March 1977 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards.
• 02 Mar 1977 1st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show
• 03 Mar 1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina / Alexandr Zaitsev
• 04 Mar 1977 Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541
• 05 Mar 1977 Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies after colliding with a track marshal at the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami.
• 07 Mar 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter.
• 08 Mar 1977 Henry L Marsh III elected Mayor of Richmond
• 09 Mar 1977 Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington DC, siege ended March 11th
• 10 Mar 1977 Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
• 11 Mar 1977 Muslims hold 130 hostages in Washington DC.
• 12 Mar 1977 The Centenary Test between Australia and England begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• 13 Mar 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test.
• 15 Mar 1977 Eight is Enough premiers on ABC-TV
• 16 Mar 1977 US President Jimmy Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland.
• 18 Mar 1977 Clash releases their 1st recording White Riot
• 19 Mar 1977 Side by Side by Sondheim closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances
• 20 Mar 1977 Communists / socialists win French municipal elections
• 22 Mar 1977 Uyl government falls
• 26 Mar 1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero".
• 27 Mar 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby / Honda Civic Golf Classic
• 28 Mar 1977 49th Academy Awards - Rocky, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win

Famous Birthday

• Chris Martin

  English musician (Coldplay).

• Monica Cruz
• Jessica Chastain

  Movie Actress.

• Robin Thicke

  American singer.

• Tamar Braxton

  R&B Singer.

• Sabrina Sabrok
• Ronan Keating

  Pop Singer.

• James Van Der Beek

  American actor.

• Corneille (singer)
• Edgar Ramirez
• Shannon Miller

  Gymnast.

• Malia Jones

  Model.

• Esther Cañadas

  Spanish actress and model.

• David Jarre
• Dawn Acton
• Bianca Kajlich
• Elsa Kikoïne
• Adriana Fonseca
• Willy Sagnol

  French football player, he played for the national French ream (world Cup 2006) and for Bayern Münich.

• Jérôme Fernandez

  French handball player.

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Famous Deaths

• Lodewijk de Vocht

  Composer, dies at 89.

• Lockrem Johnson

  Composer, dies at 52.

• Moses Pergament

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Saburo Moroi

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Henry Hull

  Actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86.

• Fannie Lou Hamer

  American civil rights activist (Born 1917).

• AK Gopalan

  Indian communist leader (Born 1904).

• A P Hamann

  American politician (Born 1909).

• Abdel Halim Hafez

  Egyptian singer and actor (Born 1929).

• E Power Biggs

  English organist/composer (CBS), dies at age 70.

• Pieter Jan Bouman

  Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at age 74.

• Fanie Lou Hamer

  freedom fighter, dies.

• Jan Patocka

  Czechoslovakian philosopher, dies in prison.

• Kamal Joemblat

  Lebanese politician, murdered.

• Anatol E Baconsky

  Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic (Born 1925).

• Miles C Allgood

  U.

• Nancy Tyson Burbidge

  Australian systemic botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator (Born 1912).

• Andres Caicedo

  Colombian writer (Born 1951).

• William Paul

  American attorney, legislator, and political activist (Born 1885).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
2. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl
3. Eagles - New Kid In Town
4. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
5. ABBA - Dancing Queen

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour
2. Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. David Soul - Going In With My Eyes Open
4. Heatwave - Boogie Nights
5. Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger