Page 8: Historical Events In 1977

May 19   "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres on this day in history.   

May 20   On this day in history "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

May 21   On this day in history "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 performances   

May 21   On this day in history albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC   

May 21   Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 on this day in history.   

May 22   In the year 1977 final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)   

May 22   On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

May 23   On this day in history benin adopts its constitution   

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

May 23   Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell in the year 1977.   

May 24   On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

May 25   In the year 1977 "Beatles Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released   

May 25   Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election in the year 1977.   

May 25   Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome on this day in history.   

May 25   In the year 1977 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

May 26   "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway on this day in history.   

May 26   In the year 1977 george Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center   

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

May 26   In the year 1977 movie "Star Wars" debuts   

May 27   In the year 1977 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582   

May 27   NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed in the year 1977.   

May 28   On this day in history 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky   

May 28   Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1977.   

May 29   Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

May 29   In the year 1977 janet Guthrie becomes first woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500   

May 29   NBC News & Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio on this day in history.   

May 29   On this day in history sue Press is first woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one   

May 29   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1977.   

May 30   In the year 1977 claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

May 31   In the year 1977 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances   

May 31   In the year 1977 hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar   

May 31   Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1977 nJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City   

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Jan 18   In the year 1977 birth of curtis Cregan, American actor   

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model   

Apr 02   Michael Fassbender, Actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1977 birth of aiden Turner, British actor   

Apr 19   Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer was born in the year 1977.   

Apr 19   In the year 1977 birth of joe Beimel, American baseball player   

Apr 19   Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player was born on this day in history.   

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)   

Jan 02   Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 in the year 1977.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide   

Jan 05   Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74 in the year 1977.   

Jan 09   Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1977.   

Jan 12   In the year 1977 henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at 69   

Jan 14   In the year 1977 abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53   

Jan 17   Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967 died in the year 1977.   

Jan 18   Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 in the year 1977.