Page 4: Historical Events In 1977
Monday, 02 February 2026
Feb 28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71. 


Feb 28 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 


Mar 01 In this year, Bank of America formally adopts the name VISA for their credit cards 


Mar 01 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles. 


Mar 02 Bette Davis is inaugural woman to receive Life Achievement Award 


Mar 02 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson. 


Mar 02 Libya amends constitution. 


Mar 03 Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms 


Mar 03 Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 


Mar 03 World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR). 


Mar 04 A 7.2 earthquake occurred in Romania, it was centered about 170 kilometers northeast of Bucharest. It killed 1500, injured about 10500, and caused extensive damage in Bucharest and other parts of Romania 


Mar 04 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain. 


Mar 04 Earthquake in Romania, results in the deaths of 1541. 


Mar 04 The inaugural big CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico 


Mar 05 Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52 


Mar 07 In this year, Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party claims elections. 


Mar 07 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter 


Mar 08 Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86. 


Mar 08 Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 


Mar 08 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her inaugural child (Peter). 


Mar 09 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), is recorded as becoming 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche 


Mar 09 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington DC, siege ended March 11th. 


Mar 10 E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 


Mar 10 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO. 


Mar 10 Uranus rings discovered. 


Mar 11 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway. 


Mar 11 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC 


Mar 12 Chile President Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party 


Mar 12 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 


Mar 13 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test 


Mar 13 Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies 


Mar 15 "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV 


Mar 15 Canadian actress Suzanne Somers stars in ABC TV's new Three's Company comedy show, opposite John Ritter 


Mar 15 Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered 


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