At A Glance

25 September 1977 at a glance

Day of the week
25 September 1977 was a Sunday.
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 25 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 September 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 September 1977 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 25 September

  • 1969 The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
  • 1974 Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
  • 1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
  • 1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
  • 1987 Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.

Famous people born on 25 September

  • Bella Ramsey, English actor (born 2003)
  • Michael Douglas, American actor and producer (born 1944)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress (born 1969)
  • Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper (born 1968)

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.
More events of 1977 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1977

Taoiseach

Jack Lynch

Petrol (per litre)

£0.62/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.19

Average House

£15,000

Weekly Wage

£33

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