Program begins when the Wikipedia:Food Stamp Act of 1977 is enacted.

October

• Wikipedia:October 1
  • Wikipedia:Energy Research and Development Administration part of Department of Energy.
  • Wikipedia:Pelé plays his final professional football game as a member of the Wikipedia:New York Cosmos.
• Wikipedia:October 13 – Wikipedia:German Autumn: Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Wikipedia:Somalia and demand the release of 11 Wikipedia:Red Army Faction members (see Wikipedia:Lufthansa Flight 181).
• 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 – 18 – 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
  • 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.
  • Wikipedia:Elizabeth II, 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.

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

• Wikipedia:October 19 – Wikipedia:German Autumn: Kidnapped industrialist Wikipedia:Hanns-Martin Schleyer is found murdered in Wikipedia:Mulhouse, Wikipedia:France.
• Wikipedia:October 20 – 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 – The Wikipedia:European Patent Institute is founded.
• Wikipedia:October 25 – 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 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 ICAC headquarters.
  • Wikipedia:Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is released in the Wikipedia:United Kingdom.

November

• Wikipedia:November 1 – Wikipedia:2060 Chiron, first of the outer Wikipedia:solar system Wikipedia:asteroids known as Centaurs, is discovered by Charlie Kowal.

Wikipedia:November 19: Sadat meets Wikipedia:Menachem Begin in Israel.

Wikipedia:November 22: Wikipedia:TCP/IP links 3 of 111 Wikipedia:ARPANET nodes.

• Wikipedia:November 2 – The worst storm in Wikipedia:Athens' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
• Wikipedia:November 6 – The Wikipedia:Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Wikipedia:Toccoa Falls Bible College near Wikipedia:Toccoa, Georgia fails, killing 39.
• Wikipedia:November 8
  • Greek 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 – 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 – The Wikipedia:Bee Gees release the soundtrack to Wikipedia:Saturday Night Fever, which will go on to become the then best selling album of all time.
• Wikipedia:November 19
  • Wikipedia:Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first 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.
• Wikipedia:November 27 – The Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass made-for-TV animated film The Hobbit premieres on Wikipedia:NBC in the United States.
• Wikipedia:November 30 – Wikipedia:International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) founded as specialized agency of the Wikipedia:United Nations.

December

• December – Wikipedia:Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Wikipedia:Asia and the Wikipedia:Pacific (CESDAP)
• Wikipedia:December 1
  • The 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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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

Enterprise flies atop Boeing 747 over U.S.

• Wikipedia:Portugal's 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 Navy.

Births

January

Wikipedia:Orlando Bloom

Wikipedia:Leigh Whannell

• Wikipedia:January 2
  • Wikipedia:Gavin Mahon, English footballer
  • Wikipedia:AleÅ¡ Píša, Czech ice hockey player
• Wikipedia:January 3
  • Wikipedia:Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyÅ«)
  • Wikipedia:A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
  • Wikipedia:Jim Shearer, American VJ (Wikipedia:MTV2 & Wikipedia:VH1) and television personality
• Wikipedia:January 4 – Wikipedia:Tim Wheeler, Irish Musician
• Wikipedia:January 7
  • Wikipedia:John Gidding, American actor and architect
  • Wikipedia:Dustin Diamond, American actor
• Wikipedia:January 8 – Wikipedia:Amber Benson, American actress
• Wikipedia:January 11 – Wikipedia:Anni Friesinger, German speed skater
• Wikipedia:January 12 – Wikipedia:Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
• Wikipedia:January 13 – Wikipedia:Orlando Bloom, British actor
• Wikipedia:January 14 – Wikipedia:Ruco Chan, Hong Kong actor
• Wikipedia:January 17 – Wikipedia:Leigh Whannell, Australian actor and writer
• Wikipedia:January 20 – Melody, Belgian singer
• Wikipedia:January 21 – Wikipedia:Jerry Trainor, American actor
• Wikipedia:January 22 – Wikipedia:Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
• Wikipedia:January 23 – Wikipedia:Kamal Heer, Punjabi Singer and Musician
• Wikipedia:January 24 – Wikipedia:Johann Urb, American Actor
• Wikipedia:January 25
  • Wikipedia:Hatem Trabelsi, Tunisian footballer
  • Wikipedia:The-Dream, American singer
  • Wikipedia:Christian Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer (A1)
• Wikipedia:January 26 – Wikipedia:Vince Carter, American basketball player
• Wikipedia:January 27 – 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 – Wikipedia:Mark Dutiaume, Canadian hockey player

