Events

January

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...

– Three bombs explode in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

n separatist group. *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...

– Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

(now the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

). *

January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...

** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...

** Scientists identify a previously unknown

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

as the cause of the mysterious

Legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often '' Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Naus ...

. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. **

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

Prime minister

Džemal Bijedić Džemal Bijedić ( cyrl, Џемал Биједић, ; 12 April 1917 – 18 January 1977) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 30 July 1971 until his death in a plane crash on 18 January 1977. ...

, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. *

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...

– An

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CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in

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, killing all 11 people on board. *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

–

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...

sworn in Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...

as the 39th President of the United States. *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...

– Prime Minister

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

of India calls for fresh elections to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

, and releases all political prisoners. *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Cou ...

– The Massacre of Atocha occurs, during the

Spanish transition to democracy Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

February

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

– The Congress Party of India, led by

, splits with

Jagjivan Ram Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the ''All India Depressed Classes League'', an organisation dedicated ...

and other senior leaders, forming

Congress for Democracy The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was an Indian political party founded in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram. It was formed after Jagjivan Ram, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, and Nandini Satpathy left the Indian National Congress of Indira Gandhi and denounced her ru ...

. This party later merges with the

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

. *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

– In northern

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

a blizzard piles snow on rooftops, causing many to collapse killing at least 31 people. *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...

– Eleven

CTA CTA may refer to: Legislation *Children's Television Act, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television *Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 *Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in 1871 wh ...

commuters are killed when an elevated train derails from the

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in central Chicago, United States. *

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...

– The

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

launches ''

Soyuz 24 Soyuz 24 (russian: Союз 24, ''Union 24'') was a February, 1977, Soviet mission to the Salyut 5 space station, the third and final mission to the station, the last purely military crew for the Soviets and the final mission to a military Sal ...

'' ( Viktor Gorbatko,

Yury Glazkov Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force. Biograph ...

) to dock with the ''

Salyut 5 Salyut 5 (russian: Салют-5 meaning ''Salute 5''), also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme, it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soy ...

'' space station. *

February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...

– American

Space Shuttle program The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its ...

: First test flight of Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' mated to the

Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

– Óscar Romero, an outspoken opponent of violence, becomes Archbishop of San Salvador,

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

. *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

– Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

opens the Parliament of New Zealand.

March

March 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...

– The

1977 Vrancea earthquake The 1977 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, at 21:22 local time, and was felt throughout the Balkans. It had a magnitude of 7.5, making it the second most powerful earthquake recorded in Romania in the 20th century, after the 10 Novemb ...

in the Vrancea Mountains of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

kills 1,500. * March 8 – The Australian parliament is opened by

in her capacity as Queen of Australia. *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 – ...

– Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later). * March 10 – The

rings of Uranus The rings of Uranus are intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around Jupiter and Neptune. The rings of Uranus were discovered on March 10, 1977, by James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and ...

are discovered. *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

– The

Centenary Test Centenary Test refers to two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the second in 1980. These matches were played to mark the 100th anniversaries of the first Test cr ...

between Australia and England begins at the

Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...

. * March 19 – Results of elections to the

Indian Parliament The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...

are declared.

Congress Party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

is routed by the opposition

Janata alliance The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– Prime Minister

withdraws the

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...

which was implemented on June 25, 1975. * March 27 –

Tenerife disaster The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4 ...

: A collision between

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...

and

Pan Am Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States ...

s at

Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

, kills 583 people. This becomes the deadliest accident in aviation history.

April

April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...

–

Horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

: Red Rum wins a record third Grand National at

Aintree Racecourse Aintree Racecourse is a horse racing, racecourse in Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, bordering the city of Liverpool. The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase, whi ...

in the UK. *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

– Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes on a highway in New Hope, Georgia, United States, killing 72 people. * April 7 – German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light near his home in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

. The "

Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author ...

Commando" later claims responsibility. *

April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...

–

legalizes the Communist Party of Spain, which had been outlawed since 1939. * April 11 – London Transport's Silver Jubilee

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buses are launched. *

April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...

– Belgian Prime Minister

Leo Tindemans Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium serving from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. He was a member of the Chri ...

' Christian Social Party gains eight seats in the lower house in parliamentary elections. *

April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara betw ...

- An

annular solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

was visible in Africa, and was the 29th solar eclipse of

Solar Saros 138 Saros cycle series 138 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. 16 of these are partial solar eclipses. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. T ...

. *

April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...

–

Optical fiber An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to ...

is first used to carry live telephone traffic. * April 24 – In northern

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, a cyclone kills 13 people and injures about 100 others. * April 28 – A federal court in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, West Germany, sentences Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe to life imprisonment. * April 30 – The

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

between

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

evolves into the

Cambodian–Vietnamese War The Cambodian–Vietnamese War ( km, សង្គ្រាមកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម, vi, Chiến tranh Campuchia–Việt Nam), known in Vietnam as the Counter-offensive on the Southwestern border ( vi, Chiến dịch Phản ...

May

* May 1 – The Taksim Square massacre in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

results in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries. * May 12 – Portugal and Israel establish diplomatic relations. *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...

** The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

kills all six on board. ** In

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Italy, during a far-left demonstration, a hooded person shoots at the police, killing a policeman, Antonio Custra. The scene is photographed and the picture of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street appears in many magazines around the world. ** The

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

sweep the

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

in four games to win their second straight

Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...

. *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1364 ...

– A 20-passenger S-61L topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the Pan Am Building in

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. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is killed by a falling blade. * May 17 – The

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

Party, led by

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...

