Year (''' MCMLXXVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link displays the 1977 Gregorian Calendar ).
- May 1 - Taksim Square Massacre in Istanbul : 34 dead, hundreds injured
- May 3 - '' HMS Invincible '' is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom .
- May 7 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau does a Pirouette behind the back of Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom .
- May 7 - Marie Myriam wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 for France with her song ''L'oiseau et l'enfant'' ("The Bird and the Child").
- May 14 - The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 Airplane Crash in Lusaka , Zambia kills all 6 on board.
- May 14 - In Milan , Italy , during a far-left demonstration, a hooded person shoots at the police, killing a policeman, Antonino Custrà. The scene is photographed and the picture {Link without Title} of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street will appear in many magazines around the world.
- May 17 - The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin , wins the elections in Israel .
- May 17 - Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow .
- May 23 - Scientists report using Bacteria in a lab to make Insulin .
- May 23 - Molucca n terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde , northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train in Bovensmilde- Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On June 11 , Dutch Royal Marines storm the train; 6 terrorists and 2 hostages are killed.
- . (It would eventually be superseded in box-office receipts by '' Titanic '').
- May 26 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center .
- May 27 - Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom opens the new Air Terminal Building at Edinburgh Airport .
- May 27 - The 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 Airplane Crash in Cuba kills 69 people.
- May 28 - In Southgate, Kentucky , the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
- becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.
- July 4 - Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty is sensationally sacked by the club's directors.
- July 5 - General Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq overthrows Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto , the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan .
- July 13 - The New York City Blackout Of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
- July 14 - Victoria , Crown Princess of Sweden is born.
- July 15 - Anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith, New South Wales (presumed murdered).
- July 19 to July 20 - Flood in Johnstown, PA caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
- July 22 - The purged Chinese Communist leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power as the " Gang Of Four " is expelled from the Communist Party Of China .
- July 24 - Led Zeppelin play their last U.S. concert in Oakland, CA at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter Bill Graham 's staff resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage.
- July 26 - Robert Plant is contacted by his wife and told their son Karac has died, which causes the cancellation of the remainder of Zeppelin's U.S. tour and the band would not re-emerge until 1979 .
- July 28 - The first oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System reaches Valdez , Alaska .
- in Oberursel , West Germany .
- January 2 - Ales Pisa , Czech ice hockey player
- January 3 - Mayumi Iizuka , Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
- January 7 - Michelle Behennah , British model
- January 7 - John Gidding , American actor and architect
- January 7 - Dustin Diamond , American actor
- January 8 - Amber Benson , American actress
- January 11 - Nadia Turner , American singer
- January 13 - Orlando Bloom , British actor
- January 18 - Curtis Cregan , American actor
- January 22 - Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese footballer
- January 26 - Vince Carter , American basketball player
- January 28 - Lyle Overbay , American baseball player
- January 28 - Daunte Culpepper , American football player