February

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 – Wikipedia:Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• Wikipedia:February 8
  • Wikipedia:Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
  • Wikipedia:Barry Hall, Wikipedia:Australian rules footballer
• Wikipedia:February 11
  • Wikipedia:Randy Moss, American football player
  • Wikipedia:Mike Shinoda, American rock musician (Linkin Park)
• Wikipedia:February 16 – Ian Clarke, Irish computer scientist
• Wikipedia:February 18 – Wikipedia:Ike Barinholtz, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
• Wikipedia:February 19 – Wikipedia:Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
• Wikipedia:February 20
  • Wikipedia:Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
  • Wikipedia:Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
• Wikipedia:February 21 – Wikipedia:Kevin Rose, American television host
• Wikipedia:February 23 – Wikipedia:Kristina Å migun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• Wikipedia:February 24
  • Wikipedia:Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing champion
  • Wikipedia:Jason Akermanis, Wikipedia:Australian rules footballer
• Wikipedia:February 27 – Wikipedia:Ji Sung, South Korean actor
• Wikipedia:February 28 – Wikipedia:Jason Aldean, American country music singer

March

Wikipedia:Chris Martin

Wikipedia:James Van Der Beek

• Wikipedia:March 1 – Wikipedia:Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
• Wikipedia:March 2
  • Wikipedia:Chris Martin, British rock musician (Wikipedia:Coldplay)
  • Wikipedia:Heather McComb, American actress
• Wikipedia:March 3 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Wikipedia:Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player
• Wikipedia:March 27
  • Wikipedia:Vitor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
  • Wikipedia:Roger Velasco, American actor

April

Wikipedia:Sarah Michelle Gellar

Wikipedia:Frederik Magle

Wikipedia:John Cena

• Wikipedia:April 1 – Wikipedia:Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Wikipedia:April 4 – Wikipedia:Stephen Mulhern, British musician, TV presenter
• Wikipedia:April 9 – 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
  • 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 – Dejan Milojevic, Serbian basketball player
• Wikipedia:April 16 – Wikipedia:Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
• Wikipedia:April 17 – Wikipedia:Frederik Magle, Danish composer
• Wikipedia:April 21 – 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 BaÅ‚achonaÅ­, Belarusian writer
• Wikipedia:April 26
  • Wikipedia:Jason Earles, American actor
  • Wikipedia:Tom Welling, American actor

May

Wikipedia:Melanie Lynskey

• Wikipedia:May 3 – Wikipedia:Ben Olsen, American footballer
• Wikipedia:May 4 – Wikipedia:Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
• Wikipedia:May 5 – Wikipedia:Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
• Wikipedia:May 8 – Pepe Sánchez, Argentine basketball player
• Wikipedia:May 9 – 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 – Wikipedia:Samantha Morton, British actress
• Wikipedia:May 14
  • Wikipedia:Roy Halladay, American baseball player
  • Wikipedia:Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
• Wikipedia:May 16 – Wikipedia:Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
• Wikipedia:May 17 – Wikipedia:Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
• Wikipedia:May 19 – Wikipedia:Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• Wikipedia:May 20 – Wikipedia:Chad Muska, American skateboarder
• Wikipedia:May 23 – Wikipedia:Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• Wikipedia:May 24 – 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 – 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

