1977 Ford F100 01

An awful lot happened the year I was born – it was quite an eventful year. People were born, people died, disasters happened and politics continued as usual. Here are some of the events that made my birth year unique:

Births

Schapelle Corby
Orlando Bloom
Liv Tyler

Deaths

Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Elvis Presley
Mao Tze Tung

Politics

The Australian Democrats party was launched by former Liberal MP Don Chipp
Margaret Thatcher won the UK elections

Entertainment

Number 96 was cancelled
Cop Shop began
The number 1 bestselling book at the time was The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Shining was published
The top-selling movie was Star Wars
The Nickelodeon channel was launched

Newsworthy Events

Advance Australia Fair was won the vote for Australia’s National Anthem
Microwaves became commercially available
The personal stereo was invented
Mobile Phones were invented
Granville Railway Disaster resulted in 83 deaths
Voyager 1 launched
The last natural case of smallpox was recorded
The Munich Olympics saw Israeli athletes kidnapped and killed by Palestinian Terrorists

I only included those events that interest my. More info can be obtained by googling 1977.