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:''Also: [[1977 (album)]] by [[Ash (band)|Ash]].''
Year '''1977''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link displays the 1977 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
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==Events of 1977==
===January===
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* [[January 1]] - The Australian state of [[Queensland]] abolishes [[Inheritance tax|death duties]].
* [[January 3]] - [[Apple Computer]] Inc. is incorporated.
* [[January 10]] - [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in eastern [[Zaire]] (now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).
[[Image:Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|115px|right| [[Jimmy Carter]], 39th [[U.S.]] [[President]]]]
* [[January 10]] - [[Ocean Park Hong Kong|Ocean Park]] opens in [[Hong Kong]].
* [[January 15]] - [[Kälvesta air disaster]]: A Swedish airliner crashes into a residential area of [[Stockholm]], killing all 22 on board.
* [[January 17]] - [[Gary Gilmore]] is executed by [[firing squad]] in [[Utah]] (the first execution after the reintroduction of the death penalty in the USA).
* [[January 18]] - Scientists identify a previously unknown [[bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Legionellosis|Legionnaires' disease]].
* [[January 18]] - [[Australia]]'s worst [[Granville railway disaster|railway disaster at Granville]], near [[Sydney]], leaves 83 people dead.
* [[January 18]] - [[SFR Yugoslavia]] Prime minister, [[Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
* [[January 19]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] pardons [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]] (aka "[[Tokyo Rose]]").
* [[January 19]] - [[Snow]] falls in [[Miami, Florida]] (despite its ordinarily [[tropical climate]]) for the only time in its history. Snowfall has occurred farther south in the [[United States]] only on the high mountains of the state of [[Hawaii]].
* [[January 20]] - [[Jimmy Carter]] succeeds [[Gerald Ford]] as the 39th [[President of the United States]].
* [[January 21]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] pardons [[Vietnam War]] draft evaders.
* [[January 23]] - ''[[Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]'' begins its phenomenally successful run on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
* [[January 24]] - [[1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]].
* [[January 27]] - Record company [[EMI]] sacks the controversial [[United Kingdom]] [[punk rock]] group the [[Sex Pistols]]
* [[January 28]] - [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]] hits Buffalo, NY
* [[January 29]] - Actor [[Freddie Prinze]] dies from a self inflicted [[bullet]] wound.
===February===
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* [[February 4]] - [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s [[Grammy]]-winning album ''[[Rumours]]'' is released.
* [[February 7]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Soyuz 24]]'' ([[Viktor Gorbatko]], [[Yuri Glazkov]]) to dock with the ''[[Salyut 5]]'' space station.
* [[February 11]] - A 20.2-kg (44-lb.-9-oz.) lobster is caught off [[Nova Scotia]] (heaviest known [[crustacean]]).
* [[February 18]] - The [[space shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise]]'' test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a [[Boeing 747]], at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in [[California]].
* [[February 18]] - Prog 1 of [[2000AD]], currently the UK's longest running comic, is launched. Issue dated 26th February 1977
* [[February 28]] - State Opening of the [[New Zealand Parliament]], by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]].
===March===
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* [[March 4]] - The [[1977 Bucharest Earthquake]] kills 1,500.
* [[March 5]] - [[Formula One]] driver [[Tom Pryce]] dies after colliding with a [[track marshal]] at the [[South African Grand Prix]] in [[Kyalami]].
* [[March 8]] - State Opening of the [[Parliament of Australia|Australian parliament]] by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of Australia|Queen of Australia]].
* [[March 9]] - Approximately a dozen armed [[Hanafi]] [[Muslim]]s take over 3 buildings in [[Washington, DC]], killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends 2 days later.
* [[March 12]] - The [[Centenary Test]] between Australia and England begins at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
* [[March 15]] - Tenor [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and the [[PBS]] [[opera]] series ''[[Live from the Met]]'' both make their [[United States|American]] [[television]] debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of [[Puccini]]'s ''[[La Boheme]]''.
*[[March 26]] - [[Focus on the Family]] is founded by [[Dr. James Dobson]]
* [[March 27]] - [[Tenerife disaster]]: a collision between [[KLM]] and [[PanAm]] [[Boeing 747]]s at [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], kills 583 (the worst single aviation accident on record).
===April===
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* [[April 1]] - [[Hay-on-Wye]] declares [[independence]] as a [[publicity stunt]].
* [[April 7]] - German Federal Prosecutor [[Siegfried Buback]] and his driver are shot by two [[Red Army Faction]] members while waiting at a red light near his home in [[Karlsruhe]]. "The [[Ulrike Meinhof]] Commando" later claims responsibility.
* [[April 7]] - The [[Toronto Blue Jays]] play their first-ever game of [[baseball]] against the [[Chicago White Sox]].
* [[April 8]] - Punk band [[The Clash]]'s debut album ''[[The Clash (album)]]'' is released in the [[UK]] on [[CBS Records]].
* [[April 11]] - [[London's transport history from 1933|London Transport's]] [[1977 Silver Jubilee|Silver Jubilee]] [[Routemaster|buses]] are launched.
* [[April 22]] - First use of [[optical fiber]] to carry live [[telephone]] traffic.
* [[April 27]] - The [[Guatemala City air disaster]] kills 28 people.
* [[April 28]] - A [[Stuttgart]] court sentences [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Gudrun Ensslin]] and [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] to [[life imprisonment]].
===May===
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* [[May 1]] - [[Taksim Square massacre]] in [[Istanbul]]: 34 dead, hundreds injured
* [[May 3]] - ''[[HMS Invincible (R05)|HMS Invincible]]'' is launched at [[Barrow-in-Furness]] by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]].