Wikipedia:Zachary Quinto

Wikipedia:Kanye West

• Wikipedia:June 1
  • Wikipedia:Danielle Harris, American actress
  • Wikipedia:Sarah Wayne Callies American actress
• Wikipedia:June 2 – Wikipedia:Zachary Quinto, American actor
• Wikipedia:June 4 – Wikipedia:Jordan Bratman, American celebrity
• Wikipedia:June 5 – Wikipedia:Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
• Wikipedia:June 7 – Wikipedia:Marcin BaszczyÅ„ski, Polish footballer
• Wikipedia:June 8 – 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 – 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 – Wikipedia:Ana Tijoux, French-Chilean musician
• Wikipedia:June 14 – Wikipedia:Chris McAlister, American football player
• Wikipedia:June 16 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• Wikipedia:June 19 – Wikipedia:Peter Warrick, American football player
• Wikipedia:June 20 – Wikipedia:Aaron Moule, Australian rugby league player
• Wikipedia:June 21 – 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 – Wikipedia:Naoya Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast
• Wikipedia:June 26 – Wikipedia:William Kipsang, Kenyan long-distance runner
• Wikipedia:June 27
  • Raúl, Spanish footballer
  • Wikipedia:Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
• Wikipedia:June 28 – Wikipedia:Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Wikipedia:Mor ve Ötesi)

July

Wikipedia:Jarome Iginla

Wikipedia:Liv Tyler

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 – Wikipedia:Ricardo Medina, Jr., American actor
• Wikipedia:July 7 – 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 – Wikipedia:Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
• Wikipedia:July 11 – Edward Moss, American impersonator
• Wikipedia:July 12
  • Peter Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Wikipedia:Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler
• Wikipedia:July 14 – Wikipedia:Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
• Wikipedia:July 15 – Wikipedia:Ray Toro, American rock guitarist (Wikipedia:My Chemical Romance)
• Wikipedia:July 16 – Wikipedia:Bryan Budd, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. Wikipedia:2006)
• Wikipedia:July 18 – Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
• Wikipedia:July 19 – Wikipedia:Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
• Wikipedia:July 21 – Wikipedia:Paul Casey, English golfer
• Wikipedia:July 24 – Wikipedia:Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
• Wikipedia:July 26 – Wikipedia:Rebecca St James, Australian-born Christian musician
• Wikipedia:July 27 – 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 – Wikipedia:Jaime Pressly, American actress
• Wikipedia:July 31 – Wikipedia:Tim Couch, American football player

August

Wikipedia:Edward Furlong

Wikipedia:Tom Brady

• Wikipedia:August 2 – Wikipedia:Edward Furlong, American actor
• Wikipedia:August 3
  • Wikipedia:Angela Beesley Starling, British Internet entrepreneur
  • Wikipedia:Tom Brady, American football player
• Wikipedia:August 7 – Twins Wikipedia:Samantha Ronson and Wikipedia:Charlotte Ronson, British DJ and designer
• Wikipedia:August 8 – Wikipedia:Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner
• Wikipedia:August 9 – Wikipedia:Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
• Wikipedia:August 10 – 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 – 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 footballer
• Wikipedia:August 16 – 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 (Steps)
• Wikipedia:August 18 – 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 – 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 – Wikipedia:Morris Peterson, American basketball player
• Wikipedia:August 27 – 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

Wikipedia:Ludacris

• Wikipedia:September 1 – 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 – Wikipedia:Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
• Wikipedia:September 11 – Wikipedia:Ludacris, African-American rapper
• Wikipedia:September 13 – Wikipedia:Fiona Apple, American singer
• Wikipedia:September 15
  • Wikipedia:Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Wikipedia:Jason Terry, American basketball player
• Wikipedia:September 18 – Wikipedia:Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman
• Wikipedia:September 19 – Wikipedia:Ioana Maria Lupascu, Romanian pianist
• Wikipedia:September 20 – Wikipedia:Namie Amuro, Japanese singer
• Wikipedia:September 21 – Wikipedia:Hank Fraley, American football player
• Wikipedia:September 22 – 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 – Wikipedia:Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player
• Wikipedia:September 27 – 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 – Wikipedia:Roy Carroll, Irish footballer