- January 28 - Joey Fatone , American musician
- January 31 - Mark Dutiaume , Canadian hockey player
- February 2 - Gavin DeGraw , American musician
- February 2 - Shakira , Colombian musician
- February 3 - Daddy Yankee , Puerto Rican musician
- February 5 - Ben Ainslie , British sailor
- February 7 - Paul Comrie , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 8 - Bridgette Kerkove , American actress
- February 8 - Yucef Merhi , Venezuelan artist
- February 8 - Barry Hall , Australian rules footballer
- February 11 - Randy Moss , American football player
- February 11 - Mike Shinoda , American musician
- February 16 - Ian Clarke , Irish computer scientist
- February 18 - Sean Watkins , American guitarist and songwriter
- February 19 - Gianluca Zambrotta , Italian footballer
- February 20 - Stephon Marbury , American basketball player
- February 21 - Kevin Rose , American television host
- February 23 - Kristina Šmigun , Estonian skier
- February 27 - Ji Sung , South Korean actor
- March 1 - Rens Blom , Dutch athlete
- March 2 - Chris Martin , British musician ( Coldplay )
- March 2 - Heather McComb , American actress
- March 3 - Ronan Keating , Irish singer
- March 4 - Ana Guevara , Mexican track and field athlete
- March 4 - Daniel Klewer , German footballer
- March 4 - Jason Marsalis , American jazz musician
- March 4 - Russell Taylor , British cartoonist
- March 5 - Wally Szczerbiak , Spanish-born basketball player
- March 6 - Santino Marella , American wrestler
- March 6 - Keith O'Neill , Irish-born rugby impersonator
- March 7 - Ronan O'Gara , Irish rugby player
- March 7 - Mitja Zastrow , German-born swimmer
- March 8 - James Van Der Beek , American actor
- March 10 - Bree Turner , American dancer and actress
- March 10 - Colin Murray , British radio disc jockey
- March 11 - Becky Hammon , American basketball player
- March 11 - Jason Greeley , Canadian singer
- March 15 - Joe Hahn , American DJ ( Linkin Park )
- March 16 - Ben Kenney , bassist of the American alternative rock band Incubus
- March 16 - Alyson Kiperman , American actress
- March 18 - Zdeno Chara , Czechoslovakian (now Slovakia ) hockey player
- March 24 - Darren Lockyer , Australian rugby league player
- March 27 - Vitor Meira , Brazilian race car driver
- March 27 - Roger Velasco , American actor
- April 4 - Stephen Mulhern , Musician, CITV Presenter
- April 9 - Gerard Way , American singer ( My Chemical Romance )
- April 14 - Sarah Michelle Gellar , American actress
- April 14 - Chandra Levy , American federal government intern (d. 2001 )
- April 16 - Fredrik Ljungberg , Swedish footballer
- April 21 - Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater
- April 23 - Mariusz Pudzianowski , Polish strongman
- April 23 - Andruw Jones , Antillean baseball player
- April 23 - John Cena , American professional wrestler, actor and singer
- April 24 - Carlos Beltrán , Puerto Rican baseball player
- April 24 - Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ , Belarusian writer
- April 26 - Jason Earles , American actor
- April 26 - Tom Welling , American actor
- May 3 - Ben Olsen , American footballer
- May 5 - Choi Kang-hee , South Korean actress
- May 8 - Joe Bonamassa , American musician
- May 8 - Pepe Sánchez , Argentine basketball player
- May 9 - Choi Jeong-yoon , South Korean actress
- May 10 - Nick Heidfeld , German race car driver
- May 11 - Victor Matfield , South African rugby player
- May 12 - Graeme Dott , Scottish snooker player
- May 12 - Rebecca Herbst , American actress
- May 13 - Samantha Morton , British actress
- May 14 - Roy Halladay , American baseball player
- May 14 - Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress
- May 19 - Brandon Inge , American baseball player
- May 20 - Matt Czuchry , American actor
- May 23 - Ilia Kulik , Russian figure skater
- May 26 - Misaki Ito , Japanese actress
- May 26 - Luca Toni , Italian footballer
- May 27 - Abderrahmane Hammad , Algerian athlete
- May 27 - Tommie Van Der Leegte , Dutch soccer player
- May 28 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck , American talkshow host
- May 30 - Rachael Stirling , British actress
- May 31 - Joel Ross , British disc jockey
- May 31 - Debbie King , British television presenter