, wins the national elections in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. * May 23 ** Scientists report using

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in a lab to make

insulin Insulin (, from Latin ''insula'', 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the ''INS'' gene. It is considered to be the main anabolic hormone of the body. It regulates the metabolism o ...

via

gene splicing Recombinant DNA (rDNA) molecules are DNA molecules formed by laboratory methods of genetic recombination (such as molecular cloning) that bring together genetic material from multiple sources, creating sequences that would not otherwise be foun ...

. **

Molucca The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...

n terrorists take over a school in

Bovensmilde Bovensmilde is a village in the Netherlands' province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about southwest of Assen. History The village was first mentioned in 1847 as Boven-Smilde (literally: Upper-Smilde), ...

, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde– Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On June 11,

Dutch Royal Marines The Netherlands Marine Corps ( nl, Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The marines trace their origins back to the establishment of the on 10 December 1665, by the then grand pensionary of the Dutch ...

storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

** The 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash in

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kills 69 people. ** A demonstration and coup attempt in Angola takes place. Thousands are killed by the government and Cuban forces. * May 28 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club in

Southgate, Kentucky Southgate is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,803 at the 2010 census. History The city of Southgate is named for the family of Richard Southgate. Born in New York City, Richard Southgate ...

, is engulfed in fire; 165 are killed inside. * May 29 –

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...

: A. J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win the race four times.

June

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

– A bloodless coup installs

France-Albert René France-Albert René (; 16 November 1934 – 27 February 2019) was a Seychellois lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the second President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004. He also served as the country's 2nd Prime Minister from its in ...

as President of the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

. * June 10 – The first

Apple II series The Apple II series (trademarked with square brackets as "Apple ] ''" and rendered on later models as "Apple //") is a family of home computers, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primaril ...

computers go on sale. * June 15 – Spain has its first democratic elections, after 41 years of

Francoist Spain Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...

. *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

–

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in ...

, of CHP forms the new government of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

(40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence). * June 25 – The

1977 Rugby League World Cup The 1977 Rugby League World Cup was the eighth Rugby League World Cup tournament and was held in Australasia, with games played during May and June in both Australia and New Zealand. It featured four teams: Great Britain and France in addition t ...

culminates in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

's 13–12 victory over

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

at the

Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...

before about 24,450 spectators. * June 27 –

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

receives its independence from France. *

June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...

– The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is permanently disbanded.

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

** The

East African Community The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, ...

is dissolved. **

The Championships, Wimbledon The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is play ...

(tennis) –

Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all f ...

wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon. * July 5 – General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrows

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

, the first elected Prime Minister of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. *

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

– The

Pinochet dictatorship Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of ...

in Chile organises the youth event of

Acto de Chacarillas The Acto de Chacarillas was a ritualized youth event held in the summit of Cerro Chacarillas in Santiago, Chile on 9 July 1977 organized by the military dictatorship of Chile. It was organized by the Frente Juvenil de Unidad Nacional to commemorat ...

, a ritualised act reminiscent of

. *

July 10 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prin ...

– A temperature of , a

record A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, ...

for continental Europe, is recorded in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. * July 13 **

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

declares war on Ethiopia, starting the

Ethio-Somali War The Ogaden War, or the Ethio-Somali War (, am, የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya t’orineti), was a military conflict fought between Somalia and Ethiopia from July 1977 to March 1978 over the Ethiopi ...

. ** New York City is affected by a complete electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson. *

July 21 Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the ...

– 24 – The Libyan–Egyptian War, sparked by a Libyan raid on Sallum, begins. *

–

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...

, of AP forms the new government of

(41st government a three-party coalition, so-called second national front ( tr, Milliyetçi cephe)). *

July 22 Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. *1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...

– The purged

Chinese Communist The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

leader

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CC ...

is restored to power nine months after the "

Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...

" was expelled from power in a coup d'état. * July 27 – The Soviet Politburo orders

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

to demolish the Ipatiev House, where Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were shot in

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

. Yeltsin eventually calls this a barbarian act. *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...

– Left-wing German terrorists

Susanne Albrecht Susanne Albrecht (born 1 March 1951) is a former member of the Red Army Faction. Early life Albrecht was the daughter of a successful maritime lawyer, and spent her childhood living in a wealthy suburb of Hamburg. She did not fit in well in pub ...

Brigitte Mohnhaupt Brigitte Margret Ida Mohnhaupt (born 24 June 1949) is a German convicted former terrorist associated with the second generation of the Red Army Faction (RAF) members. She was also part of the Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK). From 1971 until 1 ...

and Christian Klar assassinate

Jürgen Ponto Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, Hesse - 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and since 1969 chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was murdered by members of the Red ...

, chairman of the

Dresdner Bank Dresdner Bank AG was a German bank and was based in Frankfurt. It was one of Germany's largest banking corporations and was acquired by competitor Commerzbank in May 2009. History 19th century The Dresdner Bank was established on 12 Novemb ...

in Oberursel, West Germany.

August

August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor ...

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

hearings on

Project MKUltra Project MKUltra (or MK-Ultra) was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), intended to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used in interrogations to weak ...

are held. ** The

Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Tandy Leather was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store. By the end of the 1950s, under the tutelage of then-CEO Charles Tandy, ...

TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores. The name is an abbreviation of '' ...

Model I computer is announced at a press conference. * August 4 – U.S. President

signs legislation creating the

United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the United Stat ...

