November 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Light Up Your Life with November 1977! 

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in November 1977 was 'You Light Up My Life' by Debby Boone.  This song held the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record thirteen weeks.

November 3 - Pete's Dragon movie premieres.

November 4 - Heroes movie premieres.

November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

November 8 – San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.

November 8 - Ed Koch is elected mayor of New York City.

November 13 – The comic strip Li'l Abner ends a 43-year run in newspapers.

November 14 - The Turning Point movie premieres.

November 16 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie premieres.

November 18 - Semi-Tough movie premieres.

November 22 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

November 27 – The Rankin/Bass animated film The Hobbit premieres on NBC.

November 30 - Commentator Eric Sevareid completed his final two-minute segment on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, after 48 years at CBS News.

November 30 - The Goodbye Girl movie premieres.

1977 Mercedes Benz 450SL:

Avengers comic for November:

Hardy Boys wristwatch (released 1977):

Playboy playmate of the month, Rita Lee, and Playgirl man for November, Paul Vonderlin:

Nielsen top shows for the week ending November 13th: Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, Love Boat, Three's Company, Big Event "The Godfather" Sunday installment, Little House on the Prairie, Eight is Enough, 60 Minutes, NBC Monday Movie "Aspen", Rhoda, Welcome Back, Kotter, Big Event "The Godfather" Saturdav installment, All in the Family, NFL Monday Night Football, What's Happening, On Our Own, Soap, ABC Sunday Movie "The Poseidon Adventure", Donny and Marie. 

Albums released in November (album / artist):
Foot Loose and Fancy Free / Rod Stewart
Rocket to Russia / The Ramones
I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight / Neil Diamond
Death of a Ladies' Man / Leonard Cohen
Saturday Night Fever / Bee Gees et al.
Thankful / Natalie Cole
Broken Blossom / Bette Midler
All 'n All / Earth, Wind and Fire
Chic / Chic
Slowhand / Eric Clapton

Better Homes and Gardens for November:

National Lampoon for November:

Sport magazine for November:

Peanuts comic strip from November 1977:

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

October 1977 - New York Yankees, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Don't Space Out, Enjoy October 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in October 1977 was 'Star Wars Theme' by Meco.

October 1 - We've Got Each Other tv show debuts on CBS.

October 2 - Julia movie premieres.

October 3 - Knockout and To Say the Least game shows debut on NBC.

October 6 – Irish American mobster Danny Greene is murdered with a car bomb by the Cleveland crime family in Lyndhurst, Ohio.

October 7 - Oh, God! movie premieres.  This movie briefly ended Star Wars' 15 week reign as #1 at the box office, before Star Wars returned to the top spot the following week.

October 9 - On Our Own tv show debuts on CBS.

October 12 – Dorothy Davenport, actress, dies. (b. 1895)

October 14 – Bing Crosby, singer and actor, dies. (b. 1903)

October 14 – Anita Bryant is famously pied by four gay rights activists during a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. This event resulted from her anti-gay activism.

October 14 - Starship Invasions movie premieres.

October 18 – Reggie Jackson hits three home runs to lead the New York Yankees to victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in six games.

October 19 - Equus movie premieres.

October 20 – Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in plane crash:
Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer (b. 1948)
Cassie Gaines, lead singer (b. 1948)
Steve Gaines, lead singer and guitarist (b. 1949)

October 23 - Paleontologists make a discovery that pushes back the timeline for Earth's earliest life. They find 3.4 to 3.5-billion-year-old single-celled fossils in African chert rocks. 

October 27 - James at 15 debuts on NBC.

1977 Ford Ranchero:

Speed Burners toy (released 1977):

McDonald's Happy Meal was created in October 1977.

Star Wars comic for October:

Playboy playmate of the month, Kristine Winder, and Playgirl man for October, Richard Burke Davis:

Nielsen top 10 shows for the week ending Oct 16th:  1 World Series Game 2;  2 World Series Game 1; 3 World Series Game 3; 4 Three's Company; 5 All in the Family; 6 Big Event "Good Old Days"; 7 White Line Fever (NBC Sunday Movie); 8 60 Minutes; 9 What's Happening; 10 Big Event "79 Park Avenue"

Albums released in October (album / artist):

Waitin' for the Night / The Runaways

Elvis in Concert / Elvis Presley

Out of the Blue / Electric Light Orchestra

Midnight Wind / The Charlie Daniels Band

Goin' Places / The Jacksons

Send It / Ashford and Simpson

Point of Know Return / Kansas

Heroes / David Bowie

Street Survivors / Lynyrd Skynyrd

Bat Out of Hell / Meat Loaf

Seconds Out / Genesis

Once Upon a Time / Donna Summer

Watermark / Art Garfunkel

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols / Sex Pistols

News of the World / Queen

Here You Come Again / Dolly Parton

McCall's magazine for October:

New Yorker magazine for October 3rd:

Soap Opera Digest magazine for October:

'The Silmarillion' by J.R.R. Tolkien moves to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Charles Schultz Peanuts comic strip from October 1977:

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

June 1977 - Oracle, Exorcist II, Elvis

Yep, I'm Your Boogie Man in June 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in June 1977 was 'I'm Your Boogie Man' by KC and the Sunshine Band.  The group has had a total of 5 number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

June 1 - The Grateful Dead Movie premieres.

June 3 - Fraternity Row movie premieres.

June 4–5 – Humboldt Park riot in Chicago between the local Puerto Rican community and the police.

June 5 – The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 to win the NBA finals 4–2. Bill Walton is named series MVP.

June 5 - The 31st Tony Awards is held.  Best Play award is given to The Shadow Box.  Best Musical award is given to Annie.

June 8 - The Other Side of Midnight movie premieres.

June 10 – James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin) escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee (he is recaptured on June 13).

June 10 - For the Love of Benji and Grand Theft Auto movies premiere.

June 13 - It's Anybody's Guess tv series premieres on NBC.

June 15 - A Bridge Too Far movie premieres.

June 16 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.

June 16 – Wernher von Braun, German, later American, aerospace engineer and space architect, dies. (b. 1912 in Germany)

June 17 - Exorcist II: The Heretic movie, starring Linda Blair, premieres.

June 19 - Pope Paul VI canonizes the first American male saint, John Neumann, who is the Bishop of Philadelphia and known for his work in establishing the American Catholic parochial school system. 

June 21 - New York, New York movie premieres.

June 24 - Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo movie premieres.

June 25 – Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the 7th time.

June 26 - Around 200,000 protesters march through the streets of San Francisco, protesting Anita Bryant's anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough.

June 26 - Elvis Presley performs his last-ever concert, in Indianapolis, Indiana's Market Square Arena.

June 30 – Women Marines disbanded; women are integrated into regular Marine Corps.

1977 Chevrolet Nova:

Spiderman comic for June:

Weebles Circus playset (released 1977):

Playboy playmate of the month, Virve Reid, and Playgirl man for June, Tyler Horn:

The Nielsen top 10 shows for the week ending June 5:  1 Charlie's Angels; 2 Police Story; 3 Police Woman; 4 (tie) Nowhere To Hide (NBC Sunday movie) and Laverne and Shirley; 6 Baretta; 7 All's Fair; 8 Fish; 9 Sonny and Cher; 10 Happy Days.

Albums released in June (album / artist):
I Robot / The Alan Parsons Project
Exodus / Bob Marley and The Wailers
Knock 'Em Dead / Kid Trooper
Monkey Island / The J. Geils Band
American Stars 'n Bars / Neil Young
CSN / Crosby, Stills and Nash
Feel the Fire / Jermaine Jackson
Love Gun / Kiss

Cosmopolitan for June:

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine for June:

Newsweek for June 6th:

'The Thorn Birds' by Colleen McCullough moves to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

 Peanuts comic strip from June 1977:

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May 1976 - Concorde, Gerald Ford

Coming Down with Boogie Fever in May 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in May 1976 was 'Boogie Fever' by The Sylvers.

May 11 – U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act.

May 15 - City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.

May 15 - Hundreds march and smoke in Marijuana Day parade in New York.

May 17 - The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were held.  Police Story (NBC) won best drama series.  Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) won best comedy series.  Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man) won comedy best actor, Mary Tyler Moore won comedy best actress, Peter Falk (Columbo) won drama best actor and Michael Learned (Waltons) won drama best actress.

May 19 - The Missouri Breaks movie premieres.

May 21 - 1900 and Embryo movies premiere.

May 24 – Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.

May 25 – U.S. President Gerald Ford defeats challenger Ronald Reagan in three Republican presidential primaries: Kentucky, Tennessee and Oregon.

May 26 - Mother, Jugs and Speed movie premieres.  Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) executive produced this comedy, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel.

May 30 – Indianapolis 500-Mile Race: Johnny Rutherford wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or 255 miles (408 km).

Sears Spring/Summer 1976 catalog

Better Homes and Gardens for May:

Ebony for May:

Sport magazine for May:

1976 Ford F100 Explorer:

Playboy playmate of the month, Patricia Margot McClain and Playgirl man for May, Rock Pamplin.

Albums released in May (Album / Artist)

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee / Elvis Presley

Rocks / Aerosmith

Harvest for the World / The Isley Brothers

1st Round / Pino Presti

Rising / Rainbow

Warren Zevon / Warren Zevon

Turnstiles / Billy Joel

Changesonebowie / David Bowie

Agents of Fortune / Blue Öyster Cult

Sparkle / Aretha Franklin

Rose of Cimarron / Poco

The top 20 shows as listed by A.C. Nielsen for the week of May 10-16: 1 Parent Trap (NBC); 2 Miss U.S.A. Pageant (CBS); 3 All In the Family (CBS); 4 M.A.S.H. (CBS); 5 Starsky and Hutch (ABC); 6 Quest (NBC); 7 Joe Forrester (NBC); 8 Happy Days (ABC); 9 Laverne and Shirley (ABC); 10 Baretta (ABC); 11 Maude (CBS); 12 One Day At A Time (CBS); 13 Columbo (NBC); 14 Police Story (NBC); 15 Junior Miss Pageant (CBS); 16 Bionic Woman (ABC); 17 Saturday Night Movie 'White Lightning', (NBC); 18 Rockford Files (NBC); 19 Gemini Man (NBC); 20 Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS). 

Avengers comic for May:

Fonzie doll (released in 1976):

Peanuts comic strip from May 1976:

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