- June 1 - Danielle Harris , American voice actress
- June 7 - Marcin Baszczyński , Polish footballer
- June 8 - Kanye West , American rapper and record producer
- June 9 - Roopa Mishra , Indian civil servant
- June 9 - Peja Stojakovic , Serbian basketball player
- June 13 - Selwyn Ward , American actor
- June 14 - Chris McAlister , American football player
- June 16 - Kerry Wood , baseball player
- June 19 - Peter Warrick , American football player
- June 20 - Aaron Moule , Australian rugby league player
- June 21 - Jochen Hecht , German ice hockey player
- June 23 - Jason Mraz , American singer-songwriter
- June 27 - Raúl , Spanish footballer
- June 27 - Arkadiusz Radomski , Polish footballer
- July 1 - Jarome Iginla , Canadian hockey player
- July 1 - Liv Tyler , American actress
- July 2 - Ricardo Medina, Jr. , American actor
- July 8 - Milo Ventimiglia , American actor
- July 8 - Wang Zhizhi , Chinese basketball player
- July 11 - Edward Moss , American impersonator
- July 12 - Airin Older , American musician
- July 14 - Victoria, Crown Princess Of Sweden
- July 15 - Ray Toro , American guitarist ( My Chemical Romance )
- July 17 - M.I.A. , English musician
- July 18 - David Straitjacket , English stunt performer
- July 18 - Alfian Bin Sa'at , Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
- July 19 - Jean-Sébastien Aubin , Canadian ice hockey player
- July 23 - M. Haroon Abbas Qamar , Pakistani journalist, software engineer, and broadcaster
- July 24 - Mehdi Mahdavikia , Iranian football player
- July 26 - Rebecca St James , Australian-born musician
- July 27 - Martha Anne Madison , American actress
- July 28 - Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player
- July 30 - Ian Watkins , lead singer in rock band Lostprophets
- July 31 - Tim Couch , American football player
- August 2 - Dave Farrel , American musician
- August 2 - Edward Furlong , American actor
- August 3 - Angela Beesley , British Internet entrepreneur
- August 3 - Tom Brady , American football player
- August 9 - Chamique Holdsclaw , American basketball player
- August 10 - Danny Griffin , Irish footballer
- August 12 - Plaxico Burress , American football player
- August 13 - Michael Klim , Australian swimmer
- August 15 - Nicole Paggi , American actress
- August 15 - Martin Biron , Canadian hockey player
- August 15 - Igor Cassina , Italian gymnast
- August 17 - Thierry Henry , French footballer
- August 17 - Tarja Turunen , Finnish singer
- August 20 - Felipe Contepomi , Argentine rugby player
- August 20 - Manuel Contepomi , Argentine rugby player
- August 20 - Henning Stensrud , Norwegian ski jumper
- August 24 - Per Gade , Danish footballer
- August 25 - Jonathan Togo , American actor
- August 26 - Morris Peterson , American basketball player
- August 27 - Deco , Portuguese footballer
- August 30 - Shaun Alexander , American football player
- August 30 - Jens Ludwig , German guitarist
- August 30 - Kamil Kosowski , Polish footballer
- August 31 - Jeff Hardy , American professional wrestler
- August 31 - Craig Nicholls , Australian rocker and songwriter
- September 1 - Aaron Schobel , American football player
- September 11 - Ludacris , American rapper
- September 13 - Fiona Apple , American musician
- September 15 - Angela Aki , Japanese singer and songwriter
- September 20 - Namie Amuro , Japanese singer
- September 22 - Paul Sculthorpe , English rugby league player
- September 22 - Yoo Chae-yeong , South Korean singer and actress
- September 23 - Matthieu Descoteaux , Canadian ice hockey player
- September 27 - Andrus Värnik , Estonian javelin thrower
- September 28 - Se Ri Pak , South Korean golfer
- September 28 - Ivana Bozilovic , Serbian model and actress
- September 30 - Maia Brewton , American actress
- September 30 - Roy Carroll , Irish footballer
- October 6 - Daniel Briere , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 7 - Meighan Desmond , New Zealand actress
- October 11 - Claudia Palacios , Colombian journalist and newsreader
- October 12 - Bode Miller , American skier
- October 14 - Bianca Beauchamp , Canadian latex model
- October 14 - Kelly Schumacher , Canadian basketball player
- October 16 - John Mayer , American musician
- October 18 - Ryan Nelsen , New Zealand footballer