October

Wikipedia:Matthew Bomer

Wikipedia:Jon Heder

• Wikipedia:October 5 – Wikipedia:Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic artist
• Wikipedia:October 6 – Wikipedia:Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• Wikipedia:October 7 – Wikipedia:Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
• Wikipedia:October 8 – Wikipedia:Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain bicycle racer
• Wikipedia:October 9 – 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 – 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 – David Sergio Trezeguet, French footballer
• Wikipedia:October 16 – John Mayer, American musician and record producer
• Wikipedia:October 17 – Wikipedia:André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager
• Wikipedia:October 18
  • Wikipedia:Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
  • Wikipedia:Paul Stalteri, Canadian footballer
• Wikipedia:October 20 – Wikipedia:Stewart Petrie Scottish Actor
• Wikipedia:October 25 – Wikipedia:Birgit Prinz, German footballer
• Wikipedia:October 26
  • Wikipedia:Jon Heder, American actor and screenwriter
  • Wikipedia:Louis Crayton, Swiss/Liberian footballer
• Wikipedia:October 27 – Wikipedia:Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Wikipedia:October 28 – Wikipedia:Jonas Rasmussen, Danish badminton player
• Wikipedia:October 29 – Wikipedia:Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
• Wikipedia:October 30 – Charmian Faulkner, missing Australian toddler

November

Wikipedia:Maggie Gyllenhaal

• Wikipedia:November 1 – Wikipedia:Alistair Griffin, British singer and songwriter
• Wikipedia:November 2 – Wikipedia:Randy Harrison, American actor
• Wikipedia:November 3 – Wikipedia:Aria Giovanni, American model and actress
• Wikipedia:November 4 – Wikipedia:Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
• Wikipedia:November 6
  • Wikipedia:Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
  • Wikipedia:DuÅ¡an Kecman, Serbian basketball player
• Wikipedia:November 10 – 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 – 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 – Wikipedia:Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
• Wikipedia:November 18 – Wikipedia:Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player
• Wikipedia:November 19 – Wikipedia:Kerri Strug, American gymnast
• Wikipedia:November 20
  • Wikipedia:Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer
  • Wikipedia:Josh Turner, American country music singer
• Wikipedia:November 21 – Wikipedia:Jonas Jennings, American football player
• Wikipedia:November 22 – Michael Preston, English footballer
• Wikipedia:November 26 – Wikipedia:Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
• Wikipedia:November 27 – Wikipedia:Mika Tan, Asian-American adult film actress
• Wikipedia:November 28 – Wikipedia:DeMya Walker, American basketball player

December

Wikipedia:Emanuelle Chriqui

• Wikipedia:December 3
  • Wikipedia:Adam MaÅ‚ysz, Polish ski jumper
  • Wikipedia:Troy Evans, American football player
• Wikipedia:December 6 – 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 – Wikipedia:Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
• Wikipedia:December 11 – Wikipedia:Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union player
• Wikipedia:December 12
  • Dahm triplets, American models
  • Wikipedia:Adam Saitiev, Chechen wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
• Wikipedia:December 13 – Wikipedia:Ahmed al-Nami, Saudi Arabian hijacker
• Wikipedia:December 14
  • Wikipedia:KaDee Strickland, American actress
  • Jamie Peacock, English rugby league player
• Wikipedia:December 16
  • Kevin Gillespie, American comic book artist
  • Wikipedia:Anu Nieminen, Finnish badminton player
• Wikipedia:December 17 – Wikipedia:Oxana Fedorova, Miss Universe 2002, of Russia (Dethroned)
• Wikipedia:December 20 – Wikipedia:Sonja Aldén, Swedish pop singer
• Wikipedia:December 21 – Wikipedia:Gregor Horvatic, a Slovenian politician, former president of Wikipedia:Slovenian Democratic Youth
• Wikipedia:December 23
  • Wikipedia:Alge Crumpler, American football player
  • Matt Baker, British television presenter
• Wikipedia:December 24 – Wikipedia:Domingo Vega, also known as Américo, Chilean singer
• Wikipedia:December 25 – 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
  • Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
  • Wikipedia:Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
  • Sasa Ilic, Serbian football player
• Wikipedia:December 31 – Wikipedia:Donald Trump, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Wikipedia:Trump Organization

