Rau was rusty, having only pitched in relief in one game of the 1977 NLCS.

* 1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.

In 1970, the Escadrille was renamed the Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta, or FAHV, and in 1977 became an autonomous force.

" 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 ".

Southern Cross became the trial horse for the 1977 Australian Challenger " Australia " KA 5 representing the Sun City Yacht Club that was defeated 4-0 sailing off Newport Rhode Island by Courageous US26 sailing for the New York Yacht Club.

* Colonial ( Amtrak 1997 ), an Amtrak train that began running from Richmond, Virginia to New York train in 1977 and eventually became part of the Northeast Regional.

Upon Mercer's departure, Verne Lundquist joined the network, and became their play-by-play announcer by 1977, serving eight years in that capacity before handing those chores permanently over to Brad Sham, who joined the network in 1977 as the color analyst and occasional fill-in for Lundquist.

Despite the official names " National Comics " and " National Periodical Publications ", the line used the logo " Superman-DC " throughout ( the DC logo could be seen on their covers and ads as early as 1940 ), and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977.

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

On 27 April 1977, shortly before his 77th birthday, Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This Is Your Life.

He became professor at the University of Salzburg from 1969 to 1977 ; he then returned to Freiburg, where he spent the rest of his days.

Afterwards it became the only Godzilla film to receive a television premiere on a major U. S network, as NBC aired it on prime time television in the summer of 1977, where it was hosted by actor John Belushi dressed in a Godzilla costume.

Student housing first became available in 1977.

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 withdrawal became effective on November 1, 1977.

They became widely recognized and accepted throughout the region during the premiership of Indira Gandhi and the 3-year rule of the Janata Party ( 1977 – 1980 ).

1977 he became Candidate, 1978 full member of the Politburo, serving second to the General Secretary in terms of Party hierarchy.

During Brezhnev's final years, Chernenko became fully immersed in ideological Party work: Heading Soviet delegations abroad, accompanying Brezhnev to important meetings and conferences, and was a member of the commission that revised the Soviet Constitution in 1977.

Inspired by Adventure, a group of students at MIT wrote a game called Zork in the summer of 1977 for the PDP-10 minicomputer which became quite popular on the ARPANET.

In 1977, he started his medical education in Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University and became a qualified specialist of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in 1991.

The Western position became precarious and condemned after the Soweto uprising in 1976 and the killing of black South African rights activist Steve Biko in 1977.

Then in 1968 he became Professor of Informatics at ETH Zürich, taking two one-year sabbaticals at Xerox PARC in California ( 1976 – 1977 and 1984 – 1985 ).

As punk became a broad-based national phenomenon in the summer of 1977, punk musicians and fans were increasingly subject to violent assaults by Teddy boys, football yobbos, and others.

Some major works composed during this period include Wavemaker ( 1977 ), Phrygian Gates for solo piano ( 1977 ), Shaker Loops ( 1978 ), Common Tones in Simple Time ( 1979 ), Harmonium ( 1980 – 81 ), Grand Pianola Music ( 1982 ), Light Over Water ( 1983 ), Harmonielehre ( 1984 – 85 ), The Chairman Dances ( 1985 ), Short Ride in a Fast Machine ( 1986 ), and Nixon in China ( 1985 – 87 ).

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

In August 1977, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, Franklin Delano López, testified before the UN Decolonization Committee denouncing the colonial nature of the Commonwealth Status.

At the completion of his term as NRC Chairman, Anders was appointed Ambassador to Norway and held that position until 1977, when he left the federal government after 26 years.

* W. S. Stuckey, Jr. — a former Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives that represented Georgia's 8th congressional district ( 1967 – 1977 ) and former President of Stuckey's ( 1958 – 1966 ) currently Chairman of the Board.

As President and Chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Foundation, he remained president for nine years following Dr. King ’ s death in 1968 until his resignation in 1977, when he became President Emeritus until his death in 1990.

* Deng Xiaoping ( 1904 – 1997 ), " Paramount Leader ", Politburo Standing Committee member 1977 – 1987, Political Consultative Conference chairman 1978 – 1983, Central Military Commission Chairman 1980 – 1989, Central Advisory Commission chairman 1982 – 1987

* Chen Yun ( 1905 – 1995 ), Politburo Standing Committee member 1977 – 1987, Central Advisory Committee Chairman 1987 – 1992, Central Discipline Inspection Commission first secretary 1979-1987

* 1977 – 1980 Chairman, Commission on International Communication for UNESCO

The first chairman of that council was Chairman John Johnson ( 1913 – 1977 ).

The first woman Chairman of the party, Elaine Brown was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party from 1974 until 1977.

Under the 1977 Soviet Constitution, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers was the head of government of the USSR.

He was also Chairman of the U. S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences from 1973 to 1977.

* Riley Bechtel ( 1977 ), billionaire, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel Corporation

* Roderick Hills ( 1955 ), former Chairman of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( 1975 – 1977 ) and Cofounder of Munger, Tolles & Olson

He was Instructor of Mathematics at Harvard University, 1930 – 31, 1933 – 35 ; NRC Fellow, Mathematics, 1931 – 33 ; Assistant Professor, 1935 – 40 ; Associate Professor, 1940 – 46, Professor, 1946 – 52 ; Professor Instructor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1952 – 77 ; Professor Emeritus, 1977 – 89 ; Chairman of the Mathematics Panel, National Science Foundation, 1953 – 56 ; Exchange Professor, Collège de France, 1957 ; Memorial Committee, Support of Research in Mathematical Sciences, National Research Council, 1966 – 67 ; President, International Commission of Mathematical Instruction, 1979 – 82 ; Research Mathematicians, National Defense Research Committee, 1943 – 45 ; Construction of the School of Mathematics.

Kirilenko was seen as a possible candidate for the post of First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1977, however, First World observers tended to overrate the significance of the office, and because of it, their observation were completely off the mark.

Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front since 1977:

He became Leader of the Opposition in 1975, Leader of the Council in 1977 and Deputy Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities in 1978.

When von Braun died in June 1977, Hugh Downs became Chairman of the Board and, after a time, Ben Bova assumed the presidency.

He was Executive Chairman of Inchcape plc from 1958 to 1982, a director of the BP from 1965 to 1983 and President of the General Council of British Shipping from 1976 to 1977.

Knight was a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration, 1969 – 1972, on the Select Committee for the Council of Europe from 1977, Home Affairs 1980 – 1983, Lady Chairman of the Lords and Commons All-Party Child and Family Protection Group from 1978, on the Conservative Back-bench Health and Social Services Committee 1982 –, Secretary to the 1922 Committee 1983 – 1987.