At A Glance

27 August 1977 at a glance

Day of the week
27 August 1977 was a Saturday.
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 27 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 August 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 August 1977 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 27 August

  • 1971 An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
  • 1975 The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  • 1980 South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
  • 1985 Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
  • 1985 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.

Famous people born on 27 August

  • Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (1908–1973)
  • Aaron Paul, American actor and producer (born 1979)
  • Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (1952–2023)
  • Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor (born 1981)

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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