1977 and BinomialDistribution/Revisited: Difference between pages
(Difference between pages)
Content deleted Content added
m ++ Elvis |
m Automated conversion |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Centuries]]: [[Year in Review 20th Century]] ([[19th century]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]]) |
|||
[[Decades]]: [[1920s]] [[1930s]] [[1940s]] [[1950s]] [[1960s]] - '''[[1970s]]''' - [[1980s]] [[1990s]] [[2000s]] |
|||
Years: [[1972]] [[1973]] [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] - '''1977''' - [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] |
|||
---- |
|||
'''Events:''' |
|||
*[[January 1]] - First woman Episcopal priest ordained |
|||
*[[January 18]] - Scientists identify a previously unknown [[bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious "[[legionnaires disease|legionnaire's disease]]." |
|||
*[[Jimmy Carter]] succeeds [[Gerald R. Ford]] as [[President of the United States of America]] |
|||
*Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at [[Granville]], near [[Sydney]], in which 83 people died. |
|||
*[[January 21]] - President [[Jimmy Carter]] pardons [[Vietnam War]] draft evaders. |
|||
*[[February 11]] - A 20.2-kg lobster is caught off [[Nova Scotia]] (heaviest known [[crustacean]]). |
|||
*[[May 23]] - Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make [[insulin]]. |
|||
*[[June 20]] - The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules that states are not required to spend [[Medicaid]] funds on elective abortions. |
|||
*[[July 13]] - An electricity [[blackout]] hits the [[City of New York]], lasting for 25 hours and resulting in looting and other disorder |
|||
*[[July 22]] - the purged [[China|Chinese]] leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power as the "Gang of Four" is expelled from the Communist Party. |
|||
*[[September 7]] - The [[Panama Canal]] treaties are signed. |
|||
*[[September 11]] - The last "wild" infection of smallpox is reported in [[Somalia]]. |
|||
*A collection of work by [[JRR Tolkien]], [[The Silmarillion]], is published posthumously by his son [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]]. |
|||
*[[September 21]] - Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of [[nuclear weapon]]s, is signed by 15 countries including the U.S. and U.S.S.R. |
|||
*Swedish music group [[ABBA]] passes [[The Beatles]] as having most records sold. |
|||
'''Births:''' |
|||
*[[February 11]] - [[Jessica Carlson]], US archer. |
|||
*[[February 11]] - [[Stephanie Richardson]], Canadian swimmer. |
|||
'''Deaths:''' |
|||
*[[February 11]] - [[Louis J M Beel]], Dutch premier ([[1946]]-[[1948]], [[1958]]-[[1959]]). |
|||
*[[July 2]] - [[Vladimir Nabokov]], writer |
|||
*[[August 16]] - [[Elvis Presley]], singer, actor |
|||
*[[September 12]] - [[South Africa]]n activist [[Stephen Biko]] dies in police custody. |
|||
*[[October 14]] - [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor |
|||
'''Films:''' |
|||
*The science fiction saga, [[Star Wars]], later renamed to ''Star Wars: Episode IV - [A New Hope]'', makes its first outing to the cinema and makes [[George Lucas]] and the team at [[LucasArts]] a staggering [[top grossing movies|$461 million]]. |
|||
*[[John Travolta]] [[Disco|discoed]] in ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' |
|||
*In the [[Academy Awards]], [[Peter Finch]], [[Faye Dunaway]] and [[Beatrice Straight]] win [[Academy Awards/Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Academy Awards/Best Actress|Actress]] and [[Academy Awards/Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]] awards for [[Network]]. |
|||
*[[Rocky]] picks up a [[Academy Awards/Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[All The Presidents Men|All The President's Men]] wins [[Jason Robards]] the [[Academy Awards/Best Supporting Actor|Supporting Actor]] and an [[Academy Awards/Art Direction|Art Direction]] for George Jenkins and George Gaines. |
|||
'''Music:''' |
|||
*[[February 4]] - [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s album Rumour's released. It eventually hits #1 and becomes one of the all-time best selling albums (it was the best selling album by a individual artist until 1983, when [[Michael Jackson]]'s Thriller would top it). |
|||
*[[May 27]] - The [[Sex Pistols]]' single "God Save The Queen" is released |
|||
*[[July 22]] - [[Elvis Costello]] releases his first album, ''[[My aim is true]]'', in the UK. |
|||
*[[August 16]] - [[Elvis Presley]] dies. |
|||
*[[October 20]] - A plane carrying [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer/guitarist Ronnie Van Zandt |
|||
'''Sport:''' |
|||
*Baseball - New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the World Series in which [[Reggie Jackson]] becomes known as Mr. October. |
|||
*[[NASCAR Championship]] - [[Cale Yarborough]] wins this years event, beating [[Richard Petty]] into second place with a very respectable 386 point lead. |
|||
*[[January 9]] - [[Super Bowl XI]] [[Oakland Raiders]] (32) def. [[Minnesota Vikings]] (14) |
|||
'''[[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prizes]]:''' |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]][[Philip Warren Anderson]], [[Sir Nevill Francis Mott]], [[John Hasbrouck van Vleck]] |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]] |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - [[Roger Guillemin]], [[Andrew V Schally]], [[Rosalyn Yalow]] |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Vicente Aleixandre]] |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Amnesty International]] |
|||
*[[Nobel Prize/Economics|Economics]] - [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]] |
|||
:''See also :'' [[BinomialDistribution]] |
|||
Revision as of 00:51, 27 January 2002
- See also : BinomialDistribution