August 1977 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1977?

Events

01 Aug 1977 Former Lockheed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers crashes the news helicopter he is flying in Los Angeles
03 Aug 1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
04 Aug 1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy
07 Aug 1977 Shenandoah closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 1,050 performances
08 Aug 1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi
09 Aug 1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks
10 Aug 1977 US and Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
11 Aug 1977 Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Aust at Headingley
12 Aug 1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight.
13 Aug 1977 1st test glide of shuttle
14 Aug 1977 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach, California
15 Aug 1977 SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
17 Aug 1977 Russian nuclear sub Artika is 1st to North Pole
18 Aug 1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
19 Aug 1977 Julius (Groucho) Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in Los Angeles at age 86.
20 Aug 1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
21 Aug 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
23 Aug 1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
26 Aug 1977 Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
27 Aug 1977 Chicago closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 947 performances
28 Aug 1977 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
31 Aug 1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed President of Cyprus
03 Aug 1977 Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.