Page 7: Historical Events In 1977
Friday, 19 June 2026
May 05 Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80 


May 06 "Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" released in UK. 


May 07 Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73. 


May 08 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings. 


May 09 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 


May 09 James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55 


May 09 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Republic of Cameroon 


May 09 Patty Hearst let out of jail. 


May 10 Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69. 


May 11 In this year, Hamburger SV claims 17th soccer Europe Cup II 


May 11 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game 


May 12 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation. 


May 14 English football international Bobby Moore retires 


May 14 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 


May 16 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC 


May 16 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title 


May 17 In this year, Menahem Begins Likoed-party claims election in Israel. 


May 18 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164. 


May 18 Menachem Begin is recorded as becoming Israel's Prime Minister. 


May 19 "Smokey and the Bandit" premieres. 


May 21 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 performances 


May 21 Albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC. 


May 21 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, results in the deaths of 19. 


May 22 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years). 


May 22 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 


May 23 In this year, Benin formally adopts its constitution 


May 23 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11. 


May 23 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell. 


May 24 USSR President Podgorny steps down. 


May 25 "Beatles Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released. 


May 25 In this year, Dutch social democratic party claims parliamentary election. 


May 25 In this year, Liverpool claims 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome 


May 26 "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway 


May 26 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center 


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