Date unknown

• Wikipedia:Yaakov Shwekey, Jewish singer

Deaths

January–March

• Wikipedia:January 2 – 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 – Wikipedia:William Gropper, American artist (b. Wikipedia:1897)
• Wikipedia:January 12 – Wikipedia:Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (b. Wikipedia:1907)
• Wikipedia:January 13 – 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)

Wikipedia:Anthony Eden

• Wikipedia:January 17 – Wikipedia:Gary Gilmore, American murderer (executed) (b. Wikipedia:1940)
• Wikipedia:January 18 – Wikipedia:Džemal Bijedić, Yugoslavian Wikipedia:Prime Minister (b. Wikipedia:1917)
• Wikipedia:January 19 – Wikipedia:Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (b. Wikipedia:1895)
• Wikipedia:January 21 – Wikipedia:Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. Wikipedia:1906)
• Wikipedia:January 23 – Wikipedia:Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. Wikipedia:1903)
• Wikipedia:January 28 – 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 – Wikipedia:Pauline Starke, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1901)
• Wikipedia:February 4 – Wikipedia:Brett Halliday, American writer (b. Wikipedia:1904)
• Wikipedia:February 9 – Wikipedia:Queen Alia, Queen of Jordan (b. Wikipedia:1948)
• Wikipedia:February 11 – Wikipedia:Louis Beel, Wikipedia:Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. Wikipedia:1902)
• Wikipedia:February 16 – 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 – Wikipedia:Anthony Crosland, British author and politician (b. Wikipedia:1918)
• Wikipedia:February 20 – Wikipedia:Ralph Hungerford, American naval officer, 33rd Wikipedia:Governor of American Samoa (b. Wikipedia:1896)
• Wikipedia:February 21 – Wikipedia:John Hubley, American animator (b. Wikipedia:1914)
• Wikipedia:February 25 – Wikipedia:Patricia Haines, British actress (b. Wikipedia:1932)
• Wikipedia:February 27 – Wikipedia:Allison Hayes, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1930)
• Wikipedia:February 28 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, African-American actor (The Jack Benny Show) (b. Wikipedia:1905)
• Wikipedia:March 3 – Wikipedia:Percy Marmont, stage & screen actor (b. Wikipedia:1883)
• Wikipedia:March 4 – Wikipedia:Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. Wikipedia:1951)
• Wikipedia:March 5 – Wikipedia:Tom Pryce, British Formula race car driver (b. Wikipedia:1949)
• Wikipedia:March 8 – Wikipedia:Henry Hull, American actor (b. Wikipedia:1890)
• Wikipedia:March 10 – Wikipedia:E. Power Biggs, British-born American organist (b. Wikipedia:1906)
• Wikipedia:March 11 – Wikipedia:Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (b. Wikipedia:1893)
• Wikipedia:March 15 – Wikipedia:Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler )b. Wikipedia:1921}
• Wikipedia:March 16 – Wikipedia:Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. Wikipedia:1917)
• Wikipedia:March 18 – Wikipedia:Marien Ngouabi, President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. Wikipedia:1938)
• Wikipedia:March 22 – Wikipedia:A. K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. Wikipedia:1904)
• Wikipedia:March 25 – Wikipedia:Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and director (b. Wikipedia:1897)
• Wikipedia:March 26 – Wikipedia:Madeleine Dring, British composer and actress (b. Wikipedia:1923)
• Wikipedia:March 27 – Wikipedia:Diana Hyland, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1936)
• Wikipedia:March 29 – Wikipedia:Charles Nicoletti, American gangster (b. Wikipedia:1916)
• Wikipedia:March 30 – Wikipedia:Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. Wikipedia:1929)

