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
18 May 1977 Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.