Sunday August 21, 1977
US date format: 8/21/1977, UK date format: 21/8/1977
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It was Sunday, under the sign of Leo (see birth chart on August 21, 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.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to Best Of My Love by The Emotions.
In UK Angelo by Brotherhood Of Man was in the top 5 hits.
Hum Kisise Kum Naheen, directed by Nasir Hussain, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1977
while The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Be My Guest.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Video Olympics or Destroyer.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
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Hum Kisise Kum Naheen
Directed by: Nasir Hussain
Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Tariq, Kaajal Kiran, Amjad Khan
San De huo shang yu Chong Mi Liu
Directed by: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Starring: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sing Chen, James Tien, Hark-On Fung
That Obscure Object of Desire
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Starring: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Country: United States of America
The Psychic
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Gianni Garko
Mimino
Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Elena Proklova, Evgeniy Leonov
Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 21, 1977?
Holidays
- Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines.
- Orthodox - Thaddaeus
- RC saints - Pope Pius X
- Roman festivals - Consualia, in honor of Consus, is held
Events
- Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
Famous Deaths
- Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot: Actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87.
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 21, 1977?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- The Emotions - Best Of My Love
- Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
- Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
- Peter Frampton - I'm In You
- Commodores - Easy
- Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do?
- Peter McCann - Do You Wanna Make Love
- Crosby, Stills and Nash - Just A Song Before I Go
- Alice Cooper - You And Me
- Bay City Rollers - You Made Me Believe In Magic
Top #5 songs in the UK
Top #10 R&B songs
- The Floaters - Float On
- The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
- C.J. & Company - Devil's Gun
- The Emotions - Best Of My Love
- War - L.a. Sunshine
- Philadelphia International All Stars - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto
- Slave - Slide
- Dorothy Moore - I Believe You
- Ohio Players - O-h-i-o
- The Whispers - Make It With You
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TV Series
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Be My Guest
Directed by: Lance Comfort
The House That Jack Built
Directed by: Henry Barrial
Cottage to Let
Directed by: Sinister Cinema
The Paper Lads
Nobody's Boy Remi
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1977?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Arthur Sulzberger -- Aug. 15, 1977
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8550
- LIFE: explore magazine covers
Books
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The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank
By: Erma Bombeck
"She is marvelously funny, direct as a hypodermic, a virtuoso in the field of suburban living....Lovely stuff."VOGUEIt's the expose to end all exposes--the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees
Oliver'S Story
By: Erich Segal
Oliver loved Jenny. Now, two lonely years later, Jenny is gone and Oliver Barrett IV feels he will never love again--should never love again.
Delta Of Venus
By: Anais Nin
An extraordinarily rich and exotic collection from the mistress of erotic writing In Delta of Venus, Anais Nin pens a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents.
The Dragons Of Eden
By: Carl Sagan
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Video Olympics
Destroyer
Triple Hunt
Circus
Street Racer
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