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Year 1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1977 Gregorian calendar).
Events of 1977
January
Jimmy Carter, 39th US President
February
March
April
May
- May 1 - Taksim Square massacre in Istanbul: 34 dead, hundreds injured
- May 3 - HMS Invincible is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- May 7 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau does a pirouette behind the back of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- 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 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 commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow.
- May 23 - Scientists report using bacteria in a lab to make insulin.
- May 23 - Moluccan terrorists take over a school in 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 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 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 - Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.
June
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