- October 18 - Paul Stalteri , Canadian footballer
- October 24 - Timothy M. Sullivan , Boston interior designer
- October 25 - Birgit Prinz , German footballer
- October 26 - Jon Heder , American actor
- October 26 - Louis Crayton , Swiss/Liberian footballer
- October 29 - Brendan Fehr , Canadian actor
- November 1 - Alistair Griffin , British singer and songwriter
- November 2 - John Pickard , British actor
- November 2 - Randy Harrison , American actor
- November 3 - Aria Giovanni , American model and actress
- November 5 - Brittney Skye , American actress
- November 6 - Patrícia Tavares , Portuguese actress
- November 10 - Brittany Murphy , American actress
- November 13 - Chanel Cole , New Zealand-born singer
- November 13 - Huang Xiaoming , Chinese actor and singer
- November 14 - Obie Trice , American rapper
- November 16 - Oksana Baiul , Ukrainian figure skater
- November 17 - Ryk Neethling , South African swimmer
- November 18 - Trent Barrett , Australian rugby league player
- November 19 - Kerri Strug , American gymnast
- November 21 - Jonas Jennings , American football player
- November 22 - Michael Preston , English footballer
- November 24 - Colin Hanks , American actor
- November 26 - Ivan Basso , Italian cyclist
- November 27 - Mika Tan , adult film actress
- November 28 - DeMya Walker , American basketball player
- December 3 - Adam Małysz , Polish ski jumper
- December 6 - Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer
- December 7 - Dominic Howard , English drummer
- December 7 - Fernando Vargas , American boxer
- December 8 - Sébastien Chabal , French rugby union player
- December 8 - Ryan Newman , American race car driver
- December 10 - Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress
- December 11 - Peter Stringer , Irish rugby union player
- December 12 - Dahm Triplets , American models
- December 12 - Adam Saitiev , Chechen wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
- December 13 - Ahmed Al-Nami , Saudi Arabian hijacker
- December 14 - KaDee Strickland , American actress
- December 14 - Jamie Peacock , English rugby league player
- December 16 - Kevin Gillespie , American comic book artist
- December 23 - Alge Crumpler , American football player
- December 27 - Jacqueline Pillon , Canadian actress
- December 27 - Sam Talbot , American chef
- December 29 - Laveranues Coles , American football player
- December 30 - Laila Ali , American boxer
- December 30 - Scott Lucas , Australian rules footballer
- December 30 - Kenyon Martin , American basketball player
- January 2 - Errol Garner , American musician (b. 1921 )
- January 3 - Carroll Quigley , American historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (b. 1910 )
- January 14 - Anthony Eden , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1897 )
- January 14 - Peter Finch , English-born actor (b. 1916 )
- January 14 - Anaïs Nin , French author (b. 1903 )
- January 17 - Gary Gilmore , American murderer (executed) (b. 1940 )
- January 18 - Džemal Bijedić , Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1917 )
- January 19 - Yvonne Printemps , French singer and actress (b. 1895 )
- January 21 - Sandro Penna , Italian poet (b. 1906 )
- January 23 - Toots Shor , New York restaurateur (b. 1903 )
- January 29 - Buster Nupen , South African cricketer (b. 1902 )
- January 29 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (b. 1954 )
- November 5 - René Goscinny , French comic book writer (b. 1926 )
- November 8 - Bucky Harris , baseball player (b. 1896 )
- November 11 - Greta Keller , Austrian-born singer and actress (b. 1903 )
- November 14 - Ferdinand Heim , World War II German general, branded the "Scapegoat of Stalingrad " (b. 1897 )
- November 15 - Princess Charlotte Of Monaco (b. 1898 )
- November 25 - Tommy Prince , Canadian war hero (b. 1915 )
- December 5 - Roland Kirk , American jazz musician (b. 1936 )
- December 15 - Wilfred Kitching , General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893 )
- December 19 - Jacques Tourneur , French director (b. 1904 )
- December 24 - Samael Aun Weor , Colombian writer (b. 1917 )
- December 25 - Charlie Chaplin , English-born comedian (b. 1889 )
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