page_title: 1977 in the United States
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1977 in the United States / Events / March
caption_attribution_description: BCR #2860 in Jack London Square area, Oakland CA LS March 1977.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1977 in the United States.
context_section_description: March 9 – Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends two days later.
  March 15 – Tenor Luciano Pavarotti and the PBS opera series Live from the Met both make their American television debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of Puccini's La Boheme.
caption: An excursion train pulled by a classic BC Rail steam locomotive visits Oakland, California in 1977
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