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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.
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 ...
1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
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 his funeral, which occurred on August 18, but wasn't televised until August 20. [19] August 20 – Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. August 25 –
August 1, 1976 (Sunday) Trinidad and Tobago became a republic, with the Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, becoming the first President. Clarke, who had previously served as the head of state as representative of Queen Elizabeth II, said that he would hold the office of president until the Caribbean island nation could elect a successor.
Wigbert. August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960. International Lefthanders Day ( International) Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956.
September 25, 1977 (Sunday) The Khmer Rouge, the army for Democratic Kampuchea (the name at the time for Cambodia) crossed into Vietnam during Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival and killed 592 Vietnamese civilians as it invaded the Tây Ninh province at Xincheng. The massacre is still commemorated in Vietnam.