July 1979 - Susan B. Anthony, Skylab

Ringing in July 1979!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in July 1979 was 'Ring My Bell' by Anita Ward.

July 2 – The Susan B. Anthony dollar is introduced in the U.S.

July 3 – President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.

July 4 – Theodora Kroeber, writer and anthropologist, dies. (b. 1897)

July 6 – Van McCoy, musician noted for his 1975 hit The Hustle, dies. (b. 1940)

July 8 – Los Angeles passes its gay and lesbian civil rights bill.

July 8 - Robert Burns Woodward, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies. (b. 1917)

July 10 – Arthur Fiedler, conductor (Boston Pops), dies. (b. 1894)

July 11 – NASA's first orbiting space station Skylab begins its return to Earth, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months.

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July 12 – A Disco Demolition Night publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers.

July 12 – Minnie Riperton, rhythm and blues singer (Lovin' You), dies. (b. 1947)

July 13 – Corinne Griffith, actress and author, dies. (b. 1894)

July 13 - Breaking Away, Dracula, The Frisco Kid and The Wanderers movies premiere.

July 17 – Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.

July 19 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front concludes a successful revolutionary campaign against the U.S. backed Somoza dictatorship and assumes power in Nicaragua.

July 27 - The Amityville Horror and The Villain movies premiere.

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July 28 – George Seaton, screenwriter and director, dies. (b. 1911)

July 31 - Detective School tv series debuts on ABC.  Starring James Gregory, Randolph Mantooth, LaWanda Page and Melinda Naud, this show lasted 13 episodes.

Black Barbie (released 1979):

Super Friends comic for July:

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Playboy playmate of the month, Dorothy Mays, and Playgirl man for July, Eric Hooper:

Albums released in July (album / artist):
The B-52's / The B-52's
Low Budget / The Kinks
Nine Lives / REO Speedwagon
Highway to Hell / AC/DC
John Cougar / John Cougar
Risqué / Chic

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Nielsen top shows for the week ending July 15th: 1 M •A•S •H CBS; 2 WKRP In Cincinnati CBS; 3 Three's Company ABC; 4 Taxi ABC; 5 Lou Grant CBS; 6 The Jeffersons CBS; 7 Laverne and Shirley ABC; 8 60 Minutes CBS; 9 Alice CBS; 10 Dukes of Hazzard CBS; 11 Dallas CBS; 12 Eight Is Enough ABC; 13 Charlie's Angels ABC; 14 One Day at a Time CBS; 15 Barney Miller ABC.

Jet magazine for July:

Joe Weider's Muscle magazine for July:

National Geographic for July:

'Sophie's Choice' by William Styron is at the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Garfield comic strip from July 1979:

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July 1977 - New York Blackout, The Deep, Orca

What is a Da Doo Ron Ron?  July 1977

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in July 1977 was 'Da Doo Ron Ron' by Shaun Cassidy.

July 1 - Greased Lightning movie premieres.

July 8 - The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training movie premieres.

 July 9 – Alice Paul, suffragist, dies. (b. 1885)

July 13 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours.

July 13 - The Spy Who Loved Me and The Island of Dr. Moreau movies premiere.

July 15 - The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington movie premieres.

July 17 - The Deep movie premieres.  The shipwreck featured in the movie was actually the R.M.S. Rhone, which sank in 1867 off the coast of Salt and Peter Islands in the British Virgin Islands with 125 of 135 of her crew losing their lives. The R.M.S. Rhone broke into two pieces during the sinking. This movie was filmed at the bow section of the ship, located about seventy-five feet underwater.

July 18 - The Better Sex game show debuts on ABC.

July 19 and 20 – Flooding in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.

July 22 - Orca and The Hills Have Eyes movies premiere.

July 24 – Led Zeppelin plays their last U.S. concert in Oakland, California at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter Bill Graham's staff, resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer John Bonham.

July 28 – The first oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System reaches Valdez, Alaska.

Black Lightning comic for July:

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System7 toy gun (released 1977):

Playboy playmate of the month, Sondra Theodore, and Playgirl man for July, David Haskell:

Ebony magazine for July:

Ms. magazine for July:

People magazine for July 18th:

Nielsen ratings for the week ending July 3:  1 Terraces (TV Movie); 2 Charlie's Angels ABC; 3 Laverne and Shirley ABC; 4 Love Boat II (ABC's Tuesday movie); 5 Happy Days ABC; 6 Barnaby Jones CBS; 7 Maude CBS; 8 What's Happening ABC; 9 Shields and Yarnell; 10 (tie) Quincy NBC and Barney Miller ABC.

Albums released in July 1977 (album / artist):

Going for the One / Yes

The Grand Illusion / Styx

Village People / Village People

Leif Garrett / Leif Garrett

My Aim Is True / Elvis Costello

Terrapin Station / Grateful Dead

Peanuts comic strip from July 1977:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in July 1977, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com