Friday February 18, 1977
US date format: 2/18/1977, UK date format: 18/2/1977
It was Friday, under the sign of Aquarius (see birth chart on February 18, 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.
Famous people born on this day include Kristoffer Polaha and Ike Barinholtz.
In that special week of February people in US were listening to Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
In UK When I Need You by Leo Sayer was in the top 5 hits.
Slap Shot, directed by George Roy Hill, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1977
while The Crash Of '79 by Paul E. Erdman was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Rob Roy.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Depthcharge or Boot Hill.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of February 18, 1977?
Holidays
- Independence Day in The Gambia (1965)
Events
- George Harrison releases True Love
- Prog 1 of 2000 AD, is launched (issue dated 26 February 1977).
Famous Birthday
- Kristoffer Polaha: Actor.
- Ike Barinholtz: American actor producer and...
- Meredith Ostrom: Actress.
- László Nemes
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Famous Deaths
- Ralph Graves: Actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77.
- Maria Realino: teacher (Botany of Cura?ao), dies at age...
- Andy Devine: American actor and singer (d. 1977).
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Slap Shot
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren
Country: United States of America
Too Hot to Handle
Directed by: Don Schain
Starring: Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé, Vic Diaz, Corinne Calvet
The Late Show
Directed by: Robert Benton
Starring: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche
Target of an Assassin
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Starring: Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Simon Sabela, Marius Weyers
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of February 18, 1977?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
- Eagles - New Kid In Town
- Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
- Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
- Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'
- Jacksons - Enjoy Yourself
- Rose Royce - Car Wash
- Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
- Bread - Lost Without Your Love
- Bob Seger - Night Moves
Top #5 songs in the UK
Top #10 R&B songs
- Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
- Stevie Wonder - I Wish
- The Dramatics - Be My Girl
- Natalie Cole - I've Got Love On My Mind
- Deniece Williams - Free
- The O'Jays - Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)
- William Bell - Tryin' To Love Two
- Brass Construction - Ha Cha Cha (funktion)
- Brick - Dazz
- Latimore - Somethin' 'bout 'cha
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Rob Roy
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
The New Adventures of Batman
Directed by: Don Towsley
Headmaster
Directed by: Agradoot
Blankety Blanks
Starring: Graham Kennedy, Ugly Dave Gray, Stuart Wagstaff
Country: Australia
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
Days to next February 18
If February 18, 1977 is your birthday you're 43 years, 7 months, 7 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 4 months, 24 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in February 1977?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Alex Haley -- Feb. 14, 1977
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8524
- LIFE: explore magazine covers
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Ceremony Of The Innocent
By: Taylor Caldwell
One of this country's most acclaimed novelists returns to late nineteenth and early twentieth century America as the setting for her most personal novel: the parallel stories of a woman and
October Light
By: John Gardner
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. New Directions is excited to reissue the Gardner classics, beginning with October Light, a complex relationship rendered in a down-to-earth narrative.October
Storm Warning
By: Jack Higgins
During World War II, a group of German expatriates trapped in Brazil must sail across five thousand miles of tempestuous water to reach their homeland--and face the deadly barricade of American and British military power.
Trinity
By: Leon Uris
Leon Uris’s beloved Irish classic, available in Avon mass market. From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, and other beloved classics of twentieth-century fiction comes a sweeping and powerful epic adventure that …
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Depthcharge
Boot Hill
Basic Math
Air-Sea Battle
Circus
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