The Year 1977
History and Politics
Lt. Col. Mengistu Hale Mariam becomes head of staste of Ethiopia.
President Carter grants a pardon to almost all American draft evaders of the Vietnam war era.
Forces from Angola, including Katangan exiles, invade Shaba Province,
threatening Zaire's rich copper industry.
President Carter warns that the energy crisis in the US could bring on a "national catastrophe".
Tom Bradly, first black Mayor, elected Los Angeles Mayor for second time.
Indira Gandhi resins as Prime Minister of India, succeeded by Morarji R. Desai.
The Palestine National Council calls for "an independent national state" on "national soil."
Isearli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resgins, succeeded by Menahem Begin.
US Department of Energy is established.
Pakistan's army overthrows the government and imposes martial law.
Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev is elected President of
Soviet Union, becoming first leader to combime both positions.
Ethipoians halt Ssmoli-backed guerrillas in Ogaden to force stalemate in the battle for the region.
G. Gordon Liddy is released from prison (Watergate break-in)
Nobel Peace Prize: Amnesty International, human rights organization; the 1976 Nobel
Peace prize is belatedly awarded to Mairead Corrigan & Betty Williams.
President Carter & Brig. gen. Omar Torrijos signs the new Panama Canal treaties.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Isreal on the first visit by an Arab
leader to the Jewish state since it was founded in 1948.
Edward I. Koch is elected Mayor of New York.
Military junta seizes control of Thailand's government.
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith announces his government is prepared to work
out a political settlement with Rhodesia's black majority.
President-for-life Jean Bedel Bokassa of the Central African empire crowns
himself Emperor Bokassa I during a $25 million gilded coronation.
South Africa daclares the black homeland of Bophuthatswana independent.
Science, Technology, Growth
US space shuttle "Enterprise" makes its first manned flight.
US lauches 2 spacecrafts to probe the atmosphere of Venus.
US scientists report that Uranus is encircled by at least 5 rings resembling those around Saturn.
Brit. scientists report they have determined for the first
time the complete genetic structure of a living organism.
Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology: Rosalyn S. Yalow, Roger CL Guillemin, and Andrew V. Schall (all US)
Nobel Prize for Physics: John H. Van Vleck (US), Philip W. Anderson (US), and Sir Neville F. Mott (Eng)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Ilya Prigogine (Belg)
US manned spacecrafts Voyager I and II begin journey to explore outer solar system.
US confirms testing of neutron bomb which kills with massive radiation leaving most buildings intact.
US scientists announce the discover of primitive microorganism called methanogens,
a seperate form of life distinct from bacteria, plants, and animals.
US scientists claim detection of a fundamental electric charge one-third
that of the electron charge; possible detection of a quark.
Nobel Prize for Economics: Bertil Ohlin (Swed) and James E. Meade (Eng)
The structure of the sun's magnetic field is determined for the first
time from data returned by the US Pioneer II spacecraft.
The 2,300 year old tomb of King Philip II of Macedon, father of
Alexander the Great, is found in northern Greece.
Discovery of a mini-planet circuling the sun between Saturn and Uranus.
US National Institute of Health reports that for the first time a life-threatening
viral infection-herpes encephalitis- has been successfully treated with a drug.
Daily Life
Portland Trailblazers win NBA championship.
More than 570 people die in the world's worst aviation disaster when KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 crashes into Pan American World Airways Boeing 747
on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife.
Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, to win Super Bowl.
US seizes 2 Soviet fishing vessles, charging them with violating the new US 200-mile fishing zone.
Montreal Canadians defeat Boston Bruins to win their 20th Stanley Cup.
A massive blackout in New York City leaves 9 million persons withou electricity for betwee 4 1/2
and 25 hours; looting, vandalism, and other criminal activities leads to arrest of 3,700 persons.
Oil flows through the 800 mile trans-Alaska pipeline.
Tom Wilson wins the Masters and his second British Open.
Volcanoes erupt in Japan, Italy, and Hawaii.
Sadaharu Oh, Japanese first baseman, hits his 756th home run to become the
most prolific home-run hitter in the history of professional baseball.
"Seattle Slew" wins horce racing's Triple Crown.
Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, breaks Ty Cobb's base-stealing record.
Chris Evert (US) wins 3rd consecutive US Open; Bjorn Borg (Swed) captures his 2nd
consecutive Wimbledon championship; Australia wins the Davis Cup.
French is adopted as official language of Quebec.
New York Yankees defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2, to win World Series.
Cyclone kills 20,000 and leaves 2 million persons homeless in India.
American 12 meter sloop "Courageous" defeats "Australia" the retain the America's Cup.
Canadian Cindy Nicholas becomes the first woman to complete
a round-trip, nostop swim across the English Channel.
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