. * August 9 – The military-controlled government of

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

for a President and

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...

. * August 12 – The

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...

, named ''

Enterprise Enterprise (or the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to: Business and economics Brands and enterprises * Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company * Enterprise plc, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * Enterprise ...

'', makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. * August 15 **

The Big Ear The Ohio State University Radio Observatory was a Kraus-type (after its inventor John D. Kraus) radio telescope located on the grounds of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from 1963 to 1998. Known as Big Ear, th ...

, a

radio telescope A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency ...

operated by

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the

Wow! signal The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal appeared ...

for a notation made by a volunteer on the project. ** Herbert Kappler escapes from the Caelian Hill military hospital in Rome. * August 17 – The Soviet icebreaker '' Arktika'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. * August 20 –

Voyager program The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic interstellar probes, ''Voyager 1'' and ''Voyager 2''. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable alignment of Jupiter and Saturn, to Flyby (spacef ...

: The United States launches the

Voyager 2 ''Voyager 2'' is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. As a part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, ''Voyager 1'', on a ...

spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, p ...

. * August 26 – The

National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...

passes the

Charter of the French Language The ''Charter of the French Language'' (french: link=no, La charte de la langue française), also known in English as Bill 101, Law 101 (''french: link=no, Loi 101''), or Quebec French Preference Law, is a law in the province of Quebec in Canada ...

(Law 101, ''La charte de la langue française'') making

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

the

official language An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...

of the Canadian province of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

September

* September 4 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, United States. * September 5 **

: ''

Voyager 1 ''Voyager 1'' is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. Launched 16 days after its twin ''Voyager 2'', ''Voya ...

'' is launched after a brief delay. **

German Autumn The German Autumn (german: Deutscher Herbst) was a series of events in Germany in 1977, mostly late in the year, associated with the kidnapping and murder of industrialist, businessman, and former SS member Hanns Martin Schleyer, president of ...

: Employers Association President Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of Red Army Faction prisoners. *

September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. *1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third Cru ...

– Treaties between

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

and the United States on the status of the

Panama Canal The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit ...

are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. * September 8 –

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs. * September 10 –

Hamida Djandoubi Hamida Djandoubi ( ar, حميدة جندوبي, Ḥamīda Jandūbī; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian convicted murderer sentenced to death in France. He moved to Marseille in 1968, and six years later he kidnapped, torture ...

's is the last guillotine execution in France (at

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

) and the last legal beheading in the western world. * September 11 –

Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry. Based primarily around the Sunny ...

releases its Video Computer System in North America. *

September 18 Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...

– '' Courageous'' (U.S.), skippered by

Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour United States cable news, cable news ch ...

, sweeps the Australian challenger ''Australia'' in the 24th America's Cup yacht race. * September 19 ** Under pressure from the

Carter Administration Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. A Democrat from Georgia, Carter took office after defeating incumbent Republican President ...

, President of Nicaragua

Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of ...

lifts the state of siege in

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

. **

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

n agents abduct Yutaka Kume from Noto Peninsula starting the

North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. Although only 17 Japanese (eight men and nine women) are officially recognized by the Japanese governm ...

. * September 20 – The

Petrozavodsk phenomenon The Petrozavodsk phenomenon was a series of celestial events of a disputed nature that occurred on 20 September 1977. The sightings were reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is na ...

is observed in the

and some northern European countries. *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

– The

Porsche 928 The Porsche 928 is a luxury grand tourer produced by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 until 1995. Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 combined the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort ...

debuts at the

Geneva Motor Show The Geneva International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon is organised by th ...

October

* October 1 –

Energy Research and Development Administration The United States Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) was a United States government organization formed from the split of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1975. It assumed the functio ...

combines with the Federal Energy Administration to form

. * October 7 ** The Soviet Union adopts its third Constitution. The

Soviet National Anthem The "State Anthem of the Soviet Union" was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing "The Internationale". Its original lyrics were written b ...

's lyrics are returned after a 24-year period, with

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

's name omitted. **

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...

plays his final professional football game, as a member of the New York Cosmos. * October 13 –

: Four Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to

and demand the release of 11 Red Army Faction members. * October 17 – 18 –

GSG 9 , formerly (), is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police ''(Bundespolizei (Germany), Bundespolizei)''. The state police (''Landespolizei'') maintain their own tactical units known as the ''Special Deployment Commando, Spezialein ...

troopers storm the hijacked

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding m ...

passenger plane in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

; three of the four hijackers die. *

October 18 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philos ...

: Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim prison;

Irmgard Möller Irmgard Möller (born 13 May 1947) is a former member of the German group the Red Army Faction (RAF). Her father was a high school teacher, and before joining the RAF, she was a student of German studies. RAF activity *On 12 May 1972, Möller ...

fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered). They are buried on

October 27 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as ...

. * October 19 –

: Kidnapped industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer is found murdered in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

, France. * October 20 – Three members of the rock band

Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd ( ) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Ju ...

die in a charter plane crash outside

Gillsburg, Mississippi Gillsburg, also spelled as Gillsburgh, is an unincorporated community in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. The community is part of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Gillsburg was the location of the October 2 ...

, three days after the release of their fifth studio album ''

Street Survivors ''Street Survivors'' is the fifth studio album by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on October 17, 1977. The LP is the last Skynyrd album recorded by original members Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins, and is the sole Skynyrd studio ...

''. * October 21 – The European Patent Institute is founded. * October 23 – The

president of Catalonia The President of the Government of Catalonia ( ca, President de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ) is one of the bodies that the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia stipulates as part of the Generalitat de Catalunya, others being the Parliament, the gov ...

