1977 in the United States
- 1977 in the United States
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Events
* Polish-American mathematician Antoni Zygmund authors his major work "Measure and Integral".
* Feature films released in 1977 include: ', "Annie Hall", "Saturday Night Fever", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "The Goodbye Girl", '
* John Travolta's role in "Saturday Night Fever" inspired young Americans to wear Flare jeans, an updated version of Bell-bottoms.
* Fleetwood Mac release "Rumours". The album spend over 30 weeks at number one and became one the best selling albums of all time.
* Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States.
* The Son of Sam murders swept through New York City.
* Amnesty International won the Nobel Peace Prize
* Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi.
*Death of the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll', Elvis Presley on 16 August.
*New York City experienced a citywide blackout which led to widespread looting, devastating some neighborhoods, including Bushwick in Brooklyn.
*Atari 2600 released October, popularized the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code.
Ongoing events
Births
* Amber Benson
* A. J. Burnett
* Vince Carter
* John Cena
* Daunte Culpepper
* Gavin DeGraw
* Dustin Diamond
* Jason Earles
* Joey Fatone
* Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Barry Hall
* Becky Harmon
* Chandra Levy
* Stephon Marbury
* Ahmad Merritt
* Randy Moss
* Lyle Overbay
* Zachary Quinto
* Kevin Rose
* Mike Shinoda
* Bree Turner
* Nadia Turner
* Liv Tyler
* James Van Der Beek
* Sean Watkins
* Gerard Way
* Tom Welling
Deaths
* Maria Callas
* Charlie Chaplin
* Joan Crawford
* Bing Crosby
* Errol Garner
* Gary Gilmore (execution)
* Brett Halliday
* Ron Haydock
* Allison Hayes
* Tony Hulman
* James Jones
* Wilfred Kitching
* Groucho Marx
* Gummo Marx
* Alice Paul
* Elvis Presley
* Freddie Prinze
* Toots Shor
* Ethel Waters
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