* 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power.

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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 ).

Guiler remained in New York City and was unaware of Nin's second marriage until after her death in 1977, though biographer Deirdre Bair alleges that Guiler knew what was happening while Nin was in California, but consciously " chose not to know ".

In October 1993, Comoros joined the League of Arab States, after having been rejected when it applied for membership initially 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.

Months later on April 27, 1977, Charles Spinky Alston died after a long bout with cancer.

In 1976, after consultation with the National Security Agency ( NSA ), the NBS eventually selected a slightly modified version, which was published as an official Federal Information Processing Standard ( FIPS ) for the United States in 1977.

Although careful programmers were coming to realize that use of incompatible extensions caused expensive portability problems, and were therefore using programs such as The PFORT Verifier, it was not until after the 1977 standard, when the National Bureau of Standards ( now NIST ) published FIPS PUB 69, that processors purchased by the U. S. Government were required to diagnose extensions of the standard.

( from far left ) Stanley O ' Toole, Gregory Peck and Franklin J. Schaffner outside Franklin & Marshall College after accepting an honorary degree in 1977.

Ackerman was born Forrest James Ackerman ( though he would refer to himself from the early 1930s on as " Forrest J Ackerman " with no period after the middle initial ) on November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles, to Carroll Cridland ( née Wyman ; 1883 – 1977 ) and William Schilling Ackerman ( 1892 – 1951 ).

He was assistant to his ex-West Ham boss Ron Greenwood after the latter took over the England job in 1977, player-manager of Telford United and manager of Chelsea from 1979 – 81.

Sir John Kerr resigned in 1977 after accepting the position of Australian Ambassador to UNESCO in Paris, a post which ultimately he did not take up.

Production ended in 1977, after just 840 units sold.

* 1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

On 10 August 1977, after making 320 appearances and scoring 167 goals for Celtic, Dalglish was signed by Liverpool manager Bob Paisley for a British transfer fee record of £ 440, 000.

* Brian Eno sampled Schwitters ' recording of Ursonate for the " Kurt's Rejoinder " track on his 1977 album, Before and after Science.

In addition, after the independence day on June 25, 1975, the eruption of the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ) destroyed the remaining wealth and left the former Portuguese Overseas Province in a state of absolute disrepair.

* 1977 – The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D. C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.

During 1977, at age 65, Friedman retired from the University of Chicago after teaching there for 30 years.

Owner Calvin Griffith faced financial difficulty with the start of free agency, costing the Twins the services of Lyman Bostock and Larry Hisle, who left as free agents after the 1977 season, and Carew, who was traded after the 1978 season.

He was critical of its ties with Fine Gael and had co-founded the short lived Socialist Labour Party in 1977 after leaving the Labour Party.

His attempts to carry out badly needed economic and social reforms met with little success, and the new constitution promulgated in February 1977 failed to quell chronic political instability.

Barassi took North to a Grand Final ( defeated by Richmond ) in 1974 and brought success in his 1975 and 1977 seasons.

Based on the hit song by C. W. McCall, the film was an attempt to capitalize on the huge success of Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ).

* Stranglers huge success in 1977: the making of the first 2 albums

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor, who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 – 77 and as manager 1977 – 83.

After the success of the Rumours album and tour in 1977 – 78, Fleetwood Mac began recording their third album with Buckingham and Nicks, Tusk, in the spring of 1978.

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.

Pym's literary career is noteworthy for the long hiatus between 1963 and 1977 when, despite early success and continuing popularity, she was unable to find a publisher for her richly comic novels.

The film was originally released in the United States to mixed critical reviews and lackluster box-office earnings, but after it was screened at the 1977 London Film Festival, it became a critical and commercial success in Europe and is often credited with launching Carpenter's career.

The second was precipitated by the blockbuster success of two science fiction and fantasy films in 1977.

Between Klute in 1971 and Fun With Dick and Jane in 1977, Fonda did not have a major film success.

After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1977.

This version, broadcast from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977, was a great success and attained cult status, being watched by adults for its dry humour as much as by the children for whom it was intended.

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

Former Carlton logoCarlton continued to play finals through the 1970s without premiership success, and went through several coaches in a short period of time: Nicholls ( until 1975 ), Ian Thorogood ( 1976 – 1977 ), Ian Stewart ( for only three matches in 1978 ), and Alex Jesaulenko as playing coach after Stewart's departure.

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.

Battlestar Galactica was finally produced in the wake of the success of the 1977 film Star Wars.

The subsequent albums The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein ( 1976 ), Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome ( 1977 ), and Motor Booty Affair ( 1978 ) all reached high on both the R & B and Pop charts, while Funkadelic was also experiencing significant mainstream success.

It was a critical and commercial success, and they brought an updated version back to Broadway in 1977.

Although Decca had set up the first of the British " progressive " labels, Deram Records, in 1966, with such stars as Cat Stevens and The Moody Blues, by the time the punk era set in 1977, Decca had pop success with such acts as John Miles, novelty creation Father Abraham and The Smurfs, and productions by longtime Decca associate Jonathan King.

A comedy-mystery, The Late Show, teaming Tomlin with Art Carney, was a critical success in 1977.

Close Encounters was released in November 1977 to critical and financial success, grossing out $ 337, 700, 000 of the film's $ 20 million budget.

The film was originally to be released in summer 1977, but was pushed back to November because of the various problems during production, Upon its release, Close Encounters became a box office success, grossing $ 116. 39 million in North America and $ 171. 7 million in foreign countries, totaling $ 288 million.

Charles Frank " Chuck " Mangione (; born November 29, 1940 ) is an American flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, " Feels So Good.