Title: 1977 Content: 1977 (MCMLXXVII) was . == Events == thumb|The Atari video game system * January 3 - Apple Computer is incorporated *February 18 – 2000 AD, a British comic, is first published * March 10 - The rings of Uranus are discovered * April 22 - Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic * May 25 - George Lucas' Star Wars opens in movie theaters *June – Hot Press, an Irish music magazine debuts * June 27 - Djibouti receives its independence from France *July 13 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours * August 7 - Mount Usu volcano in Japan erupts * September 11 - Atari, Inc. releases its Video Computer System in North America * October 18 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers *November – Blue Öyster Cult release their album Spectres *November 13 – Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels marry * December 20 - Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations == Births == *January 8 – Amber Benson, American actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) *January 13 – Orlando Bloom, English actor (The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, Troy) *January 28 – Daunte Culpepper, NFL quarterback *February 2 – Shakira, Colombian musician *February 3 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer *February 14 – Cadel Evans, first Australian Tour de France winner *March 2 – Chris Martin, English singer (Coldplay) *March 8 – James Van Der Beek, American actor *April 9 – Gerard Way, American singer (My Chemical Romance) *April 14 – Sarah Michelle Gellar American actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) *April 23 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, hip hop musician and actor *May 8 – Bad News Brown, Canadian musician (d. 2011) *May 19 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer *May 22 – djBJoRN, Canadian/Swedish DJ and producer *June 10 – Schapelle Corby, Australian criminal *July 1 – Naofumi Yamamoto, Japanese professional wrestler *July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor *July 14 – Princess Victoria of Sweden, heiress apparent of Sweden *July 17 – M.I.A., English musician *August 3 – Oscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist *August 4 – Yūko Kohara, Japanese manga artist *August 17 – William Gallas, French footballer *August 17 – Thierry Henry, French footballer *August 24 – Robert Enke, German footballer *August 31 – Jeff Hardy, American wrestler *September 15 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer *September 20 – Namie Amuro, Japanese singer *September 26 – Hugo de Jonge, Dutch politician *November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress *November 16 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater *December 1 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer *December 3 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper *December 7 – Dominic Howard, English musician (Muse) == Deaths == === January === * January 14 – Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897) === February === * February 9 – Queen Alia, Queen of Jordan (b. 1948) * February 11 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th President of India (b. 1905) === March === * March 4 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1887) === April === * April 5 – Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba (suicide) (b. 1903) === May === * May 5 – Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897) * May 10 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1904) * May 16 – Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) === June === * June 3 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian movie director, father of Isabella Rossellini, husband of Ingrid Bergman (b. 1906) * June 16 – Wernher von Braun, German-born American rocket scientist (b. 1912) === July === * July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (b. 1899) * July 25 – David Toro, President of Bolivia (b. 1898) === August === * August 16 – Elvis Presley, American singer (b. 1935) * August 19 – Groucho Marx, American actor (b. 1890) === September === * September 16 – Marc Bolan, British pop singer (b. 1947) * September 16 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923) * September 18 – Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) === October === * October 14 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (b. 1903) * October 18 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist (b. 1943) === November === * November 14 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religion leader (b. 1896) === December === * December 5 – Katherine Milhous, American illustrator and children's book author (b. 1894) * December 10 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901) * December 25 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor (b. 1889) == Nobel Prizes == * Nobel Prize in Physics shared by Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck * Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by Ilya Prigogine, Belgian physical chemist * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Roger Guillemin, Andrew Schally, and Rosalyn Yalow for their work on neurohormones * Nobel Prize in Literature won by Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet * Nobel Peace Prize won by Amnesty International, a group focused on human rights * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences - Bertil Ohlin, a Swedish economist and politician, and James Meade, a British economist == Movies released == *Annie Hall, winner of 4 Academy Awards *Candleshoe, starring David Niven, Helen Hayes, and Jodie Foster *Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg *The Gauntlet *The