In September 1977, veteran actress and authoress Dulcie Gray played the Miss Marple character in a stage adaptation of A Murder Is Announced at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England that featured also Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield, Patricia Brake and Barbara Flynn.

Since 1977, New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also World Environment Day, prior to then Arbor Day, in New Zealand, was celebrated on August 4 – which is rather late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand hence the date change.

Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (, ) is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ( Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977 ).

In 1977, she recorded her first album titled Amy Grant, produced by Brown Bannister ( who would also produce her next 11 albums ).

A former law student and muezzin, Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami ( Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله النامي, ; also transliterated as Alnami ) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 7, 1977 – September 11, 2001 )</ span > was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

They also were beaten by Fiji on their 1977 tour to New Zealand.

The term ballad opera has also been used to describe musicals using folk music, such as The Martins and the Coys in 1944, and Peter Bellamy's The Transports in 1977.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

" In 1977 the Commodores scored a ballad hit with " Easy ", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U. S., followed by the funky favorite " Brick House ", also Top 5, both from their landmark album " The Commodores ", as was the utopian album favorite " Zoom ".

Storylines throughout the decade included: a warehouse fire in 1975, the birth of Tracy Langton in 1977, the murder of Ernest Bishop in 1978, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return in 1979, and the marriage of Brian Tilsley and Gail Potter ( also in 1979 ).

He also took roles in horror films opposite the late Margaux Hemingway in the thriller Lipstick ( 1976 ) and as a demon in the shocker The Sentinel ( 1977 ).

The 1977 edition also lists Peter G. Dowdeswell of Earls Barton for drinking two pints of beer from a single vessel in 2. 3 seconds on June 11, 1975 and two litres in 6. 0 seconds on 7 February 1975.

The film has been parodied and referenced in places such as the 1976 film The Pink Panther Strikes Again, the satirical publication The Onion, the Japanese game-show Takeshi's Castle, and the 1977 John Landis comedy anthology film Kentucky Fried Movie ( in its lengthy " A Fistful of Yen " sequence ) and also in the film Balls of Fury.

The Hidden Fortress was also the inspiration behind George Lucas ' Star Wars ( 1977 ).

Godzilla vs. Megalon was given a high-profile prime-time NBC network premiere in 1977, with an introduction and bumper segments by John Belushi in a Godzilla suit also used on Saturday Night Live.

The NRC also imposed the Investment Policy Decree of 1975 — effective on January 1977 — that required 51 % Ghanaian equity participation in most foreign firms, but the government took 40 % in specified industries.

Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster, which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the staunchion, causing the bridge to collapse.

And Herman's drug habit became public domain: In 1977 for instance the Wild Romance played a gig in a highschool in Almelo, the Christelijk Lyceum ; during the break Brood was caught on the toilet taking heroine or speed ( there are different reports on the type of drug, but it is a wellknown story amongst former students ), the rest of the concert was cancelled, and this also was the last time a rockconcert took place at this school for many years.

The PAS also joined the Front but was expelled in 1977.

It also made a brief appearance in the 1977 film Jabberwocky where it was being held by King Bruno the Questionable ( the latter film was directed by Terry Gilliam, starred Michael Palin, and featured a cameo by Terry Jones, all members of Monty Python ).

The completion of the story seemed also to signal an end to his problems: he was no longer troubled by nightmares, divorced Germaine in 1977 ( they had separated in 1960 ), and finally married Fanny Vlamynck on 20 May of the same year.

The Colts 1977 playoff loss in double overtime against the Oakland Raiders was famous for the fact that it was the last playoff game for the Colts in Baltimore and is also known for the Ghost to the Post play.

See also section 14 ( a ) of the Criminal Law Act 1977.

Gandhi's yoga guru, Dhirendra Brahmachari, helped her in making certain decisions and also executed certain top level political tasks on her behalf, especially from 1975 to 1977 when Gandhi " dissolved Parliament, declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties.

In 1977, Harmonia Mundi also published two records of Deller singing Dowland's Lute songs ( HM 244 & 245-H244 / 246 ).< ref >

This marked the first time that White and Moore had worked together since The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended in 1977.

The Duellists ( 1977 ) marked Ridley Scott's first feature as director.

This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977 – 79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords.

In 1977, the dressage scoring was changed, with each movement marked out of ten rather than out of six.

