The 1977 tour to New Zealand saw the Lions drop only one non-test out of 21 games, a loss to a Universities side.

The Gilberts obtained internal self-government in 1977 and held general elections in February 1978 which saw Ieremia Tabai elected Chief Minister as only age 27.

June 1977 saw the release of another charting punk album: The Vibrators ' Pure Mania.

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

It saw a resurgence once Graham Williams took over as producer in 1977.

On the consumer end, 1977 also saw the introduction of the HP-01 algebraic calculator watch by Hewlett-Packard.

1977 saw him performing with former band-mate Davy Jones in a stage production of the Harry Nilsson musical The Point!

1977 saw the release of the film Dagg Day Afternoon, co-directed and co-written by John Clarke and Geoff Murphy, and starring Fred Dagg.

In early 1977, David Littler saw The Heartbreakers live at Eric's Club, in Liverpool, and asked them about a band he had, but really didn't exist, and the group gave him a place to support them alongside Slaughter and the Dogs and Buzzcocks at Warrington Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, in May.

The club was elected to the Football League in 1977 and enjoyed a great run of success when began in 1983 with the Fourth Division title, and saw them reach the First Division in 1986-a mere nine years after joining the Football League.

While Norman acknowledged that others saw it as being about " a certain televangelist ... about a certain Christian artist or celebrity, ... it was written about all kinds of things that were happening in the American church, in the gospel music industry, and what I was seeing around me as I toured and performed in 1977 ".

Nahaco saw its last year as a full summer camp facility in 1977.

According to a January 4, 1977, L. A. Times article entitled HOMEGROWN PUNK by Robert Hilburn, Rodney Bingenheimer saw Van Halen at the Gazzarri club in the summer of 1976, so he took Gene Simmons of Kiss to see Van Halen.

His match with Korchnoi in 1977 saw the two former colleagues refuse to shake hands or speak to each other.

The 1977 season saw Gower play 25 matches, with another career best of 144 *, his only century of the season.

Unfortunately, the Labour government's cancellation of TSR-2 in 1965 and the disappointing lack of significant orders for VC10s and Concorde saw the factory contract from the early 1970s ; it became part of the newly-formed British Aerospace in 1977 and finally closed in 1988-89, although BAE Systems still retain a logistics centre there today.

According to nightclub owner Clifford Antone, who opened Antone's in 1975, Vaughan jammed with Albert King at Antone's in July 1977 and almost " scared him to death ", saying that " it was the best I've ever saw Albert or the best I ever saw Stevie ".

1977 also saw the release of the Godley & Creme album " Consequences ", on which Vaughan sang one of the few tracks to achieve popularity outside of the album: " Lost Weekend ".

His autobiography, Dear Me ( 1977 ), was well received and saw him describe his life ( ostensibly his childhood ) while being interrogated by his own ego, with forays into philosophy, theatre, fame, and self-realization.

1976 saw the withdrawal of the Paris – Athens direct service, and in 1977, the Direct Orient Express was withdrawn completely, with the last Paris – Istanbul service running on May 19 of that year.

1977 saw Jimmy catch a big wave as he opened for The Eagles for several dates in March and a few in July.

1996 saw them release the singles " Goldfinger " and " Oh Yeah " either side of their album 1977, which saw considerable success.

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 ).

* 1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.

Unsatisfied aspirations, particularly among young blacks, led to a brief civil disturbance in December 1977, following the execution of two men found guilty of the 1972 – 73 assassinations of Governor Sir Richard Sharples and four others.

After a brief period as medical officer for Hatfield College, Durham, and temporary work for the National Coal Board, he became a GP at the Donneybrook Medical Centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in 1977.

He went on to play piano for a Broadway show called The Magic Show in 1974, then became a member of the house band on NBC's popular Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) television program from 1975 to 1980 ( except for a brief departure in 1977 ).

Though it began touring and recording modestly in the 1960s and early 1970s under the batons of a young Zubin Mehta and Franz-Paul Decker, the MSO became a household name under the directorship of Charles Dutoit, who became music director in 1977 after the brief tenure and jolting departure of Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.

The Beijing Spring () refers to a brief period of political liberalization in the People's Republic of China which occurred in 1977 and 1978.

Then, in 1977, the Uncle O ' Grimacey character was introduced for a brief promotion for Shamrock Shakes around St. Patrick's Day.

Under Siegel's stint, the show went from last to first in the ratings for a brief period, and from 1977 until his departure in 1978 it was known as The Stanley Siegel Show.

Thereafter, Mosley and Craviotto joined with Neil Young to form The Ducks, which played in and around the Santa Cruz area during 1977, and were immensely popular during the band's brief life.

* The 1977 TV miniseries Love for Lydia had brief scenes at Horsted Keynes.

The merger was brief, however, because on 1 January 1977, the old Lavangen municipality ( except for the Lavangsnes area ) was made a separate municipality once again.

Phillips has an older brother, Peter Phillips ( born 15 November 1977 ) and two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkin ( born in 1985 to her father by his brief affair with Heather Tonkin ) and Stephanie Phillips, born 2 October 1997 from her father's second marriage to Sandy Pflueger.

The school closed in 1977, but was reopened for a brief period as Saint's Academy, a private co-educational grade school in the early 1990s under the administration of Bishop L. H.

In 1977, a brief workshop was held for a work-in-progress musical called Neverland.

In 1986, Kopay also revealed his brief affair with Jerry Smith ( 1943 – 1986 ), who played for the Washington Redskins from 1965 – 1977 and who died of AIDS without ever having publicly come out of the closet.

The period of emergency ( 1975 – 1977 ), declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was the brief period when India's media was faced with potential government retribution.

From 1945 to 1977, Arlington Hall served as the headquarters of the United States Army Security Agency and, for a brief period in late 1948, the newly formed United States Air Force Security Service ( USAFSS ) until they relocated to Brooks AFB in San Antonio, Texas.

But CHP couldn't gain the majority of seats and from 1977 to 1979, the CHP was the main party of two brief coalition governments.

Tom Schuman, who had been sitting in with the band since almost the beginning, when he was only sixteen, became a fixture in 1977 and the group had two keyboard players for a brief period until Jeremy Wall left the performing band in 1978.

Tyler had a brief relationship with fashion model Bebe Buell, during which he fathered actress Liv Tyler, born in 1977.

Gorman's cinema career included a brief appearance in Up the Chastity Belt ( 1971 ) and an equally brief appearance in Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky ( 1977 ), where he is credited as " second peasant ".< ref >

In 1977 Chandler played with, and recorded, The Animals during a brief reunion, and joined them again for a further revival in 1983, at which point he sold his business interests and became a musician again.