Deep, directed by Peter Yates *The Goodbye Girl, winning Academy Award for Best Actor for Richard Dreyfuss *Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney *Smokey and the Bandit *The Spy Who Loved Me, the tenth James Bond movie *Star Wars == Hit songs == *"Alison" – Elvis Costello *"American Girl" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers *"Amoureuse de la vie" – Dalida *"Angel In Your Arms" – Hot *"Another Star" – Stevie Wonder *"April Sun In Cuba" – Dragon *"As" – Stevie Wonder *"Baby What A Big Surprise" – Chicago *"Barracuda" – Heart *"Black Betty" – Ram Jam *"Blue Bayou" – Linda Ronstadt *"Boogie Nights" – Heatwave *"California" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band *"Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" – The Carpenters *"Captain Sky" – Dalida *"Carry On Wayward Son" – Kansas *"Cold As Ice" – Foreigner *"Come Sail Away" – Styx *"Complete Control" – The Clash *"Coyote" – Joni Mitchell *"Dancing In The Moonlight(It's Caught Me In The Spotlight)" – Thin Lizzy *"Dancing The Night Away" – The Motors *"Daytime Friends" – Kenny Rogers *"Disco Inferno" – The Trammps *"Do Anything You Wanna Do" – Eddie and the Hotrods *"Don't Believe A Word" – Thin Lizzy *"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" – Crystal Gayle *"Don't Stop" – Fleetwood Mac *"Down To Zero" – Joan Armatrading *"Dr Love" – Tina Charles *"Dreamboat Annie" – Heart *"Fanfare For The Common Man" – Emerson Lake and Palmer *"Father Christmas" – The Kinks *"Feels Like The First Time" – Foreigner *"Femme est la Nuit" – Dalida *"Fly Like An Eagle" – Steve Miller Band *"(Get A)Grip(On Yourself)" – The Stranglers *"Give A Little Bit" – Supertramp *"Go Your Own Way" – Fleetwood Mac *"God Save The Queen" – The Sex Pistols *"Heard It In A Love Song" – Marshall Tucker *"Heartsong" – Gordon Giltrap *"Hello Stranger" – Yvonne Elliman *"Help Is On It's Way" – Little River Band *"Here Come Those Tears Again" – Jackson Browne *"Heroes" – David Bowie *"Holidays In The Sun" – The Sex Pistols *"I Need A Man" – Grace Jones *"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – Warren Zevon *"I'm In You" – Peter Frampton *"In The Flesh" – Blondie *"Jamming/Punky Reggae Party" – Bob Marley and the Wailers *"Jet Airliner" – Steve Miller Band *"Jungle Love" – Steve Miller Band *"Killing of Georgie, Pt. 1-2" – Rod Stewart *"Let There Be Rock" – AC/DC *"Lido Shuffle" – Boz Scaggs *"Life In The Fast Lane" – The Eagles *"Like A Huricane" – Neil Young *"Livin' Thing" – Electric Light Orchestra *"Living Next Door To Alice" – Smokie *"Lonely Boy" – Andrew Gold *"Love Is The Answer" – Utopia *"Ma Baker" – Boney M *"Magazine Madonna – Sherbet *"Mannequin" – Wire *"Margaritaville" – Jimmy Buffett *"Maybe I'm Amazed" (live) – Paul McCartney & Wings *"Memory Motel" – The Rolling Stones *"More Than A Feeling" – Boston *"Motorhead" – Motorhead *"No More Heroes" – The Stranglers *"Nobody Does It Better" – Carly Simon *"Peaches/Go Buddy Go" – The Stranglers *"Pearl's A Singer" – Elkie Brooks *"Portsmouth" – Mike Oldfield *"The Pretender" – Jackson Browne *"Pretty Vacant" – The Sex Pistols *"Really Free" – John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett *"Remember... C'était loin" – Dalida & Richard Chanfray as St-Germain *"Rip To Her Shreds" – Blondie *"Rockaria" – Electric Light Orchestra *"Rockin' All Over The World" – Status Quo *"Rose Of Cimarron(EP)" – Poco *"Salma Ya Salama" – Dalida *"Save It For A Rainy Day" – Stephen Bishop *"Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll" – Ian Dury *"She's Not There" – Santana *"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" – The Ramones *"Smoke On The Water" – Deep Purple *"Solsbury Hill" – Peter Gabriel *"Something Better Change/Straighten Out" – The Stranglers *"Sometimes When We Touch" - Dan Hill *"Sound And Vision" – David Bowie *"Things We Do For Love" – 10cc *"This Is Tomorrow" – Bryan Ferry *"Ti Amo (Je t'aime)" – Dalida *"Tie Your Mother Down" – Queen *"2-4-6-8 Motorway" – Tom Robinson Band *"Tumbling Dice" – Linda Ronstadt *"Walk This Way" – Aerosmith *"Watching The Detectives" – Elvis Costello *"We Are The Champions" – Queen *"We Will Rock You" – Queen *"We Just Disagree" – Dave Mason *"White Riot" – The Clash *"Whole Wide World" – Wreckless Eric *"Wild Side Of Life" – Status Quo *"Wonderous Stories" – Yes *"Year Of The Cat" – Al Stewart *"You And Me" – Alice Cooper *"You Yesyesyes" – The Residents *"You're In My Heart" – Rod Stewart *"You're Moving Out Today" – Carole Bayer Sager *"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher" – Rita Coolidge *"Your Song" – Billy Paul == New books == *The Amityville Horror – Jay Anson *Beggarman, Thief – Irwin Shaw *Bloodline – Sidney Sheldon *A Bonus – Elizabeth Smart *The Chancellor Manuscript – Robert Ludlum *Child of the Morning – Pauline Gedge *The Complete Book of Running – Jim Fixx *Daniel Martin – John Fowles *Dreams Die First – Harold Robbins *The Honourable Schoolboy – John le Carré *How to Save Your Own Life – Erica Jong *Illusions – Richard Bach *James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me – Christopher Wood *Oliver's Story – Erich Segal *The Plague Dogs – Richard Adams *Rage – Richard Bachman *Refiner's Fire – Mark Helprin *A Scanner Darkly – Philip K. Dick *The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch *The Shining – Stephen King *The Silmarillion – J. R. R. Tolkien *The Slave Girl – Buchi Emecheta *Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison *Terms of Endearment – Larry McMurtry *The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough *The True American, A Folk Fable – Melvin Van Peebles *The Wars – Timothy Findley *Rocky Marciano. Biography of A First Son – Everett M. Skehan