This offseason also marked the return of the 1977 – 1997 76ers logo, along with a redesigned court and new uniforms updating the 1982 – 83 jerseys.

Although the group also scored minor chart placements with " Silver Star " (# 38 ), " Down the Hall " (# 65 in 1977 ) both sung by Polci, and " Spend the Night in Love " (# 91 in 1980 ) which again featured Polci as main Lead vocalist and Valli singing the bridge section and contributing to backup group vocals, " December, 1963 " marked the end of the Seasons ' hit-making run.

This series, running from late 1977 to early 1978, marked an end to the provincial macro-budget shows of the previous series, as the initial edition of this series brought significant changes.

Salyut 6, launched on a Proton 8K82K rocket on 29 September 1977, marked the switch from engineering development stations to routine operations, and united the most effective elements from each of the previous stations.

In 2001 in an unrelated article about the best record covers of all time, the BBC website published the following " God Save The Queen reached number one in the UK in 1977 despite being banned by the BBC and marked a defining moment in the punk revolution ".

The early seventies also marked the deaths of rock legends Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix as well as the plane crash in 1977 in which three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed.

Magen David Adom spokesman Yeruham Mendola responded to the claims by saying: " The guidelines set by the Ministry of Health determines that anyone who was born, or who lived for over a year since 1977 in Central Africa, Southeast Asia or the Caribbean Islands, or has spent over six months in Britain, or was in France, Ireland or Portugal for over 10 years — can choose not to donate blood, or donate blood, which is then marked, and know that it will not be used for transfusions.

The failed kidnapping and murder of the banker Jürgen Ponto on July 30, 1977 marked the beginning of the German Autumn.

The 1977 model year marked the beginning of a downsizing of all vehicles, so that cars such as the AMC Concord and the Ford Fairmont that replaced the compacts were re-classified as mid-size, while cars inheriting the size of the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega ( such as the Ford Escort and Chevrolet Cavalier ) became classified as compact cars.

Several new buildings, the addition of graduate degrees, and the massive growth of computer facilities marked the presidency of Richard E. Marburger, who served as president, 1977 – 93, and also as chair of the board of trustees and chief executive officer, 1981 – 93.

As part of a Commonwealth-wide tour for her Silver Jubilee, Elizabeth was in New Zealand from 22 February to 7 March 1977 ; she made a brief visit, between 12 and 20 October, following a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( CHOGM ) in Melbourne ; marked the centennial of the New Zealand Police during a tour from 22 February to 2 March 1986 ; the Queen closed the Commonwealth Games in Auckland and, with her son, Prince Edward, took part in events marking the sesquicentennial of the Treaty of Waitangi between 1 and 16 February 1990 ; between 1 and 10 November 1995, she attended the CHOGM in Auckland and opened the newly refurbished parliament buildings ; and, as part of her global tour for her Golden Jubilee, Elizabeth was in New Zealand from 22 to 27 February 2002.

The event marked the beginning of a veritable paper-making corporation in a small town in the center of Québec from 1972 to 1977: the successive start-up of Papier Kingsey Falls ( multi-layer board ), Cascades Industries ( tissue paper ), Plastiques Cascades and Cascades Conversion.

In retrospect, Jaws ( 1975 ) and Star Wars ( 1977 ) marked the beginning of the end for the New Hollywood era.

Those exempted from abolition by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 are marked by an *, however there is no indication of how many of the others are still operative:

In 1981, progressive / hard rock band Gordi, formed in 1977, recorded the album Pakleni trio which marked their shift towards heavy metal, making Gordi one of the first Serbian and former Yugoslav traditional heavy metal bands.

It marked the first time since the 1976 – 1977 season that an Iowa team with a winning record has failed to make either the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Since 1977, it has marked each of these occasions with a distinctive meeting flag.

This configuration also marked the end of the traditional large-size Cadillacs, as 1977 would see a dramatic down-sizing of all full-size Cadillacs except for the Eldorado.

Blomqvist went on to win the Swedish Rally again in 1972 ( Saab 96 V4 ), 1973 ( Saab 96 V4 ), which marked his first WRC event and win, 1977 ( Saab 99 EMS ) and 1979 ( Saab 99 Turbo ).

1977 marked the first Girl ’ s International Golf Tournament.