Remember When 1977

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Jimmy Carter39th President of the United StatesServed from Jan. 20, 1977 – Jan. 20, 1981

World events• The U.S. returns the

Panama Canal back to Panama

• Student leader Steve Biko “dies in custody” in South Africa

• 1977 Bucharest Earthquake kills more than 1,500

• French is adopted as the official language of Quebec

• World Peace Prize is awarded to Amnesty International

• The last exception by guillotine performed in France

• Four Palestinian hijackers hijack

4,500 looters arrested.• 165 people die in the Bev-

erly Hills Supper Club fire• The first Apple II comput-

ers went on sale• The Trans-Alas-

kan oil pipeline opens• President Carter

grants pardon to American draft

dodgers of the Vietnam War period

• President Carter warns that Americans need to make profound changes in their oil consumption

• The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

• World Trade Center in New York is complete

Movies• Star Wars Episode IV:

A New Hope• Rocky• Smokey and the Bandit• A Star is Born• Saturday Night Fever• King Kong• The Deep

• Annie Hall

Music• “Tonight’s The Night,”

Rod Stewart• “I Just Want To Be Your Ev-

erything,” Andy Gibb• “Best of My Love,” Emotions

• “Angels In Your Arms,” Hot• “I Like Dreamin’,” Kenny Nolan

• “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” Thelma Houston

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BORN THIS YEAR: Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress.Above left: Tom Hardy, actor;

Annie Wersching, actress; Zachary Quinto,actor; Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress.Technology

• GPS inaugurated by U.S. Dept. of Defense

• First MRI scanner is tested

• Voyager I and II are launched un-

manned to explore the outer solar sys-tem

Popular culture• Star Wars opens in cinemas and

filmgoers wait in line for hours to see it

• Development of punk music from groups like The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Clash,

Elvis Costello, The Stranglers

and the Sex

Pistols• The King, El-

vis Presley, dies at age 42 from a heart

attack

• Income per year .... $15,000• Minimum wage ........... $2.30• New house ............ $49,300• Monthly rent ................. $240• New car .................... $4,317• Gallon of gas .................. 65¢• Dozen eggs .................... 82¢• Gallon of milk ............... $1.44• Loaf of bread .................. 32¢• First-class stamp ........... 13¢• Movie ticket ................. $2.21

AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING

977Alben W. Barkley35th Vice President of the U.S.Served from Jan. 20, 1959 to Jan. 20, 1953

remember when...

1“America did not invent human rights.

In a very real sense human rights invented America.”-Carter

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U.S. news• The New York

City Blackout lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and disorder. LaGuardia and Kenne-dy airports were closed for 8 hours. Most of the TV sta-tions were off the air. 4,000 people had to be evacuated from the sub-way system.

Wide-spread looting, vandalism and arson in every poor neighborhood in the city. 1,616 stores were damaged in looting and rioting. 550 police officers injured during

the civil disorder and

Panama Canal

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