Page 5: Historical Events In 1977
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Mar 15 US House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 


Mar 16 US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland. 


Mar 17 In this year, Australia claims cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 


Mar 18 In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated 


Mar 18 In this year, Clash releases their inaugural recording "White Riot". 


Mar 18 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered 


Mar 18 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea and Cambodia 


Mar 18 Vietnam hands over MIA to US 


Mar 19 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances 


Mar 19 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 


Mar 19 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1 15.33) 


Mar 19 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1:15.33). 


Mar 20 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as inaugural mayor in a century 


Mar 20 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 


Mar 21 In Iran a 7.0 earthquake was was centered in the Bandar Abbas area, near the Persian Gulf. The earthquake killed 167, injured 556, and caused considerable damage over an area of 550 square kilometers north of Bandar Abbas. 


Mar 21 Off Newfoundland the Greenpeace Foundation abandons protest against annual seal hunt off coast of Newfoundland; due to bad weather, ice conditions, and lack of money. 


Mar 22 Dutch Den Uyl government falls. 


Mar 22 Indira Gandhi steps down as Prime Minister of India. 


Mar 24 Former Australian cabinet minister Don Chipp steps down from the Liberal Party; later he establishes the Australian Democrats 


Mar 24 Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73. 


Mar 25 In another part of Turkey a 5.2 earthquake killed 30, injured some, and caused considerable damage in the Lice-Palu area 


Mar 25 In Turkey a 4.8 earthquake jolted the northeastern part of Turkey, killed at least one, injured several,. 


Mar 26 In this year, Elvis Costello releases his inaugural record "Less Than Zero". 


Mar 27 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747's crash, Tenerife 


Mar 27 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41 


Mar 28 49th Academy Awards "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win 


Mar 28 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win 


Mar 28 Morarji Desai forms government in India 


Mar 30 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88. 


Apr 01 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games. 


Apr 02 Charlotte Brew is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman to ride in Britain's Grand National steeplechase when she rides her own horse, Barony Fort 


Apr 02 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks. 


Apr 02 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose 


Apr 03 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth 


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