Page 11: Historical Events In 1977
Sunday, 14 June 2026
Aug 05 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 


Aug 09 Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 


Aug 10 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer 


Aug 10 Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75 


Aug 11 The inaugural CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots 


Aug 12 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 


Aug 12 Space shuttle Enterprise makes inaugural atmospheric flight 


Aug 13 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies 


Aug 13 inaugural test glide of the shuttle 


Aug 16 Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42. 


Aug 19 Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86 


Aug 20 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. 


Aug 21 Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87. 


Aug 22 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59. 


Aug 23 Sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family Affair), dies at 59. 


Aug 23 The inaugural man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor). 


Aug 26 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78 


Aug 27 George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86. 


Aug 29 Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 


Aug 29 Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's record by stealing the 893rd base of his baseball career 


Aug 31 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125524') 


Aug 31 In this year, Ian Smith claims the Rhodesian general election with 80 per cent of the overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 


Sep 01 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold. 


Sep 01 Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76 


Sep 05 Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 


Sep 06 Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85. 


Sep 07 G. Gordon Liddy is released from prison after serving a four-year term for his part in the Watergate conspiracy 


Sep 07 Gustave Reese, composer, dies at 77 


Sep 08 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy 


Sep 08 Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62. 


Sep 09 John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73 


Sep 10 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine. 


Sep 11 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65. 


Sep 12 Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 


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