April–June

• Wikipedia:April 11 – Wikipedia:Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. Wikipedia:1900)
• Wikipedia:April 12 – Wikipedia:Philip K. Wrigley, American Wikipedia:chewing gum manufacturer and Wikipedia:Major League Baseball executive (b. Wikipedia:1894)
• Wikipedia:April 17 – 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 – Wikipedia:Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. Wikipedia:1892)
• Wikipedia:April 27 – 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 – Wikipedia:Richard Pike Bissell, author of short stories and novels (b. Wikipedia:1913)
• Wikipedia:May 5
  • Wikipedia:Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (b. Wikipedia:1897)
  • Wikipedia:Sam Lanin, American Wikipedia:1920s Wikipedia:bandleader (b. Wikipedia:1891)
• Wikipedia:May 9 – James Jones, American writer (b. Wikipedia:1921)
• Wikipedia:May 10 – Wikipedia:Joan Crawford, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1905)

• Wikipedia:May 15 – Wikipedia:Herbert Wilcox, British film director and producer (b. Wikipedia:1892)
• Wikipedia:May 16 – Wikipedia:Modibo Keita, former Wikipedia:President of Mali (b. Wikipedia:1915)
• Wikipedia:May 31 – Wikipedia:William Castle, American film director (b. Wikipedia:1914)
• Wikipedia:June 2 – Wikipedia:Stephen Boyd, American film actor (Fantastic Voyage) (b. Wikipedia:1931)
• Wikipedia:June 3
  • Wikipedia:Archibald Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Wikipedia:1886)
  • Wikipedia:Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. Wikipedia:1906)
• Wikipedia:June 14 – Wikipedia:Alan Reed, American actor (b. Wikipedia:1907)
• Wikipedia:June 16 – Wikipedia:Wernher von Braun, German-born American rocket scientist (b. Wikipedia:1912)
• Wikipedia:June 19
  • Geraldine Brooks, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1925)
  • Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English Chief Girl Guide (b. Wikipedia:1889)
  • Wikipedia:Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. Wikipedia:1933)
• Wikipedia:June 22 – Wikipedia:Jacqueline Audry, French film director (b. Wikipedia:1908)

July–September

• Wikipedia:July 2 – Wikipedia:Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (Lolita) (b. Wikipedia:1899)

File:Vladimir Nabokov.jpg

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 – Carl Gustav von Rosen, Swedish pilot (b. Wikipedia:1909)
• Wikipedia:July 15 – Wikipedia:Konstantin Fedin, Russian writer (b. Wikipedia:1892)
• Wikipedia:July 19 – Wikipedia:Karl Ristikivi, Estonian writer (b. Wikipedia:1912)
• Wikipedia:July 20 – Wikipedia:Carter DeHaven, American actor (b. Wikipedia:1886)
• Wikipedia:July 23 – Wikipedia:Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan footballer (b. Wikipedia:1915)
• Wikipedia:August 1 – 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, Cypriot Archbishop and first Wikipedia:President of Cyprus (b. Wikipedia:1913)
• Wikipedia:August 4 – Wikipedia:Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Wikipedia:1889)
• Wikipedia:August 9 – Wikipedia:George Kenney, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. Wikipedia:1889)
• Wikipedia:August 11 – 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 – Wikipedia:Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (b. Wikipedia:1935)

File:Elvis Presley 68 Comeback Special.jpg

Wikipedia:Elvis Presley

• Wikipedia:August 17 – Wikipedia:Delmer Daves, American screenwriter and director (b. Wikipedia:1904)
• Wikipedia:August 19 – Wikipedia:Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (b. Wikipedia:1890)

