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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.
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th ... August 16 – Elvis Presley, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter (b.
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 Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5". The original printout with Ehman's handwritten exclamation is preserved by Ohio History Connection.. The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
An excursion train pulled by a classic BC Rail steam locomotive visits Oakland, California in 1977. March 9 – Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement Muslims take over three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends two days later.
August 4 – President Carter and President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere deliver remarks in the South Lawn. President Carter reflects on Nyerere's visit to the United States during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. [289] August 8 – President Carter signs the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 into law.
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)
0-3452-7215-3. Elvis: What Happened? is a 1977 sensationalist book about the American singer Elvis Presley. The book, which is based on the personal accounts of three of Elvis' former bodyguards, went into detail on Presley's prescribed drug abuse. His death, only two weeks after the book's US publication in July 1977 (its publication in UK was ...