** Commodore PET, Commodores first full-featured computer, a home / personal computer first produced in 1977

** 1972-73, 1974 – 75, 1976 – 77, 1977 – 78, 1980 – 81, 1981 – 82

** The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You by Frank Stanford ( published 1977 )

** National Tournament Top 10 finishes: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000

** 1977 – 1979 Golden Eagle

** 1977 Golden Eagle California Edition ( available only through California AMC Dealerships )

** 1977 – 1979 Jeep Golden Eagle

** 1977 – 1979 Golden Eagle

** Maimiti Brando ( born 1977 )

** Chairman of its Social Affairs Sub-Committee ( 1977 – 87 )

** Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati ( 1977 )

** Washington Quarter 1965 – 1974, 1977 – 1998

** The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia kills all six on board.

** Elizabeth II commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow, Scotland.

** The 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash in Cuba kills 69 people.

** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.

** Space: 1999 ( 1975 – 1977 ): A huge explosion sends the Moon hurtling out of Earth's orbit on September 13 ( a Friday in the series, but not in reality ).

** Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze ( d. 1977 )

** Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer ( d. 1977 )

** Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982

** J. Walter Kennedy, former NBA commissioner ( d. 1977 )

** William Conway, Irish cardinal ( d. 1977 )

** Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus ( d. 1977 )

** Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist ( d. 1977 )

** Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress ( d. 1977 )

** Elena Sanz de Limantour ( 1922 – 1979 ), married in 1949 to Robert Borgs, and had issue:

** National Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from United Kingdom in 1979.

** 1979 Silver Anniversary CJ-5 Limited Edition ( estimated 1, 000 built )

** Aaliyah, R & B singer and actress ( b. 1979 )

** Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 )-Although taking place almost entirely throughout the 1980s, the war officially started on December 27, 1979.

** Josef Mengele, German Nazi war criminal ( d. 1979 )

** Darla Hood, American actress ( d. 1979 )

** Alfred Deller, English countertenor ( d. 1979 )

** Barbara Hutton, American socialite ( d. 1979 )

** Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Pakistani journalist, theologian, and philosopher ( d. 1979 )

** Lazar Lagin, Soviet writer ( d. 1979 )

** John Wayne, American actor ( d. 1979 )

** S. J. Perelman, American humorist and author ( d. 1979 )

** Hope Summers, American actress ( d. 1979 )

** Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer ( d. 1979 )

** Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan ( d. 1979 )

** Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist ( d. 1979 )

** Ivon Hitchens, English painter ( d. 1979 )

** Gali Atari and Milk and Honey win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for Israel, with the song Hallelujah.

** Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0. 16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

** Jordi Bonet, Canadian artist ( d. 1979 )