* [[May 7]] - [[Pierre Elliot Trudeau]] does a [[pirouette]] behind the back of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]].
* [[May 7]] - Marie Myriam wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1977]] for France with her song ''L'oiseau et l'enfant'' ("The Bird and the Child").
* [[May 14]] - The [[1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash]] in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] kills all 6 on board.
* [[May 14]] - In [[Milan]], [[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 [http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=32481_2_122_540lo.jpg] of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street will appear in many magazines around the world.
* [[May 17]] - The [[Likud]] Party, led by [[Menachem Begin]], wins the elections in [[Israel]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] commences her [[1977 Silver Jubilee]] tour in [[Glasgow]].
* [[May 23]] - Scientists report using [[bacterium|bacteria]] in a lab to make [[insulin]].
* [[May 23]] - [[Molucca]]n terrorists take over a school in [[Midden-Drenthe|Bovensmilde]], northern [[Netherlands]] (105 hostages), and a passenger train in Bovensmilde-[[Assen]] route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On [[June 11]], [[Dutch Royal Marines]] storm the train; 6 terrorists and 2 hostages are killed.
* [[May 25]] - ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.
* [[May 26]] - [[George Willig]] climbs the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center]].
* [[May 27]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]], opens the new Air Terminal Building at [[Edinburgh Airport]].
* [[May 27]] - The [[1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash]] in [[Cuba]] kills 69 people.
* [[May 28]] - In [[Southgate, Kentucky]], the [[Beverly Hills Supper Club]] is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
* [[May 29]] - [[1977 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]]: [[A.J. Foyt]] becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.
===June===
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* [[June 5]] - A [[coup]] takes place in [[Seychelles]].
* [[June 5]] - The first [[Apple II]] computers go on sale.
* [[June 6]]-[[June 9]] - [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Jubilee]] celebrations are held in the [[United Kingdom]] to celebrate twenty-five years of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]'s reign.
* [[June 7]] - After campaigning by [[Anita Bryant]] and her anti-gay "Save Our Children" crusade, [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]] voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's [[gay]] rights ordinance.
* [[June 10]] - [[James Earl Ray]] escapes from [[List of Tennessee state prisons|Brushy Mountain State Prison]] in [[Petros, Tennessee]] (he is recaptured on [[June 13]]).
* [[June 15]] - [[Spain]] has its first democratic [[election]]s, after 41 years under the [[Francisco Franco|Franco]] regime.
*[[June 16]] - [[Oracle Corporation]] was incorporated in [[Redwood Shores]], [[California]] as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by [[Larry Ellison]], [[Bob Miner]] and [[Ed Oates]].
* [[June 20]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that states are not required to spend [[Medicaid]] funds on elective abortions.
* [[June 20]] - [[Anglia Television]] broadcasts the fake documentary "[[Alternative 3]]", which enters into the conspiracy theory canon.
* [[June 25]] - [[United States|American]] [[Roy Sullivan]] is struck by [[lightning]] for the 7th time.
* [[June 26]] - Some 200,000 protesters march through the streets of [[San Francisco]], protesting [[Anita Bryant]]'s anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough.
===July===
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* [[July 1]] - [[CKO]] a now-defunct [[Canada|Canadian]] all [[news radio]] network began broadcasting on this date.
* [[July 5]] - General [[Mohammed Zia ul-Haq]] overthrows [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected Prime Minister of [[Pakistan]].
* [[July 13]] - The [[New York City blackout of 1977]] lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
* [[July 14]] - [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]], Crown Princess of [[Sweden]] is born.
* [[July 15]] - Anti-drug campaigner [[Donald Mackay]] disappears near Griffith, [[New South Wales]] (presumed murdered).
* [[July 19]] to [[July 20]] - [[Flood]] in [[Johnstown, PA]] caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
* [[July 22]] - The purged [[People's Republic of China|Chinese Communist]] leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power nine months after the "[[Gang of Four (China)|Gang of Four]]" was expelled from power in a coup d'état.
* [[July 24]] - [[Led Zeppelin]] play their last U.S. concert in Oakland, CA at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]'s staff resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer [[John Bonham]].
* [[July 26]] - [[Robert Plant]] is contacted by his wife and told their son Karac has died, which causes the cancellation of the remainder of Zeppelin's U.S. tour and the band would not re-emerge until [[1979]].
* [[July 28]] - The first oil through the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] reaches [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]], [[Alaska]].
* [[July 30]] - Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht[http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/raf/albrechtsusanne.html], Brigitte Mohnhaupt[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Mohnhaupt] and a third person assassinate Jürgen Ponto[http://www.dresdner-bank.com/content/03_unternehmen/05_gesellschaftliches_engagement/02_ponto_stiftung/], chairman of the [[Dresdner Bank]] in [[Oberursel]], [[West Germany]].
===August===
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* [[August 3]] - [[United States Senate]] hearings on [[MKULTRA]] are held.
* [[August 3]] - The [[Tandy Corporation]] [[TRS-80]] Model I computer is announced at a press conference.
* [[August 4]] - U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] signs legislation creating the [[United States Department of Energy]].
* [[August 9]] - The military-controlled Government of [[Uruguay]] announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in [[1981]] for a President and [[General Assembly of Uruguay|Congress]].
* [[August 10]] - [[David Berkowitz]] is captured in [[Yonkers]], [[New York]], after over a year of murders in [[New York City]] as the [[Son Of Sam]].
