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News and Events of 1977

Year by Year: 1900-2012 View a 1977 calendar

World Events

World Statistics

Population: 4.230 billion
population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize:
Amnesty International

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Deng Xiaoping, purged Chinese leader, restored to power as Gang of Four is expelled from Communist Party (July 22).
South African activist Steve Biko dies in police custody (Sept. 12).
Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of nuclear weapons, is signed by 15 countries, including US and USSR (Sept. 21). Background: nuclear disarmament

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U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: James Earl Carter, Jr.
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
Population: 220,239,425
Life expectancy: 73.3 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 50.8
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 46.0

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First woman Episcopal priest ordained (Jan. 1).
Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious "legionnaire's disease" (Jan. 18).
Carter pardons Vietnam war draft evaders (Jan. 21).
Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions (June 20).

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Economics

US GDP (1998 dollars):   $2,026.90 billion
Federal spending:   $409.22 billion
Federal debt:   $706.4 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars):  $13,572
Consumer Price Index:   60.6
Unemployment:   7.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.13

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Sports

Sports Links

Pro Football Summary

Pro Basketball Summary

Pro Baseball Summary

Super Bowl

Oakland d. Minnesota (32-14)

World Series

NY Yankees d. LA Dodgers (4-2)

NBA Championship

Portland d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)

Stanley Cup

Montreal d. Boston (4-0)

Wimbledon

Women: Virginia Wade d. B. Stove (4-6 6-3 6-1)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. J. Connors (3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Seattle Slew

NCAA Basketball Championship

Marquette d. North Carolina (67-59)

NCAA Football Champions

Notre Dame (11-1-0)

Entertainment

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Music: Visions of Terror and Wonder, Richard Wernick
Drama: The Shadow Box, Michael Cristofer

Oscars awarded in 1977
Academy Award, Best Picture: Rocky, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers (United Artists)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Vicente Aleixandre (Spain)

1977 Emmy Awards

1977 Tony Awards

Grammys awarded in 1977
Record of the Year: "This Masquerade," George Benson
Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs," Bruce Johnston, songwriter

Miss America: Dorothy Kathleen Benham (MN)

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Events

The TV miniseries Roots draws an audience of 130 million.
Star Wars hits theaters--for the first time--and will go on to be the second highest-grossing film of all time.
Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno and the popularity of movie soundtracks.
Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, his Memphis, Tenn. home. He was 42.

Movies

Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia

Music

Various artists, Saturday Night Fever soundtrack

Books

John Cheever, Falconer
Joan Didion, The Book of Common Prayer
Stephen Jay Gould, Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Kenneth Koch, The Duplications
W.S. Merwin, The Compass Flower
Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

Science

Nobel Prizes in Science

Chemistry: Ilya Prigogine (Belgium), for contributions to nonequilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures

Physics: Philip W. Anderson, John H. Van Vleck (both US), and Nevill F. Mott (UK), for work underlying computer memories and electronic devices

Physiology or Medicine: Rosalyn S. Yalow, Roger C. L. Guillemin, and Andrew V. Schally (all US), for research in role of hormones in chemistry of the body

The neutron bomb is developed. Background: nuclear weapons
The space shuttle Enterprise makes its first test glide, from the back of a 747. Background: US Staffed Space Flights
Paul MacCready (US) develops the Gossamer Condor, the first successful human-powered aircraft. Background: Famous Firsts in Aviation
Lasers are first used to initiate a fusion reaction. Background: nuclear energy

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