What is 1977?
{{Year nav|1977}} {{Year in various calendars|1977}} '''1977''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1977th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1977}} == Events == [[File:Atari 2600 console.jpg|thumb|The Atari video game system]] * [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] is [[corporation|incorporated]] *[[February 18]] – ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'', a British [[comic]], is first published * [[March 10]] &ndash; The [[rings of Uranus]] are discovered * [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live telephone traffic * [[May 25]] &ndash; [[George Lucas]]' ''[[Star Wars (movie)|Star Wars]]'' opens in movie theaters *June – [[Hot Press]], an Irish music magazine debuts *[[June 16]] - President of the [[Soviet Union]] Nikolai Podgorny resigns and former President [[Leonid Brezhnev]] becomes Head of State of USSR once again, becoming first Russian Head of State to serve in non-consecutive terms. * [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Djibouti]] receives its independence from France *[[July 13]] – The [[New York City blackout of 1977]] lasts for 25 hours * [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Mount Usu]] volcano in Japan erupts * [[August 16]] – Singer, musician and actor [[Elvis Presley]] dies of [[heart attack]] at the age of 42. * [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Atari, Inc.]] releases its [[Atari 2600|Video Computer System]] in North America * [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Reggie Jackson]] hits 3 [[home run]]s to lead the [[New York Yankees]] to a [[World Series]] victory over the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] *November – [[Blue Öyster Cult]] release their album ''Spectres'' *[[November 13]] – [[Shirley Jones]] and [[Marty Ingels]] marry * [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Djibouti]] and [[Vietnam]] join the [[United Nations]] == Births == [[File:Adam Małysz at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.jpg|thumb|[[Adam Małysz]] at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]]] *[[January 8]] – [[Amber Benson]],