At A Glance

29 November 1977 at a glance

Day of the week
29 November 1977 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone.
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 29 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 November 1977 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 November 1977 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 29 November

  • 1961 Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
  • 1963 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
  • 1967 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
  • 1972 Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
  • 1982 Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.

Famous people born on November 29

  • Anna Faris, American actress (born 1976)
  • Russell Wilson, American football player (born 1988)
  • Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (1976–2020)
  • Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago (born 1959)

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

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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