* [[August 12]] - The [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]], named ''[[Enterprise]]'', makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
* [[August 15]] - [[The Big Ear]], a [[radio telescope]] operated by The [[Ohio State University]] as part of the [[SETI]] project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the [[wow signal|"WOW!" signal]] for a notation made by a volunteer on the project.
* [[August 15]] - [[Herbert Kappler]] escapes from the [[Caelian Hill]] military hospital in [[Rome]].
* [[August 16]] - Australian rock group [[INXS]] is formed.
* [[August 20]] - [[Voyager program]]: The [[United States]] launches the [[Voyager 2]] spacecraft.
===September===
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* [[September 3]] - The [[Commodore PET]] computer is first sold.
* [[September 5]] - [[Voyager program]]: [[Voyager 1]] is launched after a brief delay.
* [[September 5]] - [[German Autumn]]: Employers Association President [[Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] is kidnapped in [[Cologne]], [[West Germany]]. The kidnappers kill 3 escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of [[Red Army Faction]] (RAF) prisoners.
* [[September 6]] - [[Steve Biko]] suffers a massive head injury in police custody in [[South Africa]], later dying.
* [[September 7]] - Treaties between [[Panama]] and the [[United States]] on the status of the [[Panama Canal]] are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
* [[September 8]] - [[INTERPOL]] issues a resolution against the piracy of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs today.
* [[September 10]] - [[Hamida Djandoubi]]'s is the last [[guillotine]] execution in France.
* [[September 16]] - [[Talking Heads]]' debut album ''[[Talking Heads: 77]]'' is released.
* [[September 18]] - Courageous (U.S.), skippered by Ted Turner, sweeps Australia (Australia) in 24th America's Cup.
* [[September 21]] - A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[September 28]] - The [[Porsche 928]] debuts at the Geneva Auto Convention.
* [[September 29]] - The modern [[Food Stamp Program]] began when the [[Food Stamp Act of 1977]] was enacted.
===October===
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* [[October 1]] - [[Pelé]] plays his final professional football game as a member of the [[New York Cosmos]].
* [[October 13]] - [[German Autumn]]: Four [[Palestinian]]s hijack a [[Lufthansa Airlines]] flight to [[Somalia]] and demand release of 11 [[Red Army Faction]] members (see [[Lufthansa Flight 181]]).
* [[October 14]] - [[Bing Crosby]] died of heart attack.
* [[October 14]] - [[David Bowie]] releases his album ''[["Heroes"]]''.
* [[October 17]]-[[October 18]] - [[German Autumn]]: [[GSG 9]] troopers storm a hijacked [[Lufthansa]] passenger plane in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]; 3 of the 4 hijackers die.
* [[October 18]] - [[German Autumn]]: [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] and [[Gudrun Ensslin]] commit suicide in Stammheim prison; [[Irmgard Möller]] fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered). They are buried [[October 27]].
* [[October 18]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]], opens the 3rd session of the [[30th Canadian Parliament]].
* [[October 18]] - [[Reggie Jackson]] blasts 3 home runs to lead the [[New York Yankees]] to [[World Series]] victory.
* [[October 19]] - [[German Autumn]]: Kidnapped industrialist [[Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] is found killed in [[Mulhouse]], [[France]].
* [[October 20]] - Three members of the rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] die in a charter plane crash outside [[Gillsburg, Mississippi]] three days after the release of their album ''[[Street Survivors]]''.
* [[October 21]] - The [[European Patent Institute]] is founded.
* [[October 26]] - The last natural [[smallpox]] case is discovered in Merca district, [[Somalia]]. The [[WHO]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of [[vaccination]] and, by extension, of modern science.
* [[October 28]] - [[Hong Kong]] police forces attack the [[Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong|ICAC]] headquarters.
* [[October 28]] - ''[[Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols]]'' is released in the [[United Kingdom]].
* October, exact date unknown - [[Atari 2600]] game system is released.
===November===
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* [[November 1]] - [[2060 Chiron]], first of the outer [[solar system]] [[asteroid]]s known as [[Centaur (planetoid)|Centaur]]s, is discovered by [[Charlie Kowal]].
* [[November 2]] - The worst storm in [[Athens]]' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
* [[November 6]] - The [[Kelly Barnes Dam]], located above [[Toccoa Falls Bible College]] near [[Toccoa, Georgia]] fails, killing 39.
* [[November 8]] - [[Greece|Greek]] [[Archaeologist]] [[Manolis Andronikos]] discovers the tomb of [[Philip II of Macedon]] at [[Vergina]].
* [[November 8]] - [[San Francisco]] elects City Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]] who is the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the US.
* [[November 9]] - [[Hugo Banzer|Gen. Hugo Banzer]], President of the military government of [[Bolivia]], announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in [[1978]] instead of [[1980]] as previously provided.
* [[November 19]] - [[Egypt]]ian President [[Anwar Sadat]] becomes the first [[Arab]] leader to officially visit [[Israel]] when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]], seeking a permanent peace settlement.
* [[November 19]] - [[TAP Portugal Flight 425]] crashes at [[Madeira Airport]], [[Funchal]], [[Portugal]], killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
* [[November 22]] - [[British Airways]] inaugurates regular [[London]] to [[New York City]] supersonic [[Concorde]] service.
* [[November 22]] - First three nodes of the [[ARPAnet]] are connected, in what would eventually become the [[Internet]].
