September 1977 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1977 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold
• 03 Sep 1977 Last broadcast of Mary Tyler Moore Show on NBC-TV
• 04 Sep 1977 Godspell closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
• 05 Sep 1977 RAF kidnap West German work Chairman Schleyer
• 06 Sep 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
• 07 Sep 1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
• 08 Sep 1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
• 09 Sep 1977 1st TRS-80 computer sold
• 10 Sep 1977 91st US Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull
• 11 Sep 1977 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors
• 12 Sep 1977 South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko is killed in police custody.
• 13 Sep 1977 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
• 14 Sep 1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
• 15 Sep 1977 Man of La Mancha opens at Palace Theater NYC for 124 performances
• 16 Sep 1977 Ringo releases Drowning in Sea of Love
• 17 Sep 1977 Dave Kingman hits his first New York Yankees' homer, Reggie Jackson hits two more.
• 18 Sep 1977 All 4 Kiss members release solo albums
• 19 Sep 1977 Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Nicaragua.
• 20 Sep 1977 Estrada opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 7 performances
• 21 Sep 1977 US Minister of Foreign Affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed
• 22 Sep 1977 West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
• 23 Sep 1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
• 24 Sep 1977 Estrada closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 7 performances
• 25 Sep 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
• 26 Sep 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
• 27 Sep 1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
• 28 Sep 1977 The Porsche 928 debuts at the Geneva Auto Convention.
• 29 Sep 1977 Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band, by Meco hits #1
• 30 Sep 1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns

Famous Birthday

• Tom Hardy

  English actor.

• Fiona Apple

  American singer.

• Ludacris

  American rapper.

• September 11 attacks
• Maud Fontenoy

  French sailor, inspired by Gérard d'Aboville, known for her rowings across the Atlantic (2003) and Pacific (2005) oceans.

• Caterina Murino
• Sophie Dahl

  English model and author.

• 2 Chainz

  Rapper.

• Namie Amuro

  Japanese singer dancer and actress (Super Monkey's and Suite Chic).

• Clea DuVall

  American actress director and producer.

• Karine Lima
• Bucharest (Romania)
• Amy Wesson
• Mexico City (Mexico)
• Harlem (Star Academy)
• James McCartney

  British musician, son of Paul McCartney.

• Aïda Touihri
• Marisa Ramirez

  American actress.

• Rachael Yamagata

  American singer-songwriter and pianist.

• Gonçalo Waddington
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Famous Deaths

• Maria Callas

  Greek opera singer, noted for her glorious voice, stirring acting ability, and explosive temperament, a slender, chic superstar with a...

• Maria Callas

  Greek opera singer, noted for her glorious voice, stirring acting ability, and explosive temperament, a slender, chic superstar with a...

• Marc Bolan

  British rock musician, guitarist and vocalist, founder of "T-Rex" in late 1967.

• Steve Biko

  South African activist founded the Black Consciousness Movement (d. 1977).

• Zero Mostel

  American actor and comedian (d. 1977).

• Ethel Waters

  American singer who, on her 14th birthday, sang at a local club and had a job by 17, making nine dollars a week working "from dusk to...

• Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin

  Russian composer, dies at 78.

• John Breeden

  Actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73.

• E F Schumacher

  German economist and statistician (Born 1911).

• Paul Bernays

  Swiss mathematician (Born 1888).

• Hamida Djandoubi

  convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

• Steven Biko

  South African black student leader, dies in police custody.

• Guido Pannain

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Marcel Thiry

  Belgian writer and Walloon militant (Born 1897).

• Don Blackman

  American singer-songwriter pianist and producer (d. 2013).

• Jean Rostand

  French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977).

• Mary Ford

  American singer (Les Paul and ) (Born 1924).

• Leopold Stokowski

  American noted family, the son of Leopold Stokowski and Gloria Vanderbilt.

• Robert Lowell

  US Poet / pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60.

• Stelios Perpiniadis

  Greek musician (Born 1899).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Emotions - Best Of My Love
2. Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
3. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Medley)
4. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
5. The Floaters - Float On

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elvis Presley - Way Down
2. David Soul - Silver Lady
3. Space - Magic Fly
4. La Belle Epoque - Black Is Black
5. Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie