Today in History for December 1977

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 37 of 37

4th - Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
4th - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
4th - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
4th - Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in NYC
5th - Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
6th - South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
7th - Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0
8th - 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
8th - Portugal's premier Soares resigns
10th - Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
12th - Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
13th - 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
14th - "Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
14th - Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
14th - Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
14th - Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore
14th - War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
17th - Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia v India at the WACA, aged 41
17th - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1st US TV appearance (SNL)
17th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
18th - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond
18th - Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off
19th - Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
20th - 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
20th - RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
22nd - 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin 25th - Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets Egyptian Pres Sadat in Egypt
26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
29th - Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage," premieres in NYC
30th - Carter holds 1st news conference by US pres in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
31st - "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 766 perfs
31st - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 124 performances
31st - Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
31st - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam
31st - Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa
31st - Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado
31st - WFAT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
1st - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
2nd - Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer plays for Aalborg BK
3rd - David Sales, cricketer (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996)
3rd - Chad Durbin, American baseball player
3rd - Adam Małysz, Polish ski-jumper
3rd - Troy Evans, American football player
4th - Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
4th - Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
4th - Big Pokey, American rapper
5th - Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
6th - Kevin Cash, American baseball player
6th - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
6th - Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
7th - Fernando Vargas, Oxnard Ca, welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
7th - Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR)
7th - Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse)
8th - Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel
8th - Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer
8th - Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver
9th - Saskia Garel, Canadian actress
9th - Shayne Graham, American football player
9th - Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter
10th - Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
11th - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
12th - Bridget Hall, Dallas Texas, model (Ford)
12th - Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm, American triplet Playboy models
12th - Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
13th - Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer
13th - Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer
14th - Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress (New Mickey Mouse Club)
14th - KaDee Strickland, American actress
15th - Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96)
15th - Larissa Fontaine, Chicago Ill, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
16th - Sylvain Distin, French footballer
16th - Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
17th - Arnaud Clement, French tennis player
18th - José Acevedo, Dominican baseball player
19th - Maria Joana Parizotto, Miss Universe-Brazil (1996)
19th - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
20th - Saukrates, Canadian rapper
22nd - Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
23rd - Becky Ruehl, Lakeside Park Ky, diver (Olympics-4th-1996)
23rd - Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia (1996)
23rd - Alge Crumpler, American football player
23rd - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer
23rd - Paul Shirley, American basketball player
25th - Jim Greco, American skateboarder
25th - Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
25th - Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion
26th - Brandee Layne Loving, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1996)
27th - Kate Nelson, Evanston Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
27th - Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
28th - Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
29th - Katherine Moennig, American actress
29th - Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
30th - Laila Ali, American boxer
30th - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
30th - Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
30th - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
31st - Ildiko Kecan, Miss Hungary Universe (1997)
31st - Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump
31st - Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

21st - American Jewish playwright and screenwriter "Glengarry Glen Ross" David Mamet marries 1st wife actress Lindsay Crouse

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
4th - Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
5th - Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)
7th - Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies
9th - Clarice Lispector, writer, dies
10th - Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
12th - Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones, dies at 92
15th - Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
16th - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
18th - Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80
18th - Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92
19th - Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101
22nd - Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82
24th - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (b. 1917)
25th - Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
26th - Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
26th - Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53
31st - Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62
31st - Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait (b. 1924)