=== December ===
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* [[December 1]] - First flight of [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]]'s top-secret [[stealth aircraft]] project designated [[Have Blue]], precursor to the U.S. [[F-117A Nighthawk]].
* [[December 4]] - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], president of the [[Central African Republic]], crowns himself Emperor.
* [[December 4]] - [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 653]] is hijacked and crashed in [[Tanjung Kupang]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]], killing all the 100 passengers and crew aboard the flight.
* [[December 13]] - A DC-3 charter plane carrying the [[University of Evansville]] basketball team to Nashville, Tenn., crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from [[Evansville]] Dress Regional Airport. Twenty-nine people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and its head coach Bob Watson.
* [[December 16]] - [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]'s production of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', adapted from his stage version, and in which he stars with [[Gelsey Kirkland]] and the [[American Ballet Theatre]], is shown on television for the first time by [[CBS]]. It later moves to [[PBS]], where it becomes an annual attraction for many years. The production eventually becomes the most popular video version of the ballet.
===Undated===
* [[Color TV Game|Color TV Game 6]] is created by [[Nintendo]].
* [[Portugal]]'s [[Portuguese names|traditional naming conventions]] change such that children's surnames can come from either the mother or the father, not just from the father.
* The [[Mount Usu|Usu]] volcano erupts in Japan.
* [[Chiara Lubich]] is awarded the [[Templeton Prize]].
* [[Soviet National Anthem]]'s lyrics are returned after a 24 year period, with [[Joseph Stalin]]'s name omitted.
=== Ongoing ===
* [[Cold War]]
== Births ==
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=== January-February ===
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* [[January 2]] - [[Gavin Mahon]], English footballer
* [[January 2]] - [[Ales Pisa]], Czech ice hockey player
* [[January 3]] - [[Mayumi Iizuka]], Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
* [[January 3]] - [[A. J. Burnett]], American baseball player
* [[January 7]] - [[Michelle Behennah]], British model
* [[January 7]] - [[John Gidding]], American actor and architect
* [[January 7]] - [[Dustin Diamond]], American actor
* [[January 8]] - [[Amber Benson]], American actress
* [[January 11]] - [[Nadia Turner]], American singer
* [[January 13]] - [[Orlando Bloom]], British actor
* [[January 18]] - [[Curtis Cregan]], American actor
* [[January 20]] - [[Melody (Belgian singer)|Melody]], a Belgian singer
* [[January 22]] - [[Hidetoshi Nakata]], Japanese footballer
* [[January 25]] - [[The-Dream]] , singer
* [[January 26]] - [[Vince Carter]], American basketball player
* [[January 28]] - [[Lyle Overbay]], American baseball player
* [[January 28]] - [[Daunte Culpepper]], American football player
* [[January 28]] - [[Joey Fatone]], American musician
* [[January 31]] - [[Mark Dutiaume]], Canadian hockey player
* [[February 2]] - [[Gavin DeGraw]], American musician
* [[February 2]] - [[Shakira]], Colombian musician
* [[February 2]] - [[Jessica Wahls]], German pop singer
* [[February 3]] - [[Daddy Yankee]], Puerto Rican musician
* [[February 5]] - [[Ben Ainslie]], British sailor
* [[February 5]] - [[Ahmad Merritt]], American football player
* [[February 7]] - [[Paul Comrie]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[February 8]] - [[Bridgette Kerkove]], American actress
* [[February 8]] - [[Yucef Merhi]], Venezuelan artist
* [[February 8]] - [[Barry Hall]], Australian rules footballer
* [[February 11]] - [[Randy Moss]], American football player
* [[February 11]] - [[Mike Shinoda]], American musician (LINKIN PARK)
* [[February 16]] - [[Ian Clarke (computer scientist)|Ian Clarke]], Irish computer scientist
* [[February 18]] - [[Sean Watkins]], American guitarist and songwriter
* [[February 19]] - [[Gianluca Zambrotta]], Italian footballer
* [[February 20]] - [[Stephon Marbury]], American basketball player
* [[February 20]] - [[Amal Hijazi]], Lebanese singer and model
* [[February 21]] - [[Kevin Rose]], American television host
* [[February 23]] - [[Kristina Šmigun]], Estonian skier
* [[February 24]] - [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], boxing champion
* [[February 27]] - [[Ji Sung]], South Korean actor
=== March-April ===
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* [[March 1]] - [[Rens Blom]], Dutch athlete
* [[March 2]] - [[Chris Martin]], British musician ([[Coldplay]])
* [[March 2]] - [[Heather McComb]], American actress
* [[March 3]] - [[Ronan Keating]], Irish singer
* [[March 4]] - [[Ana Guevara]], Mexican track and field athlete
* [[March 4]] - [[Daniel Klewer]], German footballer
* [[March 4]] - [[Jason Marsalis]], American jazz musician
* [[March 4]] - [[Russell Taylor]], British cartoonist
* [[March 5]] - [[Wally Szczerbiak]], Spanish-born basketball player
*[[March 6]] - [[Santino Marella]], American wrestler
*[[March 6]] - [[Keith O'Neill]], Irish-born rugby impersonator
* [[March 7]] - [[Ronan O'Gara]], Irish rugby player
* [[March 7]] - [[Mitja Zastrow]], German-born swimmer
* [[March 8]] - [[James Van Der Beek]], American actor
* [[March 10]] - [[Bree Turner]], American dancer and actress
* [[March 10]] - [[Colin Murray]], British radio disc jockey
* [[March 10]] - [[Matt Rubano]], bassist of [[Taking Back Sunday]].
