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17 June 1977 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 17 June 1977 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I'm Your Boogie Man” by KC and the Sunshine Band.
- Top Film of 1977
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1977 was Star Wars.
- Bestselling Novel of 1977
- “The Silmarillion” by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1977.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Laverne & Shirley” (ABC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1977–78 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 17 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 17 June 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 17 June 1977 was New Moon.
On this day: 17 June
- 1963 The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
- 1967 Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
- 1972 Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
- 1985 Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
- 1991 Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Famous people born on June 17
- Elena Rybakina, Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player (born 1999)
- Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Thomas Haden Church, American actor (born 1960)
- Odessa A'zion, American actress (born 2000)
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Events of 1977 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1977 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 9 – Rock band Toto is founded by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.
- February 4 – Fleetwood Mac's Grammy Award-winning album Rumours is released.
- March 15 – Tenor Luciano Pavarotti and the PBS opera series Live from the Met both make their American television debuts. Pavarotti stars in a complete production of Puccini's La Boheme. Also debuting is the ABC sitcom Three's Company.
Life in the US in 1977
President
Jimmy Carter
Gas (per gallon)
$0.62
Loaf of Bread
$0.37
Average House
$48,800
Weekly Wage
$218
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