1977
Son of Sam murderer, David Berkowitz, captured, tried and found guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment
Anita Bryant’s Anti-Gay remarks stir 200,000 to protest; Harvey Milk elected Mayor in San Francisco
U.S. Supreme Court declares that states may not use Medicaid monies for abortions
Food Stamp program enacted
Plastic 2 Liter Soda Bottles introduced
Spanking children ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Martin Luther King assassin, James Earl Ray, escapes from prison, but is re-captured
Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl
A.J. Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for 4th time
Steve Cauthen, jockey and Chris Evert win AP Athletes of the Year
Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76er’s for NBA title
Pele plays final professional soccer game
New York Yankees defeat Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series: Reggie Jackson is MVP
Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers for NBA Championship
Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners play first games
Tom Watson is PGA Tour winner with $310,000 and winning 5 events
Marquette defeats North Carolina for NCAA Basketball title
Michigan begins Women’s Golf, Softball and Track programs
Michigan loses to USC in Rose Bowl 14-6 with fumble counting as TD
Mark Churella wins 150 lbs. NCAA Wrestling Championship
Notre Dame 11-1 wins NCAA Football Championship; Earl Campbell wins Heisman Trophy
Seattle Slew wins Triple Crown
January 28-February 1: Great Lakes Blizzard
July 13-New York City Blackout lasts 25 hours
Rocky wins Best Picture over Network at the 1977 Academy Awards
Saturday Night Fever released with Grease soundtrack from the Bee Gees
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars released
First oil through in Alaskan Pipeline, finished behind schedule
MRI imaging scanner introduced
CB radios are popular in cars and trucks for conversations while driving
Roots Mini-Series broadcast and Star Wars hits the movie screens
James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me
The Supremes, Led Zepplin and Elvis Presley perform in final concerts
Elvis Presley and Groucho Marx die
Detroit Renaissance Center is dedicated
1977 in Television (1977-1978 TV Schedule)
| 1-Jan-77 | Rose Bowl | #2 Michigan loses in Rose Bowl to #3 USC, 6-14 |
| 21-Jan-77 | n/a | President Jimmy Carter pardons all draft evaders |
| 19-Feb-77 | Grammy's | Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life), George Benson (Breezin), Chicago (If You Leave Me Now), Barry Manilow (I Write The Songs), Boz Scaggs (Lowdown), Billy Davis & Marilyn McCoo (You Don't Have to be A Star) and Linda Ronstadt (Hasten Down the Wind) win at the Grammy's |
| 19-Mar-77 | Bowen Fieldhouse | Muddy Waters |
| 20-Apr-77 | Crisler Arena | The Doobie Brothers/Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 24-Apr-77 | Crisler Arena | Elvis Presley |
| 30-Apr-77 | Pontiac Silverdome | Led Zepplin sets a world record for largest audience for single concert: 76,229 |
| 25-May-77 | n/a | Star Wars debuts |
| 18-Jun-77 | Pontiac Silverdome | Peter Frampton |
| 26-Jun-77 | Indianapolis | Elvis Presley performs final concert |
| 24-Jul-77 | Oakland, CA | Led Zepplin plays final concert |
| 10-Aug-77 | n/a | Son of Sam serial killer, David Berkowitz, is captured |
| 16-Aug-77 | Memphis, TN | Elvis Presley dies |
| 23-Sep-77 | Hill Auditorium | Beverly Sills |
| 14-Oct-77 | Crisler Arena | The Steve Miller Band |
| 21-Oct-77 | Bowen Fieldhouse | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| 22-Oct-77 | Minneapolis, MN | #1 Michigan is shut out losing the Brown Jug to Minnesota, 0-16; the last time a Michigan football team has been shut out |
| 6-Nov-77 | Hill Auditorium | Frank Zappa |
| 11-Nov-77 | Crisler Arena | Linda Ronstadt/Stephen Bishop |
| 19-Nov-77 | The Big House | #4 Michigan defeats #5 Ohio State to earn Big Ten Co-Championship and Rose Bowl trip, 14-6 |
| 31-Dec-77 | University of Michigan | Madonna Ciccone drops out of the University of Michigan to initiate a dancing career in New York, and ends up as the top female recording artist in history selling over 300 million albums |