Wikipedia:Groucho Marx

• Wikipedia:August 22 – Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. Wikipedia:1918)
• Wikipedia:August 29 – Wikipedia:Jean Hagen, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1923)
• Wikipedia:August 31 – Wikipedia:Rick Vallin, Russian-American actor (b. Wikipedia:1919)
• Wikipedia:September 1 – Wikipedia:Ethel Waters, African-American singer (b. Wikipedia:1896)
• Wikipedia:September 4 – E.F. Schumacher, British economist (b. Wikipedia:1911)
• Wikipedia:September 6 – Wikipedia:John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (b. Wikipedia:1885)
• Wikipedia:September 8 – 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 – 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–December

• Wikipedia:October 3 – 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, Greek 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 – Wikipedia:Dorothy Davenport, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1895)
• Wikipedia:October 13 – Wikipedia:Jackie Condon, American actor (b. Wikipedia:1918)
• Wikipedia:October 14 – Wikipedia:Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. Wikipedia:1903)

Wikipedia:Bing Crosby

• Wikipedia:October 17 – Wikipedia:Michael Balcon, English film producer (b. Wikipedia:1896)
• Wikipedia:October 18 – Wikipedia:Andreas Baader, West German member of Wikipedia:Red Army Faction (b. Wikipedia:1943)
• Wikipedia:October 20 – 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 – 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 – Wikipedia:Bucky Harris, American baseball player (b. Wikipedia:1896)
• Wikipedia:November 9 – Wikipedia:Gertrude Astor, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1887)
• Wikipedia:November 10 – 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

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 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. Wikipedia:1898)
• Wikipedia:November 18 – Wikipedia:Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. Wikipedia:1888)
• Wikipedia:November 21 – Richard Carlson, American actor (b. Wikipedia:1912)
• Wikipedia:November 25 – Wikipedia:Tommy Prince, Canadian war hero (b. Wikipedia:1915)
• Wikipedia:November 30 – Wikipedia:Terence Rattigan, English playwright (b. Wikipedia:1911)
• Wikipedia:December 5 – Wikipedia:Roland Kirk, American jazz musician (b. Wikipedia:1936)
• Wikipedia:December 10 – Wikipedia:Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Youngest daughter of Wikipedia:Theodore Roosevelt (b. Wikipedia:1891)
• Wikipedia:December 12 – Wikipedia:Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, Wife of Wikipedia:Winston Churchill (b. Wikipedia:1885)

Wikipedia:Sir Charles Chaplin

• Wikipedia:December 13 – Sir Charles Petrie, British historian (b. Wikipedia:1895)
• Wikipedia:December 15 – Wikipedia:Wilfred Kitching, 7th (British) General of The Salvation Army (b. Wikipedia:1893)
• Wikipedia:December 18 – 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 – Wikipedia:Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (b. Wikipedia:1917)
• Wikipedia:December 25 – Wikipedia:Sir Charles Chaplin, English-born comedian (b. Wikipedia:1889)
• Wikipedia:December 26 – Wikipedia:Howard Hawks, American film director (b. Wikipedia:1896)
• Wikipedia:December 28 – Wikipedia:Charlotte Greenwood, American actress (b. Wikipedia:1890)

Nobel Prizes

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• Physics – Wikipedia:Philip Warren Anderson, Wikipedia:Sir Nevill Francis Mott, Wikipedia:John Hasbrouck van Vleck
• Chemistry – Wikipedia:Ilya Prigogine
• Physiology or Medicine – Wikipedia:Roger Guillemin, Wikipedia:Andrew Schally, Wikipedia:Rosalyn Yalow
• Literature – Wikipedia:Vicente Aleixandre
• Peace – Wikipedia:Amnesty International
• Economics – Wikipedia:Bertil Ohlin, Wikipedia:James Meade

1977 in gay rights

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

• Web site for Advocate news magazine
• 365gay.com
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news

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References

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