* 1977 – 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!

The most popular single earthquake in fiction is the hypothetical " Big One " expected of California's San Andreas Fault someday, as depicted in the novels Richter 10 ( 1996 ) and Goodbye California ( 1977 ) among other works.

1977 also saw the debut album from Hamburg's Big Balls and the Great White Idiot, arguably West Germany's first punk band.

Project Argus instruments typically exhibit sensitivity on the order of 10 < sup >− 23 </ sup > Watts / square metre, or roughly equivalent to that achieved by the Ohio State University Big Ear radio telescope in 1977, when it detected the landmark " Wow!

The island is mentioned in the novels The Enemy by Desmond Bagley ( 1977 ), Sea of Death by Richard P. Henrick ( 1992 ), The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth ( 1994 ), Quantico by Greg Bear ( 2005 ), The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde ( 2005 ), Forbidden Island by Malcolm Rose ( 2009 ), And then you die by Iris Johansen ( 1998 ), The Island by R J Price ( better-known as the poet Richard Price ) ( 2010 ) and The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin ( 2011 ).

Another large fire, known locally as the " Big Fire ", devastated the community on November 20, 1977, destroying most of the downtown businesses.

In addition, Schon ( along with then Journey manager Herbie Herbert ) also contributed to Lenny White's 1977 album " Big City ", specifically the instrumental jam " And we meet again ".

* Mark V. Olsen, ( 1977 ), co-creator of HBO series Big Love

In 1977, a late fumble at Michigan caused him to charge at ABC cameraman Mike Freedman, who recorded his frustration ; Hayes was ejected, put on probation by the Big Ten Conference, and fined $ 2, 000.

* 40 Big Ones-( 1977, Creole )-# 51

* Something You Got ( CTI, 1977 ) with Yusef Lateef and David Matthews ' Big Band

During the offseason between the 1976 and 1977 seasons, Fidrych published an autobiography with Tom Clark titled No Big Deal.

The two organizations came together in 1977, and merged to become known as the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of America.

The Super Deal was discontinued when the show permanently moved to Las Vegas for the final season ( 1976 – 1977 ), and Big Deal values returned to their previous range of $ 10, 000 to $ 15, 000.

Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forces and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

* Big Cyril: Autobiography ( 1977 ) ISBN 0-491-02261-1.

* 1977 Gizmos article from Big Star fanzine: http :// ffanzeen. blogspot. com / 2012 / 05 / the-gizmos-quims-queens-teens-and. html

Hannah and Her Sisters won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, the first film to win both supporting actor awards since Julia in 1977, nearly nine years before, and the last until The Fighter over two decades later.

In each decade of her career, she has been known for major roles in American TV / film culture, including: in the 1960s, for Gidget ( 1965 – 66 ) or Sister Bertrille on The Flying Nun ( 1967 – 70 ); in the 1970s, for Sybil ( 1976 ), Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) and Norma Rae ( 1979 ); in the 1980s, for Absence of Malice ( 1981 ), Places in the Heart ( 1984 ) and Steel Magnolias ( 1989 ); in the 1990s, for Not Without My Daughter ( 1991 ), Mrs. Doubtfire ( 1993 ), Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) and Eye for an Eye ( 1996 ); and in the 2000s, on the TV shows ER and Brothers & Sisters ( 2006 – 11 ).

Donny & Marie ( 1976 ), The Krofft Supershow ( 1976 ), The Brady Bunch Hour ( 1977 ), The Krofft Superstar Hour ( 1978 ), Pink Lady and Jeff ( 1980 ), Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters ( 1980 ), and their syndicated sitcom D. C. Follies ( 1987 ) were taped before live audiences, but the studios were relatively small, resulting in a small audience.

Silly Sisters, Takoma TAK 7077, LP ( 1977 ), cut # 6 ( Singing the Travels )

The Pointer Sisters also scored another R & B hit from the album with " Going Down Slowly ", another Allen Toussaint cover, and in 1976 appeared in the classic blaxploitation film Car Wash. Their song from the movie, " You Gotta Believe ", made the R & B top 20 in early 1977.

In 1978, two years after his release from prison, Davis was jailed again, having pleaded guilty to involvement in another armed bank raid on 23 September 1977 at The Bank of Cyprus, Seven Sisters Road.

at St. Francis Hospital when Stevens was admitted both times ) and the Sisters with whom he talked in 1977 ( and later ) who believed Fr.

* The Aldridge Sisters, singers ( 1977 – 1982 )

* The Semonski Sisters, singers ( 1975 – 1977 )

* Little Sisters ( 1977 )

The site was offered to the Nardini Sisters who built a convent and a primary school there in 1977 / 78.

As an actress her television work has included Three Sisters ( 1970 ), A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 1971 ), The Lady from the Sea ( 1974 ), Electra ( 1974 ), the villainess " Vanity Fair " in Dornford Yates ' She Fell Among Thieves ( 1977 ), Sons and Lovers ( 1981 ), Oliver Twist ( 1982 ), Smiley's People ( 1982 ), Titus Andronicus ( 1985 ), The Burston Rebellion ( 1985 ), A Better Class of Person ( 1985 ), Roman Holiday ( 1987 ), The Lost Language of Cranes ( 1991 ), Cold Comfort Farm ( 1995 ), Talking Heads ( 1998 ), Madame Bovary ( 2000 ), David Copperfield ( 2000 ), Wit ( 2001 ) and Bertie and Elizabeth ( 2002 ).

