Page 11: Historical Events In 1977
Monday, 02 February 2026
Jul 19 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2228 Soyuz-Apollo. 


Jul 20 Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90 


Jul 20 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, results in the deaths of 80 and causing $350 mil damage 


Jul 23 René de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79. 


Jul 23 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges. 


Jul 26 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 


Jul 27 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US. 


Jul 28 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks 


Jul 28 The inaugural oil flow through the Alaska pipeline. 


Jul 29 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies 


Jul 30 Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered 


Jul 31 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 


Aug 01 Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47 


Aug 03 Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83. 


Aug 03 Radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered 


Aug 04 Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92. 


Aug 04 Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy 


Aug 05 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 


Aug 09 Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75. 


Aug 10 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer. 


Aug 10 Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75 


Aug 11 The inaugural CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots 


Aug 12 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 


Aug 12 Space shuttle Enterprise makes inaugural atmospheric flight. 


Aug 13 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies. 


Aug 13 inaugural test glide of the shuttle 


Aug 16 Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42. 


Aug 19 Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86. 


Aug 20 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 


Aug 21 Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 


Aug 22 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59 


Aug 23 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family Affair), dies at 59 


Aug 23 The inaugural man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor). 


Aug 26 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78. 


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