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What was going on in 1977
EVENTS • Jimmy Carter is President – Said Americans need to make profound changes in their oil consumption. • New York City Blackout lasted for 25hours ramped looting and disorder • Two 747’s collided near the Canary Islands • The Trans Alaskan Oil Pipeline Openned • Four Palestinian hijackers hijacked a Lufthansa airliner demanding the release of 11 imprisoned members of Germany's Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, also known as the Red Army Faction • The US gave control of the Panama Canal to Panama • The first Apple II computers went on sale • NAVSTAR Global Positioning System GPS Inaugurated by US Department of defense • The first ever Quadraphonic concert in London by Pink Floyd • The first commercial Concord flight from London to New York • The first MRI Scanner was tested in Brooklyn • NASA space shuttle made its first test flight off the back of a jetliner • A Cyclone in India killed 20,000 and left 2 million homeless PRICES Average Price of a Car - $5810 Average Price of Gas – $0.65-0.80/Gallon. Following Carter Gas Shortage Increase Average Price of a home in California - $54200 Price of a Stamp - $0.13 Average Price of a loaf of Bread - $.032 Price to go to a movie - $2.25 TOP MOVIES - Box Office Gross 1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 2. Rocky 3. Smokey and the Bandit 4. A Star Is Born 5. Saturday Night Fever 6. King Kong 7. The Deep 8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9. Annie Hall – Wins Academy Award for Best Movie TOP TV SHOWS 1. Laverne & Shirley 2. Happy Days 3. Three's Company 4. Charlie's Angels 5. All In The Family 6. Little House on the Prairie 7. 60 Minutes 8. M*A*S*H 9. One Day At A Time 10. Alice 11. Soap 12. How The West Was Won 13. NBC Monday Night at the Movies 14. Eight Is Enough 15. Monday Night Football 16. Love Boat 17. Barney Miller 18. Sunday Night Movie (ABC) 19. Fantasy Island 20. Project UFO The TV Mini Series "Roots" won top audience figures, 9 Emmys and a Golden Globe MUSIC ALBUMS - Rolling Stones Magazine 1. Never mind the bollocks: Sex pistols 2. Hotel California; Eagles 3. Rumours: Fleetwood Mac 4. JT: James Taylor 5. My aim is true: Elvis Costello 6. Hard again: Muddy Waters SINGLES - from Music Outfitters top 100 list 1. Tonight's The Night, Rod Stewart 2. I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 3. Best Of My Love, Emotions 4. Love Theme From "A Star Is Born", Barbra Streisand 5. Angel In Your Arms, Hot 6. I Like Dreamin', Kenny Nolan 7. Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston 8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher, Rita Coolidge 9. Undercover Angel, Alan O'Day 10. Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor 11. I'm Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 12. Dancing Queen, Abba 13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer 14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet 15. Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra 16. Whatcha Gonna Do?, Pablo Cruise 17. Do You Wanna Make Love, Peter McCann 18. Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder 19. Hotel California, Eagles 20. Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1, Marvin Gaye 21. Theme From "Rocky" (Gonna Fly Now), Bill Conti 22. Southern Nights, Glen Campbell 23. Rich Girl, Daryl Hall and John Oates 24. When I Need You, Leo Sayer 25. Hot Line, Sylvers BOOKS (New York Times Best Sellers list) Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne Dwyer (Funk & Wagnalls) - May 8 The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace (Morrow) - July 24 Looking Out for Number One by Robert J. Ringer (Funk & Wagnalls) - August 21 All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot (St. Martin's) - September 11 SPORTS Super Bowl XI - Oakland 32, Minnesota 14 World Series – New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in 4 games NBA Championships– Portland Trail Blazer beat the Philadelphia 76ers in 4 games NCAA Football National Champion – Notre Dame NCAA Basketball – Marquette beats North Carolina 67 to 59 And of course, we came in a 3 way tie in Football for 1st place |