Josep Tarradellas Josep Tarradellas i Joan (), 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (19 February 1899 – 10 June 1988) was a Catalan politician known for his role as the first president of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), after its re-establishment ...

, returns to

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

from exile and the autonomous government of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, the Generalitat, is restored. * October 26 ** The last natural

smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) c ...

case is discovered in Merca district,

. The WHO and the

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consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, a great success of

vaccination Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating ...

and, by extension, of modern science. **

: Last test taxi flight of Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'', over California. *

– British punk band

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...

release ''

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols ''Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'' is the only studio album by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released on 28 October 1977 by Virgin Records in the UK and on 11 November 1977 by Warner Bros. Records in the US. The album ...

'' on the

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwid ...

label. Despite refusal by major retailers in the UK to stock it, it enters the

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at number one the week after its release. *

October 28 Events Pre-1600 * 97 – Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. * 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor. * 312 – Constantine I defeats ...

– Hong Kong police attack the ICAC headquarters.

November

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

–

2060 Chiron 2060 Chiron is a small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orb ...

, first of the outer

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asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s known as

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s, is discovered by Charlie Kowal. Sadat Camp David

* November 2 – The worst storm in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people. * November 6 – The

Kelly Barnes Dam Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam in Stephens County, Georgia, just outside the city of Toccoa, Georgia, Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6, 1977, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 mi ...

, located above

Toccoa Falls Bible College Toccoa Falls College is a private Christian college in Toccoa Falls, Georgia. The campus occupies , bordering the Chattahoochee National Forest and is home to Toccoa Falls, a high waterfall. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Al ...

near

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, United States, fails, killing 39 people. * November 8 ** Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovers the tomb of

Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Macedon ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος ; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king ('' basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ...

at Vergina. **

elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of

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, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

instead of

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

as previously provided. * November 10 – The

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...

to ''

Saturday Night Fever ''Saturday Night Fever'' is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian-American man from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Manero spends his ...

'' is released. Featuring five new

Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era in ...

compositions, it will go on to become the then best selling album of all time. *

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ian President

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

becomes the first

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

leader to make an official visit to

, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister

, seeking a permanent peace settlement. **

TAP Portugal Flight 425 TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lis ...

crashes at

Madeira Airport Madeira Airport ( pt, Aeroporto da Madeira, ), informally Funchal Airport (), formally Santa Catarina Airport () and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portugu ...

Funchal Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of ...

, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors. *

November 22 Events Pre-1600 * 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. * 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...

British Airways British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a populati ...

inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic

Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

service. ** The

TCP/IP The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suit ...

test succeeds, connecting 3

ARPANET The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical fou ...

nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

protocol. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

– The

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) is founded as a specialized agency of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

December

* December – The

Colombo Plan The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri L ...

for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific (CESDAP) is implemented. *

December 4 Events Pre-1600 * 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. * 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 D ...

** Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the

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, crowns himself Emperor. **

Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 (MH653) was a scheduled domestic flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, operated by Malaysian Airline System (MAS). On the evening of 4 December 1977, the Boeing 737-200 aircraft flying the service c ...

is hijacked and crashes in

Tanjung Kupang Tanjung Kupang is a mukim in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. Geography The mukim has an area of 283 km2 with a population of 10,702 people.http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/Johor%20Bahru%20Profil%20(Rev1).pd ...

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, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board. * December 6 – South Africa grants independence to

Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana (, meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana ( tn, Riphaboliki ya Bophuthatswana; af, Republiek van Bophuthatswana), was a Bantustan (also known as "Homeland"; an area set aside for mem ...

, although it is not recognized by any other country. * December 10 –

1977 Australian federal election The 1977 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1977. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal- National Country Coalition led by Ma ...

: Malcolm Fraser's

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/ National Country

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Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

is re-elected with a slightly reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led by former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the he ...

. Consequently, Whitlam resigned as ALP leader after holding the job for nearly 11 years; he would be replaced by former

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Bill Hayden. * December 13 – a chartered Douglas DC-3 aircraft carrying the University of Evansville basketball team to Nashville, Tennessee, crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from Evansville Regional Airport; 29 people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach Bob Watson. *

December 16 Events Pre-1600 * 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. * 755 ...

– ''

'' is released in theaters and becomes the biggest dancing movie of all time. The movie launches the career of its star

John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ''Carrie'' (19 ...

and catapults the

— who performed several songs on the

— to newfound success. * December 18 –

SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R aircraft, registered as HB-ICK, that crashed on approach to Funchal Airport, Madeira, on December 18, 1977. The flight crew consisted of two captains. The pilot in comm ...

, an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), hits the sea during a landing attempt. Many of the 36 who die drown, trapped inside the sinking aircraft. Twenty-one people survive with the help of rescuers and by swimming to the shore. * December 19 – The 5.9 Bob–Tangol earthquake rocks Iran, killing at least 584 people and injuring 1,000. * December 20 –

and

join the

. * December 22 – A

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explodes in

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, United States, killing 36 people.

Births

January

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

– Jerry Yan, Taiwanese singer *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

–

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (born 4 January 1977) is a Mexican actress and singer. Castillo began her career in the 1990s, after roles in telenovelas such as ''Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Confidente de Secundaria'', and '' Preciosa''. Subseque ...

, Mexican actress and singer *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhamma ...

** Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater **

Devin Ratray Devin D. Ratray (born January 11, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Buzz McCallister in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, as well as the films ''Nebraska'', ''Blue Ruin'' and '' Kimi''. His television work includes '' The Tick' ...

, American actor *

January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...

–

Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), ''The Two Towers'' (2002), a ...

, British actor *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

– Narain Karthikeyan, Indian Formula One driver *

January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

–

Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...

, Italian politician *

–

Leigh Whannell Leigh Whannell (; is an Australian screenwriter, actor, film producer, and film director. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including ''Saw'' (2004), ''Dead Silence'' (2007), ''Insidious'' (2010), and '' Insid ...

, Australian actor and writer *

–

Ma Dongbo Ma Dongbo (Chinese: 马东波; born 19 January 1977) is a former Chinese goalkeeper who played for Liaoning Zhongyu where he spent ten years at the club. Biography Ma Dongbo was drafted into the senior team of Liaoning FC during the 1995 league ...

, Chinese former footballer *

–

Melody A melody (from Greek language, Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a Linearity#Music, linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most liter ...

, Belgian singer *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...

–

Jerry Trainor Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom ''iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series o ...

, American actor, comedian and musician *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

–

Hidetoshi Nakata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Asian players of all time. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player ...

, Japanese footballer *

–

Kamal Heer Kamal Heer (born Kamaljeet Singh Heer) is an Indian born Canadian musician. He is the younger brother of Manmohan Waris and Sangtar, two other esteemed musicians. His live performances showcase his virtuosity with taan and his command of the art ...

, Punjabi singer and musician *

–

Johann Urb Johann Urb (born 24 January 1977) is an Estonian-American actor, producer, and former model. Early life and education Johann Urb was born in Tallinn to parents Tarmo and Maris Urb. His father is an Estonian musician and the brother of actor ...

, Estonian-born American actor *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

Christian Ingebrigtsen Christian Ingebrigtsen (born 25 January 1977) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician. He is a member of the pop group A1. Biography Ingebrigtsen was born in Oslo, Norway, into a musical family. His father Stein Ingebrigtsen was the ...

, Norwegian singer ** Hatem Trabelsi, Tunisian footballer *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...

** Nicholaus Arson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter **

Vince Carter Vincent Lamar Carter Jr. (born January 26, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who serves as a basketball analyst for ESPN. He primarily played the shooting guard and small forward positions, but occasionally played Powe ...

, American basketball player *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession o ...

–

Takuma Sato , nicknamed "Taku", is a Japanese professional racing driver. Sato is a two time winner of the Indianapolis 500, having won the event in 2017 and 2020. He was the first Asian driver to win the Indianapolis 500, and the twentieth driver to win th ...

, Japanese racing driver *

January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...

–

Kerry Washington Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) SidebarCertificate of Live Birth: Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha(County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health). Gives Kerry Washington birth dateArchivedfrom the original on May 2, 2016.Note: Fi ...

, African-American actress

February

–

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...

, Colombian singer-songwriter and musician *

– Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer *

February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...

– Ben Ainslie, British sailor *

– Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocali ...

, American musician, singer and rapper *

** Ike Barinholtz, American actor, comedian and screenwriter **

László Nemes László Nemes (born Nemes Jeles László; ; 18 February 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His 2015 debut feature film, ''Son of Saul,'' was screened in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the ...

, Hungarian film director and screenwriter *

February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...

–

Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluca Zambrotta (; born 19 February 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings. Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Italia ...

, Italian footballer *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...

** Stephon Marbury, American basketball player ** Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler and actress *

February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prus ...

** Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese singer, actress, and model **

Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works ''Eatin ...

, American author **

Steve Francis Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected with the second overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft and was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year (along with Elton Brand) in his fi ...

, American basketball player *

– Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...

–

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...

, boxing champion *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

** Olsi Baze, columnist, writer and human rights activist. ** Shane Williams, Welsh rugby player *

** Jason Aldean, American country music singer ** Rafael Amaya, Mexican model, singer, and actor

March

Jessica Chastain (Berlin Film Festival 2011)

* March 1 – Rens Blom, Dutch athlete * March 2 – Chris Martin, British rock musician * March 3 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer *

– Ana Guevara, Mexican track and field athlete and politician * March 5 – Wally Szczerbiak, Spanish-born basketball player * March 6 ** Paquillo Fernández, Spanish race walker ** Santino Marella, Canadian professional wrestler * March 7 ** Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player ** Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer * March 8 – James Van Der Beek, American actor *

** Bree Turner, American actress ** Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer ** Shannon Miller, American gymnast ** Robin Thicke, American-Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor * March 11 ** Becky Hammon, American basketball player ** Jason Greeley, Canadian singer * March 14 ** Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011) ** Kim Nam-il, South Korean footballer * March 15 – Brian Tee, Japanese American actor * March 16 – Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer * March 18 ** Arkady Babchenko, Russian journalist ** Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player * March 24 – Jessica Chastain, American actress * March 25 – Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor * March 26 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress * March 27 – Vítor Meira, Brazilian racing driver * March 28 – Annie Wersching, American actress

April

Michael Fassbender by Gage Skidmore 2015

Sarah Michelle Gellar by David Shankbone

* April 1 ** Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist ** Paul Kalanithi, Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer (d. 2015) *

** Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor ** Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle rider * April 5 ** Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player ** Daniel Majstorović, Swedish soccer player * April 8 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008) *