* [[March 11]] - [[Becky Hammon]], American basketball player
* [[March 11]] - [[Jason Greeley]], Canadian singer
* [[March 15]] - [[Joe Hahn]], American DJ ([[Linkin Park]])
* [[March 15]] - [[Norifumi Yamamoto]], Japanese Mixed Martial Artist
* [[March 16]] - [[Ben Kenney]], bassist of the American alternative rock band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
* [[March 16]] - [[Alyson Kiperman]], American actress
* [[March 18]] - [[Zdeno Chara]], Czechoslovakian (now [[Slovakia]]) hockey player
* [[March 23]] - [[Sammy Morris]], National Football League Running Back
* [[March 24]] - [[Darren Lockyer]], Australian rugby league player
* [[March 27]] - [[Vitor Meira]], Brazilian race car driver
* [[March 27]] - [[Roger Velasco]], American actor
* [[April 1]] - [[Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
* [[April 4]] - [[Stephen Mulhern]], Musician, CITV Presenter
* [[April 9]] - [[Gerard Way]], American singer ([[My Chemical Romance]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Tobias Angerer]], German cross-country skier
* [[April 14]] - [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], American actress
* [[April 14]] - [[Chandra Levy]], American federal government intern (d. [[2001]])
* [[April 15]] - [[Dejan Milojevic]], Serbian basketball player
* [[April 16]] - [[Fredrik Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer
* [[April 21]] - [[Jamie Salé]], Canadian figure skater
* [[April 23]] - [[Mariusz Pudzianowski]], Polish strongman
* [[April 23]] - [[Andruw Jones]], Antillean baseball player
* [[April 23]] - [[John Cena]], American professional wrestler, actor and singer
* [[April 24]] - [[Carlos Beltrán]], Puerto Rican baseball player
* [[April 24]] - [[Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ]], Belarusian writer
* [[April 26]] - [[Jason Earles]], American actor
* [[April 26]] - [[Tom Welling]], American actor
=== May-June ===
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* [[May 3]] - [[Ben Olsen]], American footballer
* [[May 4]] - [[Emily Perkins]], Canadian actress
* [[May 5]] - [[Choi Kang-hee]], South Korean actress
* [[May 8]] - [[Joe Bonamassa]], American musician
* [[May 8]] - [[Juan Ignacio Sánchez|Pepe Sánchez]], Argentine basketball player
* [[May 9]] - [[Choi Jeong-yoon]], South Korean actress
* [[May 10]] - [[Nick Heidfeld]], German race car driver
* [[May 10]] - [[Chas Licciardello]], Australian comedian, member of [[The Chaser]]
* [[May 11]] - [[Victor Matfield]], South African rugby player
* [[May 11]] - [[Janne Ahonen]], Finnish ski jumper
* [[May 12]] - [[Graeme Dott]], Scottish snooker player
* [[May 12]] - [[Rebecca Herbst]], American actress
* [[May 13]] - [[Samantha Morton]], British actress
* [[May 14]] - [[Roy Halladay]], American baseball player
* [[May 14]] - [[Ada Nicodemou]], Australian actress
* [[May 17]] - [[Kandi Burruss]], American R&B Singer
* [[May 19]] - [[Brandon Inge]], American baseball player
* [[May 20]] - [[Matt Czuchry]], American actor
* [[May 21]] - [[Jamie Rickers]], British television presenter
* [[May 23]] - [[Ilia Kulik]], Russian figure skater
* [[May 24]] - [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]], Thai tennis player
* [[May 26]] - [[Misaki Ito]], Japanese actress
* [[May 26]] - [[Luca Toni]], Italian footballer
* [[May 27]] - [[Abderrahmane Hammad]], Algerian athlete
* [[May 27]] - [[Tommie van der Leegte]], Dutch soccer player
* [[May 28]] - [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]], American talkshow host
* [[May 30]] - [[Rachael Stirling]], British actress
* [[May 31]] - [[Phil Devey]], Canadian baseball player
* [[May 31]] - [[Domenico Fioravanti]], Italian swimmer
* [[May 31]] - [[Debbie King]], British television presenter
* [[May 31]] - [[Scott Klopfenstein]], American musician
* [[May 31]] - [[Greg Leeb]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[May 31]] - [[Joachim B. Olsen]], Danish athlete
* [[May 31]] - [[Eric Christian Olsen]], American actor
* [[May 31]] - [[Joel Ross]], British disc jockey
* [[May 31]] - [[June Sarpong]], British television presenter
* [[May 31]] - [[Moses Sichone]], Zambian footballer
* [[May 31]] - [[Petr Tenkrát]], Czech ice hockey player
* [[June 1]] - [[Danielle Harris]], American actress
* [[June 2]] - [[Zachary Quinto]], American actor
* [[June 4]] - [[Jordan Bratman]], American celebrity
* [[June 5]] - [[Nourhanne]], Lebanese singer
* [[June 7]] - [[Marcin Baszczyński]], Polish footballer
* [[June 8]] - [[Kanye West]], American rapper and record producer
* [[June 9]] - [[Roopa Mishra]], Indian civil servant
* [[June 9]] - [[Peja Stojakovic]], Serbian basketball player
* [[June 11]] - [[Shane Meier]], Canadian actor
* [[June 13]] - [[Selwyn Ward]], American actor
* [[June 14]] - [[Chris McAlister]], American football player
* [[June 16]] - [[Kerry Wood (baseball player)|Kerry Wood]], baseball player
* [[June 19]] - [[Peter Warrick]], American football player
* [[June 20]] - [[Aaron Moule]], Australian rugby league player
* [[June 21]] - [[Jochen Hecht]], German ice hockey player
* [[June 23]] - [[Jason Mraz]], American singer-songwriter
* [[June 27]] - [[Raúl González Blanco|Raúl]], Spanish footballer
* [[June 27]] - [[Arkadiusz Radomski]], Polish footballer
* [[June 28]] - [[Mark Stoermer]], American guitarist for [[The Killers]] rock band
=== July-August ===
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* [[July 1]] - [[Jarome Iginla]], Canadian hockey player
* [[July 1]] - [[Liv Tyler]], American actress
* [[July 2]] - [[Ricardo Medina, Jr.]], American actor
* [[July 7]] - [[Felix Vasquez]]
* [[July 8]] - [[Milo Ventimiglia]], American actor
