October 1977 calendar

October 1977
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1977: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1977?

Events

01 Oct 1977 Department Of Energy established
02 Oct 1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
03 Oct 1977 Comedy with Music (Victor Borge) opens at Imperial NYC for 66 performances
04 Oct 1977 Pier 39 opens in San Francisco, California.
05 Oct 1977 Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
06 Oct 1977 DL Coburns Gin Game, premieres in New York City
07 Oct 1977 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis
08 Oct 1977 Largest baseball crowd in Pennsylvania, 64,924 see Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in fourth National League championship game (Dodgers win pennant).
09 Oct 1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
10 Oct 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
11 Oct 1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth.
12 Oct 1977 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise
13 Oct 1977 The Atari 2600 game system is released.
14 Oct 1977 Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro
15 Oct 1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile
17 Oct 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament.
18 Oct 1977 W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
19 Oct 1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H M Schleyer, found
20 Oct 1977 Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons Dracula, premieres in New York City
21 Oct 1977 US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa.
22 Oct 1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit.
23 Oct 1977 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
24 Oct 1977 Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
25 Oct 1977 Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
26 Oct 1977 5th and final test of space shuttle Enterprise
27 Oct 1977 Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
29 Oct 1977 Act opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances
30 Oct 1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07
07 Oct 1977 The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.