Stuart Price ( born 9 September 1977 ) is a three-time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon Flowers, Gwen Stefani, Seal, Keane, Frankmusik and Hard-Fi.

During the seventies she also featured in two horror films, Nightmare Circus ( 1974 ) and Sisters of Death ( 1977 ).

Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International ( in America ) joined forces and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

In 1977, the Sisters of the Holy Cross sold the mansion to the American Speech and Hearing Association ( ASHA ) as a temporary headquarters.

* 1977 – The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.

In its sentence from September 1997, the International Court of Justice stated that both sides breached their obligation and that the 1977 Budapest Treaty is still valid.

In 1977, together with Peter Scott, he received the UN International Environment prize.

The International Psychohistorical Association founded by Lloyd deMause in 1977 is the professional organization for the field of psychohistory.

* 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( d. 1977 )

The Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations ( also known as the Fraser Committee ) was a committee of the United States House of Representatives which met in 1976 and 1977 and conducted an investigation into South Korea – United States relations.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), ( Italian: Fondo Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Agricolo ), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference.

Television credits include choreographing Sue's Leg ( 1976 ) for the inaugural episode of the PBS program Dance in America ,; co-producing and directing Making Television Dance ( 1977 ), which won the Chicago International Film Festival Award ; and directing The Catherine Wheel ( 1983 ) for BBC Television.

Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) is an effort to standardize networking that was started in 1977 by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ), along with the ITU-T.

In the UK work on the Experimental Packet Switched system circa 1973, the need to define so called higher level protocols above the HDLC link level communications protocol and the content of an NCC ( UK ) publication ' Why Distributed Computing ' resulting from considerable research into future configurations for computer systems resulted in the UK presenting the case for an International Standards Committee to cover this area at the ISO meeting in Sydney in March 1977.

The first International Special Olympics Winter Games were held in February 1977 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.

It co-starred the aboriginal actor David Gulpilil, whose performance won the Golden Ibex ( Oscar equivalent ) at the Tehran International Festival in 1977 but was only a moderate commercial success at the time.

In 1977, Zapf and his friends Aaron Burns and Herb Lubalin founded a company called " Design Processing International, Inc ." in New York and developed typographical computer software.

After a seven-year hiatus following its cancellation on television, the game reappeared on college campuses in 1977 through an affiliation with the Association of College Unions International ( ACUI ) that lasted for 31 years.

In 1977, Brandt was appointed as the chairman of the Independent Commission for International Developmental Issues.

In 1977 Dr. J. F. Mansfeld ( N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken ) presented the PD-R process ( Physical Development by Reduction ) in a speech at the Hotel International Zurich.

* 1977, The International Computer Chess Association is established.

According to Article 77. 2 of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, adopted in 1977:

The Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, ( Protocol I ), 8 June 1977 states:

* Alia Baha el-Din Toukan H. M. Queen Alia al-Hussein ( 1948 – 1977 ), on 24 December 1972, after whom Jordan's international airport ( Queen Alia International Airport ) is named.

In 1977, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.

More recently the 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, referred in Article 1.

International success continued, mostly in Great Britain and Germany, when he released three well-received solo albums on RCA between 1975 and 1977.

Beginning in the early 1970s he became a prolific illustrator for many anarchist, radical, alternative and mainstream publications, organisations, groups and individuals including Freedom Press, Undercurrents, Respect for Animals, BIT Newsletter, Arts Lab Newsletter, Idiot International, 1977 Firemans Strike, Libertarian Education, The Idler, Radical Community Medicine, Anarchy Magazine, Black Flag, Anarchy Comix, Common Ground, Industrial Worker, Aberlour Distillery, Country Life, Graphical Paper and Media Union, The Times Saturday Review, Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, New Scientist, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, Times Educational Supplement, London Anarchist Bookfair, Public and Commercial Services Union, The Sunday Times Magazine, Catholic Worker, Soil Association, The Bodleian Library, New Statesman, Cienfeugos Anarchist Review, Headline Books, The Financial Times, Resurgence, Scotland on Sunday, Town and Country Planning Association, Movement Against A Monarchy, Nursing Times, John Hegarty, The Listener, Zero, McCallan Whisky, Solidarity, New Society, News from Neasden, House & Garden, The Tablet, Radical Science Journal, Royal Mail, The Co-ops Fairs, Picador Books, Pluto Press, Working Press, Anarchismo, Insurrection, Our Generation, Ogilvy & Mather, Vogue, Radio Times, National Union of Teachers, Faber & Faber, Pimlico, Trades Union Congress, Transport and General Workers Union, Serpents Tale, Compendium Books, Poison Girls, Yale University Press, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Elephant Editions, Intelligent Life, Landworker, Zounds, Honey, New Musical Express, Knockabout Comics, Trickett and Webb, The Times, See Sharp Press, Countryside Commission, Industrial Common Ownership Movement, BBC Worldwide, Stop the War Coalition, The Folio Society, Unison, Anarchist Studies, Country Standard, Fitzrovia News, Anarchist Black Cross and many others.