July 1977 calendar

July 1977
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1977.
The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was James Callaghan (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1977: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1977?

Events

01 Jul 1977 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove
03 Jul 1977 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
04 Jul 1977 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
05 Jul 1977 Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
07 Jul 1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
08 Jul 1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance
09 Jul 1977 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
10 Jul 1977 Happy End closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
11 Jul 1977 US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
12 Jul 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
13 Jul 1977 New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
14 Jul 1977 North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3
15 Jul 1977 Anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith, New South Wales (presumed murdered).
16 Jul 1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe
17 Jul 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
18 Jul 1977 Vietnam becomes member of UN
19 Jul 1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York
20 Jul 1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing US$350 million damage.
21 Jul 1977 Libyan-Egyptian border fights
22 Jul 1977 Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
23 Jul 1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims on hostage charges.
24 Jul 1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
26 Jul 1977 The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
27 Jul 1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US.
28 Jul 1977 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
30 Jul 1977 Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht, Dresdner-Bank.com chairman of the Dresdner Bank in Oberursel, West Germany.
31 Jul 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic
05 Jul 1977 The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.