Page 9: Historical Events In 1977

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   

Jun 15   Spain's inaugural free elections since 1936   

Jun 16   "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway   

Jun 16   Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union   

Jun 16   Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking   

Jun 16   Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist, dies at age 65.   

Jun 18   Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation.   

Jun 18   Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for inaugural time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747   

Jun 19   Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann inaugural US male saint.   

Jun 20   Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68.   

Jun 20   Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez.   

Jun 21   Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison.   

Jun 21   Menachem Begin (Likud), is recorded as becoming Israel's 6th PM.   

Jun 22   In the Tonga Islands a 7.2 earthquake was centered approximately 2200 kilometers north of Wellington, New Zealand   

Jun 22   In this year, Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison.   

Jun 22   Walt Disney's "The Rescuers" released   

Jun 24   IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976   

Jun 25   Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65   

Jun 25   LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency   

Jun 25   Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!.   

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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),