December 1977 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1977?

Events

04 Dec 1977 Hollis Stacy / Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
05 Dec 1977 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
06 Dec 1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
08 Dec 1977 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB).
10 Dec 1977 Soyuz 26 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
11 Dec 1977 Billboard Awards
13 Dec 1977 Entire University of Evansville basketball team (14 players) die in plane crash.
14 Dec 1977 Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City
16 Dec 1977 Mikhail Baryshnikov's 1976 production of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet ''The Nutcracker'' comes to CBS a year after premiering onstage at the Kennedy Center. This adaptation will become the most popular television production of the work.
17 Dec 1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st US TV appearance
18 Dec 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey number 42 (Nate Thumond).
19 Dec 1977 Dutch government of Van Agt / Wiegel forms
20 Dec 1977 Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
22 Dec 1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes.
25 Dec 1977 Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
30 Dec 1977 US President Jimmy Carter holds first news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw, Poland).
31 Dec 1977 Bubbling Brown Sugar closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 766 performances

Famous Birthday

Emmanuel Macron
Katherine Moennig
American actress.
Sébastien Chabal
Spectacular and peculiar international rugby player.
Elsa Benitez
Mexican supermodel.
Oxana Fedorova
Russian model actress and singer Miss Universe 2002.
Arnaud Clément
French tennis player who turned professional in 1996 and won his first ATP world tour title in 2000 and reached the final of the Australian...
Elodie Kulik
French victim, raped and murdered.
Galveston (Texas)
Elisa Toffoli
Italian singer and winner of a competition in 2001 at the Sanremo Festival.
Matthias Schoenaerts
Laila Ali
American boxer.
Dominic Howard
English drummer (Muse).
Psy (entertainer)
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Canadian actress.
Katheryn Winnick
TV Actress.
Jérôme Thion
Sonia Barkallah
Rohff
Nina-Friederike Gnädig
Kery James
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Famous Deaths

Samael Aun Weor
Columbian writer (Born 1917).
Johann Nepomuk David
Composer, dies at 82.
Ivan Rezak
Composer, dies at 53.
Nora Marlowe
Actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62.
Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
ruler of Kuwait (Born 1924).
Paul Hardy
Belgian designer (Italian Country), dies at age 69.
Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier)
British barones, dies at age 92.
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Soviet military commander (Born 1895).
Lady Spencer Churchill
wife of Winston Churchill (Born 1885).
Michio Nishizawa
Japanese baseball player (Born 1921).
Wilfred Kitching
English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977).
Adolph Rupp
American basketball player and coach (d. 1977).
Cyril Ritchard
Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977).
Clarice Lispector
Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977).
Risto Jarva
Finnish director and producer (d. 1977).
Howard Hawks
American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era.
Leila Hyams
Actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72.
Nellie Tayloe Ross
1st woman governor, dies at 101.
Charlie Chaplin
Actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88.
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