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August 4, 1977 (Thursday) The United States Department of Energy was created as U.S. President Carter signed legislation into law. Former U.S. Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger was sworn into office the next day as the first U.S. Secretary of Energy, and the DOE began operations on October 1.
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1977. That year, 18 acts earned their first number one songs, such as Leo Sayer, Rose Royce, Mary MacGregor, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Daryl Hall and John Oates, ABBA, David Soul, Thelma Houston, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Conti, Alan O'Day, Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, The Emotions, Meco, and Debby ...
44. November 2, 1977. Oh, God! $1,320,452. Oh, God! reached number one in its fourth week of release. It grossed $1,508,511 nationally for the weekend ended October 30. Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 98 theaters but grossed $3,292,879 for the same period nationally from 739 theaters.
Elvis Presley. / 35.04611°N 90.02306°W / 35.04611; -90.02306. Elvis Aaron Presley[ a] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the " King of Rock and Roll ", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
The 1976–77 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1976 to August 1977. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink ...
Way Down. " Way Down " is a song recorded by Elvis Presley. Recorded in October 1976, it was his last single released before his death on August 16, 1977. The song was written by Layng Martine Jr. and recorded by Presley at his home studio in Graceland on 29 October 1976. Released as a single (with "Pledging My Love" on the B-side) on June 6 ...
When Presley died on August 16, 1977, one day before he was due to go on tour, some accounts suggest Parker acted as if nothing had happened. [59] Other accounts suggest he slumped in his chair at his office, muttered, "Oh, dear God", and then quickly phoned Vernon Presley, where Parker advised Presley's father that his son's image needed to be ...
August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) ... German economist and statistician (d. 1977) 1912 – Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)