Your Eyes are Brown...It's December 1977!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in December 1977 was 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue' by Crystal Gayle.
December 13 – A charter plane carrying the University of Evansville basketball team to Nashville, TN, crashes. Twenty-nine people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach, Bob Watson.
December 19–21 – The Great Bakersfield Dust Storm hits the Southern San Joaquin Valley, in California resulting in 3 deaths and $40 million in damages.
December 19 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, 13th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927 and director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953 and first female state governor in the U.S. dies. (b. 1876)
December 25 – Charlie Chaplin, actor, dies. (b. 1889)
Batman comic for December:
1977 Dodge Tradesman:
Sears Christmas catalog for 1977:
Star Wars Land Speeder toy (released 1977):
Playboy playmate of the month, Ashley Cox, and Playgirl man for December, Mark Gartman:
Nielsen top 10 shows for the week ending December 18th: 1 Laverne and Shirley; 2 Happy Days; 3 Three's Company; 4 Eight Is Enough; 5 Six Million Dollar Man; 6 Alice; 7 Soap; 8 (tie) All in the Family and Charlie Brown Christmas; 10 The Tiny Tree.
Albums release in December (album / artist):
Draw the Line / Aerosmith
Taken by Force / Scorpions
The Belle Album / Al Green
Running on Empty / Jackson Browne
ABBA: The Album / ABBA
Blue Lights in the Basement / Roberta Flack
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter / Joni Mitchell
Harper's Bazaar for December:
Country Music magazine for December:
Soap Opera Serials magazine for December:
Peanuts comic strip from December 1977:
For detailed news/info on what happened each day in December 1977, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com
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