At A Glance

6 May 1977 at a glance

Day of the week
6 May 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 6 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 May 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 May 1977 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 6 May

  • 1960 More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
  • 1983 The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
  • 1984 One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
  • 1994 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
  • 1997 The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.

Famous people born on 6 May

  • George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)
  • Sadie Sandler, American actress (born 2006)
  • Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (1856–1939)
  • Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1915–1985)

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

Liam Cosgrave

Petrol (per litre)

£0.62/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.19

Average House

£15,000

Weekly Wage

£33

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