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18 March 1977 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 March 1977 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1977
- The Irish chart song for 1977 was “Knowing Me Knowing You” by ABBA.
- Top Film of 1977
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1977 was Star Wars.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 March 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 March 1977 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 18 March
- 1965 Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
- 1967 The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- 1968 Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1974 Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
Famous people born on 18 March
- Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress (born 1970)
- Lily Collins, English-American actress (born 1989)
- Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
- Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality (born 1979)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1977 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1977 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 21 February – A crater on the planet Mercury was named after the Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
- 18 March – Six-year-old Mary Boyle from Kincasslagh vanished from her grandparents' farm near Ballyshannon in County Donegal.
- 9 May – Ireland's first McDonald's restaurant opened on Grafton Street in Dublin.
Life in Ireland in 1977
Taoiseach
Liam Cosgrave
Petrol (per litre)
£0.62/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.19
Average House
£15,000
Weekly Wage
£33
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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Cillian Murphy25 May 1976ActorView their day →Michael Fassbender2 April 1977ActorView their day →Andrew Scott21 October 1976ActorView their day →Colin Farrell31 May 1976ActorView their day →Dolores O'Riordan6 September 1971MusicianView their day →Sharon Horgan13 July 1970Actress & writerView their day →Glen Hansard21 April 1970Musician & songwriterView their day →Jimmy Carr15 September 1972Comedian & humouristView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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