1977

Events

• On June 16 — In California (USA) Oracle was founded.

Events

• On January 1 — the new text of the anthem of the USSR in which words about Stalin were replaced Is claimed.
• On January 20 — Jimmy Carter released Gerald Ford from the U.S. presidency.
• On February 7 — From Baikonur Cosmodrome start of the Soviet piloted spaceship the Union-24 is performed.
• On March 27 — the Largest accident for all history of aviation. In Tenerife (Spain) 2 airplanes collided, 581 persons died.
• On April 7 — the Birthday of the Niva
• On May 2 — at 17 hours 10 minutes on a stopping point of Kryzhovk there was a zoom-in of the passenger train Grodno — Orsha on a local electric train. Accident in Kryzhovka — the largest of all that happened ever in the republic on the railroad.
• On May 25 — At movie theaters of the USA there begin the first demonstrations of the movie Star Wars: An episode of IV — New hope.
• On June 21 — at movie theaters of the USA there was the 22nd animated film by Walt Disney Rescuers
• On July 4 — Kolomna is awarded the order the October Revolution, noting merits in revolutionary movement and in connection with the 800 anniversary from the date of the basis.
• On August 17 — the Atomic-powered vessel "Arctic" subdued the North Pole.
• On September 5 — From the spaceport Cape Canaveral the carrier rocket Titan IIIE which brought to a trajectory of running away of AMS Voyager-1 started.
• On October 6 — the first flight of the MiG-29 fighter.
• On October 7 — Adoption of the Constitution of the USSR.
• On October 8 — Start of the first Pass the transat — a sailing race through the Atlantic Ocean and the birth of a class Pass.
• On November 7 — opening of the subway in Tashkent
• On November 12 — by the educational Perekop ship the Naval colors are hoisted, and the ship is included in structure of connection of the educational ships of the Leningrad VMB of the Baltic Fleet.

Were born

See Also: Category: Been born in 1977

• On January 13 — the actor Orlando Blum
• On January 17 — Li Uonnell, the screenwriter, the actor and the producer. Wrote the script for the movie "the Saw: Game of survival" also played Adam's role there.
• On February 2 — the Colombian singer Shakira
• On August 3 — Angela Beesley, the British Internet entrepreneur, the co-founder and the vice president for communications with community of the Wikia project.
• On August 6 — Zdenka Podkapova, the Czech model, the actress
• On August 17 — Tarja Turunen is the Finnish opera singer, the former participant Finnish Nightwish group simfo-metal
• On October 12 — Jasmin (singer)
• On May 19 — Natalia Oreyro, the Mexican actress and the singer
• On June 4 — Roman Miroshnichenko, the Russian guitarist

Died

See Also: Category: The dead in 1977

• On January 2 — Erroll Garner, the American jazz pianist, the head of ensemble, the composer.
• On December 25 — Charlie Chaplin, the American film actor, the director, the screenwriter.
• On November 14 — A.Ch. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International society of consciousness of Krishna (ISKKON).
• On June 26 — Lemeshev, Sergey Yakovlevich, the great Russian singer tenor.
• On July 2 — Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Russian and the American writer, the entomologist.
• On August 16 — Elvis Presley, the American singer and the actor.
• On August 31 — Matti Loukhivuori, the Finnish singer.

Nobel Prizes

• The physicist — Phillip Warren Anderson, Nevill Fransis Mott and John Van Flek — "For basic theoretical researches of electronic structure of the magnet and disordered systems".
• Chemistry — Ilya Prigozhin — "For works on thermodynamics of irreversible processes, especially for the theory of dissipative structures".
• Medicine and physiology —
• Economy — James Eduard Meade and Bertille Gottkhard Oulin — "For a pioneer contribution to the theory of international trade and the international capital movement".
• Literature — Vicente Aleixandre — "For outstanding poetic creativity which reflects provision of the person in space and modern society and at the same time represents the majestic evidence of revival of traditions of the Spanish poetry during the period between world wars".
• World award — Amnesty International — "For protection of human dignity against tortures, violence and disintegration".