* [[July 8]] - [[Wang Zhizhi]], Chinese basketball player
* [[July 11]] - [[Edward Moss (impersonator)|Edward Moss]], American impersonator
* [[July 12]] - [[Peter Schaefer (ice hockey)|Peter Schaefer]] a Canadian [[Ice Hockey]] player in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
* [[July 12]] - [[Airin Older]], American musician
* [[July 14]] - [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden]]
* [[July 15]] - [[Ray Toro]], American guitarist ([[My Chemical Romance]])
* [[July 16]] - [[Bryan Budd]], British soldier ([[VC]] recipient) (d. [[2006]])
* [[July 17]] - [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]], English musician
* [[July 18]] - [[David Straitjacket]], English stunt performer
* [[July 18]] - [[Alfian bin Sa'at]], Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
* [[July 19]] - [[Jean-Sébastien Aubin]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[July 24]] - [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]], Iranian football player
* [[July 26]] - [[Rebecca St James]], Australian-born musician
* [[July 27]] - [[Martha Anne Madison]], American actress
* [[July 28]] - [[Emanuel Ginóbili]], Argentine basketball player
* [[July 30]] - [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress
* [[July 30]] - [[Ian Watkins (Lostprophets)|Ian Watkins]], lead singer in rock band Lostprophets
* [[July 31]] - [[Tim Couch]], American football player
* [[August 2]] - [[Dave Farrel]], American musician
* [[August 2]] - [[Edward Furlong]], American actor
* [[August 3]] - [[Angela Beesley]], British Internet entrepreneur
* [[August 3]] - [[Tom Brady]], American football player
* [[August 9]] - [[Chamique Holdsclaw]], American basketball player
* [[August 10]] - [[Danny Griffin]], Irish footballer
* [[August 12]] - [[Plaxico Burress]], American football player
* [[August 13]] - [[Michael Klim]], Australian swimmer
* [[August 15]] - [[Nicole Paggi]], American actress
* [[August 15]] - [[Martin Biron]], Canadian hockey player
* [[August 15]] - [[Igor Cassina]], Italian gymnast
* [[August 16]] - [[Tamer Hosny]], Egyptian singer/actor
* [[August 17]] - [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer
* [[August 17]] - [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish singer
* [[August 20]] - [[Felipe Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
* [[August 20]] - [[Manuel Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
* [[August 20]] - [[Henning Stensrud]], Norwegian ski jumper
* [[August 22]] - [[Jenna Leigh Green]], American Actress
* [[August 24]] - [[Per Gade]], Danish footballer
* [[August 24]] - [[Jürgen Macho]], Austrian footballer
* [[August 25]] - [[Jonathan Togo]], American actor
* [[August 26]] - [[Morris Peterson]], American basketball player
* [[August 27]] - [[Deco]], Portuguese footballer
* [[August 30]] - [[Shaun Alexander]], American football player
* [[August 30]] - [[Jens Ludwig]], German guitarist
* [[August 30]] - [[Kamil Kosowski]], Polish footballer
* [[August 31]] - [[Jeff Hardy]], American professional wrestler
* [[August 31]] - [[Craig Nicholls]], Australian rocker and songwriter
=== September-October ===
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* [[September 1]] - [[Aaron Schobel]], American football player
* [[September 1]] - [[Chris Cain (We Are Scientists)|Chris Cain]], [[We Are Scientists]] bassist
* [[September 2]] - [[Frédéric Kanouté]], Mali [[soccer]] player
* [[September 2]] - [[Elitsa Todorova]], Bulgarian singer-songwriter
* [[September 4]] - [[Lucie Silvas]], English singer
* [[September 11]] - [[Ludacris]], American rapper
* [[September 13]] - [[Fiona Apple]], American musician
* [[September 15]] - [[Angela Aki]], Japanese singer-songwriter
* [[September 18]] - [[Kieran West]], British Olympic oarsman
* [[September 19]] - [[Ioana Maria Lupascu]] , Romanian pianist
* [[September 20]] - [[Namie Amuro]], Japanese singer
* [[September 21]] - [[Hank Fraley]], National Football League center
* [[September 22]] - [[Paul Sculthorpe]], English rugby league player
* [[September 22]] - [[Yoo Chae-yeong]], South Korean singer and actress
* [[September 23]] - [[Matthieu Descoteaux]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[September 24]] - [[Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila]], American football player
* [[September 27]] - [[Andrus Värnik]], Estonian javelin thrower
* [[September 28]] - [[Se Ri Pak]], South Korean golfer
* [[September 28]] - [[Ivana Bozilovic]], Serbian model and actress
* [[September 30]] - [[Maia Brewton]], American actress
* [[September 30]] - [[Roy Carroll]], Irish footballer
* [[October 1]] - [[Owen Biddle]], [[The Roots]] bass guitarist
* [[October 6]] - [[Daniel Brière|Daniel Briere]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 7]] - [[Meighan Desmond]], New Zealand actress
* [[October 9]] - [[Hicham Chami]], Moroccan Financier and musician
* [[October 11]] - [[Claudia Palacios]], Colombian journalist and newsreader
* [[October 12]] - [[Bode Miller]], American skier
* [[October 13]] - [[Paul Pierce]], American basketball player
* [[October 14]] - [[Adam Pengilly]], Bristish Skeleton Racer
* [[October 14]] - [[Bianca Beauchamp]], Canadian latex model
* [[October 14]] - [[Kelly Schumacher]], Canadian basketball player
* [[October 16]] - [[John Mayer (musician)|John Mayer]], American musician
* [[October 18]] - [[Ryan Nelsen]], New Zealand footballer
* [[October 18]] - [[Paul Stalteri]], Canadian footballer
* [[October 22]] - [[Elizabeth Kucinich]], Wife of [[Dennis Kucinich]]
* [[October 25]] - [[Birgit Prinz]], German footballer
* [[October 26]] - [[Jon Heder]], American actor
