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1977 in the United States

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1977
in
the United States

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Events from the year 1977 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Gerald Ford (R-Michigan) (until January 20)
Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) (starting January 20)
Nelson Rockefeller (R-New York) (until January 20)
Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) (starting January 20)
Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma) (until January 3)
Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts) (starting January 4)
Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) (until January 3)
Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) (starting January 3)

Events

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January

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January 20: Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th U.S. president
Walter Mondale becomes the 42nd U.S. vice president

February

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March

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An excursion train pulled by a classic BC Rail steam locomotive visits Oakland, California in 1977

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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Voyager 1 launched Sept. 5, 1977

October

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November

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A British Airways Concorde aircraft

December

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Undated

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Ongoing

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January

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Dustin Diamond
Jerry Trainor
Vince Carter
Antonio Delgado
Kerry Washington

February

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Gavin DeGraw
Mike Shinoda
Ike Barinholtz
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Jason Aldean

March

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James Van Der Beek
Robin Thicke
Brian Tee
Jessica Chastain
Annie Wersching

April

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Sarah Michelle Gellar
David Valadao
Kal Penn
John Cena
Tom Welling

May

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Eric Church
Tom Cotton
Pusha T
Mark Hunter
Eric Christian Olsen

June

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Sarah Wayne Callies
Zachary Quinto
AJ Styles
Kanye West
Jason Mraz

July

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Liv Tyler
Milo Ventimiglia
Brock Lesnar
Jaime Pressly

August

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Edward Furlong
Tom Brady
Jamey Jasta
Jeff Hardy

September

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Ludacris
2 Chainz
Fiona Apple
Marisa Ramirez
Clea DuVall

October

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Francis Suarez
Matt Bomer
John Mayer
Jon Heder

November

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Brittany Murphy
Sean Murray
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Colin Hanks
Andy Beshear

December

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Nancy Mace
Maria Brink
Michael Raymond-James
Laila Ali
Donald Trump Jr.

Full date unknown

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Kris Roe

Deaths

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January

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Peter Finch

February

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March

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Fannie Lou Hamer

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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Elvis Presley

September

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Ethel Waters

October

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Bing Crosby

November

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December

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The mean temperature for January 1977 of 23.09 °F or −4.95 °C was the coldest since before 1895, but was broken in January 1979.
  2. ^ Januaries 1981, 1985 and 2014 have since surpassed this figure, almost certainly largely due to man-made global warming.

References

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  1. ^ CalmX, some as; Artist, Was an Experimental; Director, Film; producer; Creator, Video Game Content; inventors, freelance writer for some 18 years She specialized in writing about; inventions; March 2015, in particular Bellis died in. "The Inventors of the First Hobby and Home Computers". ThoughtCo.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "History of the Coalition of Free Men, Inc. (NCFM) - National Coalition For Men (NCFM)". ncfm.org. 15 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b October to February Mean Temperature: Ohio Valley; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  4. ^ Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  5. ^ Dewey, K.F. (1977). "Lake-Effect Snowstorms and the Record Breaking 1976–1977 Snowfall to the Lee of Lakes Erie and Ontario". Weatherwise. 30 (6): 228–231. Bibcode:1977Weawi..30f.228D. doi:10.1080/00431672.1977.9931836.
  6. ^ "Contiguous US Minimum Temperature; All Months". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  7. ^ "Alaska Average Temperature: January [1925 to 1977]". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  8. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian. "What Happened When a Southern Airways Flight 242 Crashed in Sadie Burkhalter's Front Yard". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  9. ^ Brasch, Ben. "40 years later: Remembering the 72 who died in New Hope plane crash". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  10. ^ Hyer, Marjorie (November 11, 1977). "Vatican Eases Excommunication Rule". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Fryd, Vivien Green (Spring 2007). "Suzanne Lacy's Three Weeks in May: Feminist Activist Performance Art as "Expanded Public Pedagogy"". NWSA Journal. 19 (1). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 23–38. JSTOR 4317229. S2CID 201751753.
  12. ^ "Star Wars' B.O. Hits Wow $2.5 Mil", Variety, June 1, 1977, p. 1
  13. ^ "STAR WARS: The Year's Best Movie", TIME, May 30, 1977
  14. ^ "'Star Wars' the new box office champ", Modesto (CA) Bee, December 1, 1977, p. C-12.
  15. ^ Christopher Null (April 2007), "50 Best Tech Products of All Time", PC World, USA, archived from the original on July 22, 2015, retrieved August 15, 2015
  16. ^ "Elvis Presley Remembered: A Look at How Rolling Stone Covered the King on the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Death". Rolling Stone. 15 August 2007.
  17. ^ "Four years of built $120 Million hospital of faith", New York Times, October 20, 1981; retrieved October 23, 2013
  18. ^ "Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell". www.superseventies.com.
  19. ^ July to June Precipitation: Western NWS Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  20. ^ Northwest Region July to June Precipitation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  21. ^ Quinn, F. H., Assell, R. A., Boyce, D. E., Leshkevich, G. A., Snider, C. R., and Weisnet, D.; ‘Summary of Great Lakes Weather and Ice Conditions, Winter 1976-77’
  22. ^ "Wally Szczerbiak Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  23. ^ Tom C. Clark American jurist
  24. ^ "Jean Hagen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  25. ^ Ethel Roosevelt Derby, a Daughter Of President Theodore Roosevelt
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