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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1977 |
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The News In 1977
*Most of the 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders .are pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.
*Singer Anita Bryant starts her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights in Florida and around the country.
*Elvis Presley dies in his Graceland bathroom.
*Congress creates a Department of Energy.
*Anwar Sadat flies to Jerusalem in a dramatic gesture of willingness to discuss peace.
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Entertainment
in 1977
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Vicente Aleixandre - Spain
* Best Selling Fiction - The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Roots, Alex Haley
* Best Picture - Annie Hall, United Artists
* Best Director - Woody Allen, Annie Hall
* Best Actress - Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
* Best Actor - Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl |
Sport champions in 1977
*Baseball: The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 2.
*Football: The Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos 27-10 on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New
Orleans in Super Bowl XII.Basketball: The Portland Trailblazers beat the Philadelphia '76ers 4 games to 2.
*Hockey: The Montreal Canadians beat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.
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