Historical Events In 1977
Apr 06 In Iran a 6.0 earthquake was was centered about 800 kilometers northwest of Bandar Abbas. The earthquake killed at least 348, injured about 200
Apr 18 Jerome Drayton wins the 81st Boston Marathon in in 2:14:46; the eighth Canadian to win the Marathon.
Apr 02 Charlotte Brew becomes the first woman to ride in Britain's Grand National steeplechase when she rides her own horse, Barony Fort.
Apr 30 Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo hold first weekly march to demand return of their disappeared children.
Apr 13 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2382 Nonie
Apr 23 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
Apr 06 The Kingdome in Seattle opens
Apr 05 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 27 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel
Apr 28 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
Apr 03 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
Apr 04 Sarah Michelle Gellar born.
Apr 08 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
Apr 02 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks
Apr 03 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
Apr 16 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
Apr 17 E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2135 Aristaeus
Apr 20 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2261
Apr 24 C Kowal discovers asteroid #2063 Bacchus
Apr 18 The Hall Commission Report on Grain Handling and Transportation is published. This recommends limited branch line abandonment on the prairies.
Apr 21 Broadway play "Annie" opens, first of 2,377 performances
Apr 22 Charles Sanford orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
Apr 20 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers
Apr 18 Jerome Drayton wins the 81st Boston Marathon in in 2 14 46; the eighth Canadian to win the Marathon.
Apr 26 NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
Apr 01 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
Apr 03 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
Apr 03 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
Apr 02 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
Apr 23 Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
Apr 13 Statistics Canada reports March unemployment figures at 90,000, or 8.1% of the workforce; highest since figures first collected in 1953
Apr 06 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
Nov 21 The first flight of the Concorde between London and New York
Nov 17 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
Nov 06 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
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