– Gerard Way, American musician and comic book writer * April 12 – Tobias Angerer, German cross-country skier * April 14 ** Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress ** Nate Fox, American professional basketball player (d. 2014) ** Rob McElhenney, American actor * April 15 – Dejan Milojević, Dejan Milojevic, Serbian basketball player * April 16 – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer *

– Frederik Magle, Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist * April 21 – Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater *

** Anna Eriksson, Finnish pop-rock singer ** Steven Price (composer), Steven Price, British film composer * April 23 ** Arash (singer), Arash, Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer ** John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and rapper ** Kal Penn, American actor, producer, and former civil servant * April 24 ** Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player ** Rebecca Mader, English actress * April 25 – Manolo Cardona, Colombian actor * April 26 ** Jason Earles, American actor, comedian, and martial artist ** Tom Welling, American actor, director, producer, and model * April 30 ** Alexandra Holden, American actress ** Ole Jørn Myklebust, Norwegian jazz musician

May

Samantha Morton Edinburgh International Film Festival

* May 3 – Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player * May 4 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress * May 5 ** Choi Kang-hee (actress), Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress ** Virginie Efira, Belgian actress and television anchor ** Jessica Schwarz, German film and television actress * May 8 – Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Pepe Sánchez, Argentine basketball player * May 10 – Nick Heidfeld, German racing driver * May 11 ** Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper ** Victor Matfield, South African rugby player * May 12 ** Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player ** Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017) * May 13 – Samantha Morton, English actress *

– Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017) *

** Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress ** Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer * May 23 ** Richard Ayoade, British actor and presenter ** Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater ** Yevgeny Rodionov, Russian soldier (d. 1996) * May 24 – Jeet Gannguli, Indian singer, music director and score composer * May 26 ** Misaki Ito, Japanese actress ** Luca Toni, Italian footballer *

** Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete ** Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player * May 29 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian football player * May 31 ** Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer ** Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete and politician ** Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer

June

Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

* June 1 ** Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress ** Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson, Jónsi, Icelandic singer * June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor * June 7 – Chen Luyun, Chinese basketball (d. 2015) * June 8 – Kanye West, American rapper and record producer * June 9 – Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player * June 11 – Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer * June 12 – Ana Tijoux, French-Chilean musician * June 17 – Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist * June 18 ** Kaja Kallas, 19th Prime Minister of Estonia ** Majed Moqed, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2001) * June 19 ** Peter Warrick, American football player ** Veronika Vařeková, Czech model ** Maria Cioncan, distance runner from Romania (d. 2007) *

– Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player * June 23 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter * June 24 – Mal Michael, Papua New Guinean footballer * June 25 ** Layla El, English dancer, model, and retired professional wrestler ** Naoya Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast * June 26 ** William Kipsang, Kenyan long-distance runner ** Tite Kubo, Japanese manga artist who created BLEACH * June 27 ** Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer ** Raúl (footballer), Raúl, Spanish footballer * June 28 – Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi) * June 29 ** Jeff Baena, American screenwriter and film director ** Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), Will Kemp, English actor and dancer ** Zuleikha Robinson, British actress and singer ** Bradley Stryker, American actor

July

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden in 2018

** Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer ** Liv Tyler, American actress * July 2 – Carl Froch, British boxer * July 6 – Audrey Fleurot, French actress * July 8 ** Maciej Jachowski, Polish actor and singer ** Belinda Lee (host), Belinda Lee, Singaporean television host and actress ** Milo Ventimiglia, American actor ** Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player *

– Noppadol Sangnil, Thai snooker player *

** Cary Joji Fukunaga, American film director, writer, and cinematographer ** Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor ** Li Zimeng, Chinese host * July 11 ** Casper Crump, Danish actor ** Finau Maka, Tongan rugby union footballer * July 12 ** Steve Howey (actor), Steve Howey, American actor ** Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist * July 13 ** Jonah Lotan, Israeli actor ** Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress * July 14 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden * July 15 – Lana Parrilla, American actress * July 18 ** Alfian Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright ** Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess Grandmaster ** Alfian Sa'at, Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright *

– Paul Casey, English golfer * July 24 ** Danny Dyer, English actor ** Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player * July 26 – Rebecca St. James, Australian-born Christian musician * July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor * July 28 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player *

– Jaime Pressly, American actress

August

* August 1 – Helder Mota Ricardo, East Timorese footballer * August 2 – Edward Furlong, American actor *

– Tom Brady, American football player and entrepreneur * August 5 – David Chang, American restaurateur and author * August 8 – Marílson Gomes dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner * August 13 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer * August 15 ** Martin Biron, Canadian hockey player ** Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast * August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor * August 17 ** Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano ** Thierry Henry, French footballer ** William Gallas, French footballer * August 18 – Lukáš Bauer, Czech cross-country skier * August 19 – Callum Blue, English actor * August 20 ** Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player ** Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player ** Henning Stensrud, Norwegian ski jumper * August 24 ** Per Gade, Danish footballer ** Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer ** John Green, American author, vlogger, and editor ** Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009) * August 29 – Martha Ehlin, Swedish sports teacher (d. 2016) * August 30 ** Jens Ludwig, German guitarist ** Félix Sánchez (hurdler), Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican athlete * August 31 ** Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler ** Ian Harte, Irish footballer

September

* September 1 – Kathleen de Leon Jones, Filipino-Australian actress, dancer, singer and television performer (Hi-5 (Australian band), Hi-5) * September 2 ** Frédéric Kanouté, Malian soccer player ** Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter * September 4 – Lucie Silvas, English singer * September 9 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003) * September 11 – Ludacris, American rapper and actor * September 12 ** 2 Chainz, American rapper ** James McCartney, English musician and songwriter ** Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter * September 13 – Fiona Apple, American singer * September 15 ** Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author ** Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter ** Tom Hardy, English actor ** Jason Terry, American basketball player *

– Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman * September 20 – Namie Amuro, Japanese singer * September 21 – Marc de Hond, Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player (d. 2020) * September 22 – Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league player * September 23 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer, actress, and murder victim (d. 2008) * September 24 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player * September 25 ** Clea DuVall, American actress ** Joel David Moore, American actor * September 27 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower *

** Se-Ri Pak, South Korean golfer ** Kristal Tin, Hong Kong actress * September 30 ** Roy Carroll, Irish footballer ** Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer

October

* October 2 – Didier Défago, Swiss Olympic alpine skier * October 6 – Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player * October 8 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain bicycle racer * October 11 ** Matt Bomer, American film, stage, and television actor ** Claudia Palacios, Colombian journalist and newsreader * October 12 – Bode Miller, American skier * October 13 ** Paul Pierce, American basketball player ** Kiele Sanchez, American actress * October 14 ** Kelly Schumacher, American basketball and volleyball player ** Oleg Velyky, Ukrainian and German handball player World champion 2007 (d. 2010) * October 15 – David Trezeguet, French footballer * October 16 – John Mayer, American musician and record producer * October 17 ** Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer ** André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager *

** Jyothika, Indian actress ** Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer ** Paul Stalteri, Canadian footballer * October 25 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer * October 26 ** Jon Heder, American actor and voice artist ** Louis Crayton, Swiss/Liberian footballer *

– Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer *

– Jonas Rasmussen, Danish badminton player * October 29 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor

November

* November 2 – Maajid Nawaz, British-Pakistani activist and radio presenter * November 6 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress * November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009) * November 11 – Scoot McNairy, American actor * November 13 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer * November 15 – Sean Murray (actor), Sean Murray, American actor * November 16 ** Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater ** Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress * November 17 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer * November 18 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player *

** Mette Frederiksen, Danish politician ** Kerri Strug, American gymnast * November 20 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer * November 21 – Tobias Sammet, German singer and songwriter * November 24 – Colin Hanks, American actor * November 28 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player *

– Nelsan Ellis, African-American film and television actor and playwright (d. 2017)

December

* December 1 – Brad Delson, American musician (Linkin Park) * December 6 ** Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer ** Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer * December 7 – Luke Donald, English golfer * December 8 ** Elsa Benítez, Mexican model and television host ** Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union player ** Ryan Newman (racing driver), Ryan Newman, American race car driver ** Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor and producer * December 11 – Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union player * December 12 – Adam Saitiev, Chechen wrestler, Olympic gold medalist *

– Anu Nieminen, Finnish badminton player * December 17 – Oxana Fedorova, Russian model * December 20 – Sonja Aldén, Swedish pop singer * December 21 ** Gregor Horvatič, Slovenian politician ** Emmanuel Macron, 25th President of France * December 23 – Jari Mäenpää, Finnish musician * December 24 – Domingo Vega, also known as ''Américo'', Chilean singer * December 25 – Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress * December 30 ** Laila Ali, American boxer ** Kenyon Martin, American basketball player * December 31 ** Psy, South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer and record producer ** Donald Trump Jr., American businessman and son of former U.S. President Donald Trump

Deaths

January

* January 2 – Erroll Garner, American musician (b. 1921) *

– Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Albanian politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Albania leader of World War II (b. 1905) * January 5 – Artur Adson, Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic (b. 1889) *

** Anthony Eden, British politician, 62nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897) ** Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916) ** Anaïs Nin, French diarist and writer (b. 1903) *

– Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940) *

, Yugoslavian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1917) ** Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (b. 1896) *

– Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (b. 1894) *

– Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892) *

– Pascual Pérez (boxer), Pascual Pérez, Argentine world Flyweight boxing champion (b. 1926) *

– Dietrich von Hildebrand, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1889) *

– Burt Mustin, American actor (b. 1884) * January 29 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)

February

– Pauline Starke, American actress (b. 1901) *

– Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904) *

– Oskar Klein, Swedish theoretical physicist (b. 1894) * February 9 – Alia Al-Hussein, Queen consort of Jordan (b. 1948) * February 15 – Herman Johannes Lam, Dutch botanist (b. 1892) * February 16 ** Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905) ** Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897) * February 27 – John Dickson Carr, American crime novelist (b. 1906)

March

* March 1 – Diallo Telli, Guinean diplomat and politician, 1st Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity (b. 1925) * March 3 ** Brian Faulkner, last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1921) ** Percy Marmont, American stage and screen actor (b. 1883) *

** Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951) ** Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and senior government official, last führer of Nazi Germany (b. 1887) * March 5 – Tom Pryce, British Formula One racing driver (b. 1949) * March 8 – Henry Hull, American actor (b. 1890) * March 10 ** E. Power Biggs, English-American organist (b. 1906) ** Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch politician and civil engineer, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1894) * March 14 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917) * March 15 – Antonino Rocca, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1921) * March 17 – Claude Roger-Marx, French writer, and playwright (b. 1888) * March 18 – Marien Ngouabi, 3rd President of Congo (b. 1938) * March 19 – William L. Laurence, Jewish Lithuanian-American journalist (b. 1888) * March 20 – Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909) * March 29 – Eugen Wüster, industrialist and terminologist (b. 1898) * March 30 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)

April

– John Whitaker (gymnast), John Whitaker, British gymnast (b. 1886) * April 5 – Carlos Prío Socarrás, 11th President of Cuba (b. 1903) * April 7 – Karl Ritter (director), Karl Ritter, German film producer and director (b. 1888) * April 11 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) *