* [[October 26]] - [[Louis Crayton]], Swiss/Liberian footballer
* [[October 27]] - [[Kumar Sangakkara]], Sri Lankan cricketer
* [[October 29]] - [[Brendan Fehr]], Canadian actor
* [[October 30]] - [[Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance|Charmian Faulkner]], Missing Australian toddler
=== November-December ===
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* [[November 1]] - [[Alistair Griffin]], British singer and songwriter
* [[November 2]] - [[John Pickard (British actor)|John Pickard]], British actor
* [[November 2]] - [[Randy Harrison]], American actor
* [[November 3]] - [[Aria Giovanni]], American model and actress
* [[November 5]] - [[Brittney Skye]], American actress
* [[November 6]] - [[Patrícia Tavares]], Portuguese actress
* [[November 6]] - [[Dusan Kecman]], Serbian basketball player
* [[November 10]] - [[Brittany Murphy]], American actress
* [[November 10]] - [[Nina Mercedez]], American pornographic actress
* [[November 13]] - [[Chanel Cole]], New Zealand-born singer
* [[November 13]] - [[Huang Xiaoming]], Chinese actor and singer
* [[November 14]] - [[Obie Trice]], American rapper
* [[November 16]] - [[Oksana Baiul]], Ukrainian figure skater
* [[November 17]] - [[Ryk Neethling]], South African swimmer
* [[November 18]] - [[Trent Barrett]], Australian rugby league player
* [[November 19]] - [[Kerri Strug]], American gymnast
* [[November 21]] - [[Jonas Jennings]], American football player,
* [[November 22]] - [[Michael Preston (footballer)|Michael Preston]], English footballer
* [[November 24]] - [[Colin Hanks]], American actor
* [[November 26]] - [[Ivan Basso]], Italian cyclist
* [[November 27]] - [[Mika Tan]], adult film actress
* [[November 28]] - [[DeMya Walker]], American basketball player
* [[December 3]] - [[Adam Małysz]], Polish ski jumper
* [[December 3]] - [[Troy Evans]], American football player
* [[December 6]] - [[Paul McVeigh]], Irish footballer
* [[December 7]] - [[Dominic Howard]] , English drummer
* [[December 7]] - [[Fernando Vargas]], American boxer
* [[December 8]] - [[Sébastien Chabal]], French rugby union player
* [[December 8]] - [[Ryan Newman]], American race car driver
* [[December 10]] - [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]], Canadian actress
* [[December 11]] - [[Peter Stringer]], Irish rugby union player
* [[December 12]] - [[Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm|Dahm triplets]], American models
* [[December 12]] - [[Adam Saitiev]], Chechen wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
* [[December 13]] - [[Ahmed al-Nami]], Saudi Arabian hijacker
* [[December 14]] - [[KaDee Strickland]], American actress
* [[December 14]] - [[Jamie Peacock (rugby player)|Jamie Peacock]], English rugby league player
* [[December 16]] - [[Kevin Gillespie]], American comic book artist
* [[December 16]] - [[Anu Nieminen]], Finnish badminton player
* [[December 20]] - [[Sonja Aldén]], Swedish pop singer
* [[December 23]] - [[Alge Crumpler]], American football player
* [[December 25]] - [[Uhm Ji-won]], South Korean actress
* [[December 27]] - [[Jacqueline Pillon]], Canadian actress
* [[December 27]] - [[Sam Talbot]], American chef
* [[December 29]] - [[Laveranues Coles]], American football player
* [[December 29]] - [[Katherine Moennig]], US actress
* [[December 30]] - [[Laila Ali]], American boxer
* [[December 30]] - [[Scott Lucas (footballer)|Scott Lucas]], Australian rules footballer
* [[December 30]] - [[Kenyon Martin]], American basketball player
* [[December 30]] - [[Sasa Ilic]], Serbian football player
== Deaths ==
=== January - March ===
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* [[January 2]] - [[Errol Garner]], American musician (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Carroll Quigley]], American historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Anthony Eden]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Peter Finch]], English-born actor (b. [[1916]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Anaïs Nin]], French author (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 17]] - [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (executed) (b. [[1940]])
* [[January 18]] - [[Džemal Bijedić]], [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] [[Prime Minister]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Yvonne Printemps]], French singer and actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[January 21]] - [[Sandro Penna]], Italian poet (b. [[1906]])
* [[January 23]] - [[Toots Shor]], New York restaurateur (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 29]] - [[Buster Nupen]], South African cricketer (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 29]] - [[Freddie Prinze]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1954]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Brett Halliday]], American writer (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 11]] - [[Louis Beel]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[February 16]] - [[Rózsa Péter]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 19]] - [[Anthony Crosland]], British author and politician (b. [[1918]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Allison Hayes]], American actress (b. [[1930]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (b. [[1951]])
* [[March 5]] - [[Tom Pryce]], British Formula race car driver (b. [[1949]])
* [[March 11]] - [[Ulysses S. Grant IV]], American geologist and paleontologist (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 16]] - [[Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 18]] - [[Marien Ngouabi]], President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. [[1938]])
