page_title: 1977
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1977 / Events
caption_attribution_description: עברית: קונסולת אטארי 2600 עם משחק הקומבט המיתולוגי
context_page_description: 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
context_section_description: 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
caption: The Atari video game system
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