Today in History for May 1977

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 62 of 62

1st - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
1st - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1st - Empress Lilly dedicated
1st - 36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
2nd - "King & I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
6th - "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in UK
7th - "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
7th - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
8th - David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
8th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
9th - Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
9th - Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
9th - Patty Hearst let out of jail
11th - Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
11th - Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
12th - 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
12th - Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
13th - Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
14th - English football international Bobby Moore retires
Radio shock jock Howard Stern 14th - KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
14th - Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
14th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
15th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
16th - 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in NYC
16th - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
17th - Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel
18th - Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
18th - Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
18th - Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
19th - "Smokey & the Bandit," premieres
21st - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 perfs
21st - 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
21st - Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in NYC
21st - Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin 21st - SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
22nd - Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
22nd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
22nd - Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11
23rd - Benin adopts its constitution
23rd - Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell
23rd - Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Neth, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
24th - USSR President Podgorny resigns
25th - "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
25th - "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
25th - Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
25th - Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome
25th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
25th - Original "Star Wars" movie released
26th - George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
27th - 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
27th - New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
28th - 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
29th - A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
29th - NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
29th - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
29th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
29th - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
29th - Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
30th - Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
31st - "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
31st - Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
31st - Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 94 of 94

1st - Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin NZ, 100m breast stroke (Olympics-96)
1st - Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1st - Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer
2nd - Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Mass, figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ)
2nd - Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom)
2nd - Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
2nd - Luke Hudson, American baseball player
3rd - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
3rd - Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
4th - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
4th - Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
5th - Tiffany Roberts, Petaluma California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
5th - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
6th - Gabriela Aguilar, Miss Costa Rica Universe (1997)
6th - Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer (Olympics-96)
6th - Trent Steed, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
6th - Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
7th - Marko Milic, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
7th - Patrick Johnson, American broadcaster
8th - Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate
9th - Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
9th - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
9th - Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
10th - Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
10th - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
10th - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
10th - Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
11th - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
11th - Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
11th - Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
11th - Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
11th - Matthew Newton, Australian actor
12th - Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star
12th - Monique de Bruin, Porland Oregon, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
12th - Graeme Dott, British snooker player
12th - Rebecca Herbst, American actress
13th - Diane Halber, Torrance California, fig skater (1996 Natl Collegiate champ)
13th - Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
13th - Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
13th - Neil Hopkins, American actor
13th - Samantha Morton, English actress
13th - Robby Hammock, baseball player
14th - Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
14th - Cesarina Mejia, Miss Dominican Republic Universe (1997)
14th - Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
14th - Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
14th - Roy Halladay, American baseball player
14th - Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
16th - Dolcenera, Italian singer
16th - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
17th - Jere Michael, Aspen Colo, figure skater (1994 National Jr champ)
18th - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
18th - Danny Mills, English footballer
19th - Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer
19th - Brandon Inge, American baseball player
20th - Angela Goethals, actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)
20th - Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
20th - Matt Czuchry, American actor
20th - Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
20th - Miriam Parrish, American television actress
21st - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
21st - Ricky Williams, American football player
22nd - Vinnie Potestivo, American TV Producer
22nd - Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
22nd - Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler
22nd - Dre Bly, American Football Player
24th - Kym Valentine. Australian actress
25th - Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
26th - Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist
26th - Luca Toni, Italian footballer
26th - Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
26th - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
27th - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
27th - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
28th - Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
28th - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
28th - Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
29th - Brent Roberts, Leesville La, diver (Olympics-96)
29th - Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
29th - Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
29th - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
30th - Akwá, Angolan footballer
30th - Rachael Stirling, British actress
31st - Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
31st - Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
31st - Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
31st - Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
31st - Debbie King, English TV presenter
31st - Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
31st - Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
31st - Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
31st - Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
31st - Joel Ross, British disc jockey
31st - June Sarpong, British television presenter

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

5th - Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
7th - Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
9th - James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
9th - Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
10th - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69
22nd - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73
22nd - Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80
25th - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
26th - Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
26th - William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
28th - Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
29th - Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
29th - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
30th - Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86
30th - Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52
31st - William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)