Wednesday, 27 January 2010

1977 and all that...


January 3 – Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated.
January 20 – Jimmy Carter succeeds Gerald Ford as the 39th President of the United States.
January 27 – Record company EMI sacks the controversial United Kingdom punk rock group the Sex Pistols.
January 31 – The Centre Georges Pompidou is officially opened by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
February 18 – Prog 1 of 2000 AD, is launched (issue dated 26 February 1977).
February 28 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opens the New Zealand Parliament.
March 8 – The Australian parliament is opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.
April 1 – Hay-on-Wye declares independence as a publicity stunt.
April 8 – The punk band The Clash's debut album The Clash (album) is released in the UK on CBS Records.
May 17 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow.
May 25 – Star Wars opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.

June 5 – The first Apple II computers go on sale.
June 26 – Elvis Presley performs his last-ever concert, in Indianapolis, Indiana's Market Square Arena.
August 16 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans lined the streets of Memphis for this funeral.[1]
August 19 – Groucho Marx Dies
September 16 - T.Rex frontman Marc Bolan is killed in an automobile accident.
October 28 – Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is released in the United Kingdom.

Adidas Men's Forest Hills 72 Tennis Shoes were originally released in 1977
The Tennis shoes feature a ventilation system designed by NASA.
You can buy them today for £67.22


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