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Here is a list of events and notable dates concerning the year 1977. You can jump to various months with the toolbar below:

January

• January 1: Zachary Quinto is born (Actors) (Heroes)
• January 8: Amber Benson is born (Actors) (Buffy)
• January 13: Orlando Bloom is born (Actors)
• January 29: Justin Hartley is born (Actors)
• January 31: Kerry Washington is born (Actors)

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February

• February 14: (fictional): Victoria Pratt, a biological engineer for The Company, recovers a virus from Shanti, an Indian girl. The attempt to transform the virus into a means of counteracting abilities resulted in tragic consequences (Heroes)
• February 22: Allison Hayes dies in La Jolla, California (Actor)

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March

• March 1: Emily Holmes is born (Actors)
• March 8: Henry Hull dies (Actors)

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April

• April 2: Michael Fassbender is born (Actors)
• April 4: Sarah Michelle Gellar is born (Actors) (Buffy)
• April 8: Rabid opens in theaters (Movie)
• April 21: The Dover Demon is encountered in Massachusetts (Paranormal)
• April 23: Kal Penn is born (Actors)

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May

May undated:

• A Time to Live by Joe Haldeman is first published in Analog (Short Stories)

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• May 10: Joan Crawford dies (Actors)
• May 16: Adam Macdonald is born (Actors)
• May 25: Star Wars opens (Movies)
• May 31: William Castle dies in Los Angeles, California (New York Directors)

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June

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July

• July 1: Liv Tyler is born (Actors)
• July 6: Martin Gero is born (Screenwriters)
• July 8: Milo Ventimiglia is born (Actors)
• July 13: Ashley Scott is born (Actors)
• July 13: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 movie) (Movie)

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August

• August 2: Edward Furlong is born (Actors)
• August 3: The Spy Who Loved Me (movie) opens in theaters (Movie)
• August 12: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger opens in New York City theaters (Movie)

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September

• September 1: Adrienne Wilkinson is born (Actors) (Xena)
• September 3: The Horror of Fang Rock's first episode is broadcast in the UK (TV Series) (Doctor Who)

• September 11: Baggy Pants and the Nitwits series debut (TV Series)
• September 15: Tom Hardy is born (Actors)
• September 17: Moray Grant dies (British Filmmakers)
• September 18: 1990 (TV series) debuts on BBC (BBC series)
• September 25: Clea DuVall is born (Actor)

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October

• October 29: Brendan Fehr is born (Actor)

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November

• November 10: Dennis Wheatley dies (Authors)
• November 16: Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• November 16: Gigi Edgley is born (Actors)
• November 16: Maggie Gyllenhaal is born (Actors)
• November 24: Colin Hanks is born (Actors)

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December

• December 10: Emmanuelle Chriqui is born in Montreal, Quebec (Canadian actor)
• December 19: Jacques Tourneur dies (Directors)
• December 26: Howard Hawks dies (Directors)