page_title: 1977
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: 1977 / Events / November
context_page_description: 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: November 1 – 2060 Chiron, first of the outer Solar System asteroids known as Centaurs, is discovered by Charlie Kowal.
  November 2 – The worst storm in Athens' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
  November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia fails, killing 39.
  November 8
  Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
  San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
  November 9 – Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of Bolivia, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in 1978 instead of 1980 as previously provided.
  November 10 – The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever is released.  Featuring five new Bee Gees compositions, it will go on to become the then best selling album of all time.
  November 19
  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
  TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
  November 22
  British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
  The TCP/IP test succeeds, connecting 3 ARPANET nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the Internet protocol.
  November 28 – Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp records "On Green Dolphin Street", the first digitally recorded album to be released commercially in the USA.
  November 30 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is founded as a specialized agency of the United Nations.
caption: November 19: Sadat meets Menachem Begin in Israel.
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