* [[March 22]] - [[A. K. Gopalan]], Indian communist leader (b. [[1904]])
* [[March 26]] - [[Madeleine Dring]], British composer and actress (b. [[1923]])
* [[March 29]] - [[Charles Nicoletti]], American gangster (b. [[1916]])
* [[March 30]] - [[Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer and actor (b. [[1929]])
=== April - June ===
* [[April 12]] - [[Philip K. Wrigley]], [[United States|American]] [[chewing gum]] manufacturer and executive in [[Major League Baseball]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 17]] - [[William Cardinal Conway]], Northern Irish clergyman (b. [[1913]])
* [[April 20]] - [[Sepp Herberger]], German soccer coach (b. [[1897]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Gummo Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1892]])
* [[May 5]] - [[Ludwig Erhard]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 5]] - [[Sam Lanin]], American [[1920s]] [[bandleader]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[May 9]] - [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]], American writer (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Joan Crawford]], American actress (b. [[1905]])
* [[June 2]] - [[Stephen Boyd]], Film actor (b. [[1931]])
* [[June 3]] - [[Archibald Vivian Hill]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 16]] - [[Wernher von Braun]], German-born rocket scientist (b. [[1912]])
* [[June 19]] - [[Olave Baden-Powell|Lady Olave Baden-Powell]], English Chief Girl Guide (b. [[1889]])
* [[June 19]] - [[Ali Shariati]], Iranian sociologist (b. [[1933]])
=== July - September ===
* [[July 2]] - [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born writer (b. [[1899]])
* [[July 9]] - [[Alice Paul]], American women's rights activist (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 13]] - [[Carl Gustav von Rosen]], Swedish pilot (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 23]] - [[Arsenio Erico]], Paraguayan footballer (b. [[1915]])
* [[August 3]] - [[Makarios III]], [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus|Cypriot Archbishop]] and first [[President of Cyprus]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]])
* [[August 14]] - [[Ron Haydock]], American actor, writer, and musician (b. [[1940]])
* [[August 16]] - [[Elvis Presley]], American singer and actor (b. [[1935]])
* [[August 19]] - [[Groucho Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1890]])
* [[September 1]] - [[Ethel Waters]], American singer (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 6]] - [[John Edensor Littlewood]], British mathematician (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 8]] - [[Zero Mostel]], American film and stage actor (b. [[1915]])
* [[September 12]] - [[Steve Biko]], South African activist (b. [[1946]])
* [[September 13]] - [[Leopold Stokowski]], English conductor (b. [[1882]])
* [[September 16]] - [[Marc Bolan]], English musician (b. [[1947]])
* [[September 16]] - [[Maria Callas]], American-born soprano (b. [[1923]])
===October - December===
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* [[October 8]] - [[Joe Greenstein]], 20th century strongman (b. [[1893]])
* [[October 8]] - [[Giorgos Papasideris]], [[Greeks|Greek]] [[country singer]], [[composer]], & [[lyricist]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 10]] - [[Angelo Muscat]], Maltese actor (b. [[1930]])
* [[October 14]] - [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor (b. [[1903]])
* [[October 20]] - Members of the American rock group [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] killed in a plane crash:
**[[Cassie Gaines]] (b. [[1948]])
**[[Steve Gaines]] (b. [[1949]])
**[[Ronnie Van Zant]] (b. [[1948]])
* [[October 27]] - [[Tony Hulman]], American businessman and racetrack owner (b. [[1901]])
* [[November 5]] - [[René Goscinny]], French comic book writer (b. [[1926]])
* [[November 8]] - [[Bucky Harris]], baseball player (b. [[1896]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Greta Keller]], Austrian-born singer and actress (b. [[1903]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.]], Filipino journalist & political activist (b. [[1950]])
* [[November 14]] - [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], leader of the Hare Krishna movement.
* [[November 14]] - [[Ferdinand Heim]], World War II German general, branded the "Scapegoat of [[Stalingrad]]" (b. [[1897]])
* [[November 15]] - [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Princess Charlotte of Monaco]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 25]] - [[Tommy Prince]], Canadian war hero (b. [[1915]])
* [[December 5]] - [[Roland Kirk]], American jazz musician (b. [[1936]])
* [[December 15]] - [[Wilfred Kitching]], General of The Salvation Army (b. [[1893]])
* [[December 19]] - [[Jacques Tourneur]], French director (b. [[1904]])
* [[December 24]] - [[Samael Aun Weor]], Colombian writer (b. [[1917]])
* [[December 25]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]], English-born comedian (b. [[1889]])
==Ship events==
* [[List of ship launches in 1977]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1977]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1977]]
==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 V. Schally]], [[Rosalyn Yalow]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Vicente Aleixandre]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Amnesty International]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]]
== See also ==
* [[1977 in United States history]].
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