A Look Back At

Born in 1977

What Was Life Like in 1977?

Who Was in Charge?

President

Jimmy Carter

What Things Cost

Gas (per gallon)

$0.62

Loaf of Bread

$0.37

Average House

$48,800

Weekly Wage

$218

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.
  • April 7 – The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game of baseball against the Chicago White Sox.
  • May 25 – The movie Star Wars, directed by George Lucas is released as the first film in the Star Wars Saga and the first in the Original Trilogy. It is premiered in 32 movie theaters across the United States before reaching other cinemas nationwide.
  • June 16 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
  • August 15 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "WOW!" signal for a notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • September 5 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Star Wars Action Figures
  • Atari 2600
  • Slime

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 on 1 January 1977

Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)

Rod Stewart