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1977
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World Events
U.S. Events
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $2,026.90 billion Federal spending: $409.22 billion Federal debt: $706.4 billion Median Household Income (current dollars): $13,572 Consumer Price Index: 60.6 Unemployment: 7.1% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13
Sports
Super BowlOakland d. Minnesota (32-14)World SeriesNY Yankees d. LA Dodgers (4-2)NBA ChampionshipPortland d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)Stanley CupMontreal d. Boston (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Virginia Wade d. B. Stove (4-6 6-3 6-1) Men: Bjorn Borg d. J. Connors (3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4)Kentucky Derby ChampionSeattle SlewNCAA Basketball ChampionshipMarquette d. North Carolina (67-59)NCAA Football ChampionsNotre Dame (11-1-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes Music: Visions of Terror and Wonder, Richard Wernick Drama: The Shadow Box, Michael Cristofer Oscars awarded in 1977 Academy Award, Best Picture: Rocky, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers (United Artists) Nobel Prize for Literature: Vicente Aleixandre (Spain) 1977 Emmy Awards 1977 Tony Awards Grammys awarded in 1977 Record of the Year: "This Masquerade," George Benson Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown) Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs," Bruce Johnston, songwriter Miss America: Dorothy Kathleen Benham (MN) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- The TV miniseries Roots draws an audience of 130 million.
- Star Wars hits theaters--for the first time--and will go on to be the second highest-grossing film of all time.
- Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno and the popularity of movie soundtracks.
- Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, his Memphis, Tenn. home. He was 42.
Movies- Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia
Music- Various artists, Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
Books
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Ilya Prigogine (Belgium), for contributions to nonequilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures Physics: Philip W. Anderson, John H. Van Vleck (both US), and Nevill F. Mott (UK), for work underlying computer memories and electronic devices Physiology or Medicine: Rosalyn S. Yalow, Roger C. L. Guillemin, and Andrew V. Schally (all US), for research in role of hormones in chemistry of the body
Deaths
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