Page 14: Historical Events In 1977
Sunday, 28 June 2026
Nov 22 Regular Concorde passenger service between NY and Europe begins 


Nov 23 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 


Nov 24 Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65 


Nov 25 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins. 


Nov 25 Richard Carlson actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65. 


Nov 27 John L McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81 


Nov 28 Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 75. 


Nov 29 George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78 


Dec 01 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69. 


Dec 04 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself. 


Dec 04 Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72. 


Dec 05 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen 


Dec 05 The Plymouth Horizon was introduced on this day. It was the inaugural American-made small car with front-wheel drive. Technical advances in drive technology had reduced the size and cost of front-wheel drive systems 


Dec 06 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence 


Dec 07 Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0. 


Dec 07 Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies. 


Dec 09 Clarice Lispector, writer, dies 


Dec 10 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 


Dec 12 Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones, dies at 92. 


Dec 13 Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash 


Dec 14 Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for inaugural formal peace conference 


Dec 18 Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 


Dec 19 Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101 


Dec 20 inaugural Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut 


Dec 22 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes. 


Dec 22 After only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record 


Dec 22 In this year, The Canadian government starts building inaugural six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough). 


Dec 22 Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 


Dec 25 Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 


Dec 25 Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Sadat 


Dec 26 Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81. 


Dec 30 Carter holds inaugural news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) 


Dec 31 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa. 


Dec 31 Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov and JJ), dies at 62 


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