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29 August 1977 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 August 1977 was a Monday.
- 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 29 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 August 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 August 1977 was Full Moon.
On this day: 29 August
- 1965 The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1966 The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
- 1975 El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
- 1982 Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
- 1991 Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
Famous people born on 29 August
- Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (1958–2009)
- Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (1993–2024)
- Carla Gugino, American actress (born 1971)
- Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (1923–2014)
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
Jack Lynch
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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