May 1977 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1977?

Events

01 May 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated
02 May 1977 King & I opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
03 May 1977 The light aircraft carrier ''HMS Invincible'' is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Elizabeth II.
04 May 1977 The Space Mountain attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in California.
06 May 1977 Beatles at Hollywood Bowl, released in the UK
07 May 1977 Happy End opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
08 May 1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
09 May 1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon
11 May 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
12 May 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
13 May 1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York
14 May 1977 Kansas City Royals' Jim Colborn no-hits the Texas Rangers, 6-0.
15 May 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic.
16 May 1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 round for heavyweight boxing title.
17 May 1977 Menahem Begin's Likoed-party wins election in Israel.
18 May 1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
19 May 1977 Smokey & the Bandit, premieres
21 May 1977 Fiddler on the Roof closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 performances
22 May 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic.
23 May 1977 US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong-doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell.
24 May 1977 USSR President Podgorny resigns.
25 May 1977 Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany released
26 May 1977 Movie Star Wars debuts
27 May 1977 New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed.
28 May 1977 In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
29 May 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
30 May 1977 Cleveland Indians' Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0.
31 May 1977 Beatlemania opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances

Famous Birthday

Virginie Efira
Belgian actress and TV presenter, born to André Efira, Professor of Medicine.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
American television panelist (The View).
Natalia Oreiro
Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress.
Samantha Morton
English actress.
Jennifer Walcott
American model and actress.
Matt Czuchry
American actor.
Ilia Kulik
Russian figure skater.
Eric Christian Olsen
American actor.
Melanie Lynskey
New Zealand actress.
Maxime Brunerie
French political anarchist and terrorist who made an assassination attempt against President Jacques Chirac on 14 July 2002.
Armel Le Cléac'h
French skipper, made two times second rank in the Vendée Globe sailing competition, in 2008-2009 (first participation) and 2012-2013 (second...
Lynn Collins
Marko Milic
NBA guard (Phoenix Suns).
Isabelle Moreau
Jenna von Oÿ
Sophie Anderton
English model and reality television personality.
Anne-Sophie Le Nalio
Adrienne Pauly
Emiliana Torrini
Icelandic singer and songwriter.
María José Besora
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Famous Deaths

Mickey Spillane
American writer who began selling his stories in 1935 to slick and pulp magazines.
Jiri Reinberger
Composer, dies at 63.
Goddard Lieberson
Composer, dies at 66.
Claire Goll
Writer, dies at 86.
Walter Kraft
Composer, dies at 71.
Gijsbert van Hall
banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at age 73.
Marius Monnikendam
Dutch choir composer, dies at age 80.
Irwin Fischer
Composer, dies at 73.
James Jones
American college football player, coach and athletic director.
Ba Maw
Burmese politician Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1977).
Paul Desmond
American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977).
Yevgenia Ginzburg
Russian writer (Born 1904).
William Castle
American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1977).
Joan Crawford
American actress, on-screen from 1925 in "Ladies of the Night.
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