– William Conway (cardinal), William Conway, Northern Irish cardinal (b. 1913) * April 20 ** Wilmer Allison, American tennis champion (b. 1904) ** Bryan Foy, American film producer and director (b. 1896) * April 21 – Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892) * April 27 ** Stanley Adams (actor), Stanley Adams, American actor (b. 1915) ** Charles Alston, American artist and sculptor (b. 1907) * April 28 ** Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1899) ** Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (b. 1897)

May

* May 5 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician, 28th Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany), Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1897) * May 7 – Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish Carlist pretender (b. 1889) * May 9 – James Jones (author), James Jones, American writer (b. 1921) * May 10 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. c. 1904) * May 13 – Otto Deßloch, German World War II Luftwaffe general (b. 1889) * May 15 – Herbert Wilcox, British film director and producer (b. 1892) *

– Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) * May 25 – Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, Willoughby Norrie, British army general and Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1893) * May 31 – William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)

June

* June 2 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (b. 1931) * June 3 ** Archibald Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) ** Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906) * June 13 – Matthew Garber, English child actor (b. 1956) * June 14 – Alan Reed, American actor (b. 1907) * June 16 – Wernher von Braun, American-German aerospace engineer (b. 1912) * June 22 – Marston Morse, American mathematician (b. 1892) * June 25 – Olave Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting and Girl Guides (b. 1889) * June 26 – Sergei Lemeshev, Russian operatic lyric tenor (b. 1902) *

– Paul Hartmann (actor), Paul Hartmann, American actor (b. 1889)

July

* July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born American writer (b. 1899) *

– Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (b. 1885) * July 15 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian writer (b. 1892) * July 20 – Carter DeHaven, American actor (b. 1886) * July 25 – David Toro, 35th President of Bolivia (b. 1898) * July 26 – Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977), Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg (b. 1927) *

– Jean de Laborde, French admiral (b. 1878) * July 31 – Giuseppe Castellano, Italian general (b. 1893)

August

* August 1 – Francis Gary Powers, American Lockheed U-2, U-2 spy plane pilot (b. 1929) * August 2 – Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1888) *

** Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892) ** Makarios III, Greek-Cypriot archbishop, 1st President of Cyprus (b. 1913) * August 4 ** Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) ** Ernst Bloch, German Marxist philosopher (b. 1885) * August 6 – Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican politician, 1st Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1884) * August 8 – Son Ngoc Thanh, 2nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1908) * August 13 – Henry Williamson, English naturalist, farmer and prolific ruralist (b. 1895) * August 16 – Elvis Presley, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1935) * August 17 – Delmer Daves, American screenwriter and director (b. 1904) * August 19 – Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1890) * August 22 – Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b.

) * August 23 – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (b. 1890) * August 29 – Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)

September

* September 1 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896) * September 4 – E. F. Schumacher, German statistician and economist (b. 1885) * September 6 – John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (b. 1885) * September 8 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915) * September 10 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (b. 1901) * September 12 – Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1946) * September 13 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882) * September 16 ** Marc Bolan, British singer and guitarist (b. 1947) ** Maria Callas, Greek soprano (b. 1923) *

– Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) * September 29 – Robert McKimson, American animator and director (b. 1910)

October

* October 3 – Tay Garnett, American film director (b. 1894) * October 10 – Jean Duvieusart, Belgian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1900) * October 12 – Dorothy Davenport, American actress (b. 1895) * October 14 – Bing Crosby, American pop singer and actor (b. 1903) * October 17 – Michael Balcon, Sir Michael Balcon, English film producer (b. 1896) * October 20 – Three members of American rock group,

, killed in plane crash: ** Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer (b. 1948) ** Cassie Gaines, lead singer (b. 1948) ** Steve Gaines, lead singer and guitarist (b. 1949) * October 25 – Félix Gouin, French Socialist politician (b. 1884) *

** James M. Cain, American writer (b. 1892) ** Miguel Mihura, Spanish playwright (b. 1905)

November

* November 3 – Florence Vidor, American actress (b. 1895) * November 4 – Betty Balfour, English screen actress (b. 1902) * November 5 ** René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926) ** Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American bandleader (b. 1902) *

– Gertrude Astor, American actress (b. 1887) * November 10 – Dennis Wheatley, English writer (b. 1897) * November 14 ** A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader (b. 1896) ** Ferdinand Heim, German general, branded the "Battle of Stalingrad, Scapegoat of Stalingrad" (b. 1897) * November 15 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898) * November 18 ** Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. 1888) ** Kurt Schuschnigg, 11th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897) * November 21 – Richard Carlson (actor), Richard Carlson, American actor (b. 1912) *

– Olga Petrova, English-born American actress (b. 1884)Olga Petrova
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December

* December 3 – Jack Beresford, British Olympic rower (b. 1899) * December 5 – Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) * December 12 – Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill (b. 1885) *

** Gustaf Aulén, Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden (b. 1879) ** Yngve Larsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1881) * December 19 ** Takeo Kurita, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) ** Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (b. 1876) * December 24 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, 58th President of Peru (b. 1910) * December 25 – Sir Charlie Chaplin, British actor, producer and director (b. 1889) * December 26 – Howard Hawks, American film director (b. 1896) * December 28 – Charlotte Greenwood, American actress (b. 1890)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ilya Prigogine * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Roger Guillemin, Andrew Schally, Rosalyn Yalow * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Vicente Aleixandre * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Amnesty International * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Bertil Ohlin, James Meade

References

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