Page 8: Historical Events In 1977

May 26   Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63.   

May 26   Movie "Star Wars" debuts   

May 27   2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582   

May 28   165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky   

May 28   Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63.   

May 29   Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66   

May 29   Janet Guthrie is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500.   

May 29   NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio.   

May 29   Sue Press is inaugural woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one   

May 30   Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86.   

May 31   "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances   

May 31   Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is recorded as becoming heir apparent to throne of Qatar.   

May 31   Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed.   

Jun 02   Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77   

Jun 02   NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

Jun 04   Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago results in the deaths of 2.   

Jun 05   "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74.   

Jun 05   Coup in Seychelles   

Jun 05   The inaugural personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale   

Jun 06   Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69   

Jun 06   Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws   

Jun 07   Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law   

Jun 09   Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies.   

Jun 09   George and Patti Harrison divorce   

Jun 09   Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks   

Jun 10   Apple Computer ships its inaugural Apple II   

Jun 10   James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison   

Jun 11   Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland.   

Jun 11   In this year, ELO releases "Telephone Line"   

Jun 11   In this year, Seattle Slew claims Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown   

Jun 12   Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library   

Jun 13   Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77   

Jun 14   Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69   

Jun 15   General elections held in Spain, the inaugural since 1936.   

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Jan 18   Curtis cregan: American actor   

Apr 02   Jelena abbou: Serbian fitness model   

Apr 02   Michael fassbender: Actor   

Apr 02   Aiden turner: British actor   

Apr 19   Lucien mettomo: Cameroonian footballer   

Apr 19   Joe beimel: American baseball player   

Apr 19   Dennys reyes: Mexican baseball player   

Apr 21   Karen ann peterson: Miss aruba universe (1997)   

Jan 02   Erroll garner: Jazz pianist (misty),   

Jan 03   Avraham ofer: Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide   

Jan 05   Onslow stevens: Actor (mr fisher-this is the life),    

Jan 09   Alexey kozlovsky: Composer,    

Jan 12   Henri-georges clouzot: Director (diabolique, truth),   

Jan 14   Abdul razak bin hussain: Premier of malaysia (1970-77),    

Jan 17   Gary gilmore: Executed in utah, 1st us execution since 1967   

Jan 18   Carl zuckmayer: German/swiss/us playwright (second wind),