What Happened In March 1977 In History

Historical Events for March, 1977

• 4th » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of Bucharest, Romania.
• 9th » The 1977 Hanafi Siege named Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
• 10th » Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover planetary rings named rings around Uranus.
• 11th » The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• 16th » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
• 27th » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1977

• 1st » Rens Blom, Dutch pole vaulter
• 1st » Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and model
• 2nd » Dominique Canty, American basketball player
• 2nd » Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter and producer (Coldplay)
• 2nd » Stephen Parry (swimmer) known as Stephen Parry, English swimmer and sportscaster
• 2nd » Andrew Strauss, English cricketer
• 3rd » Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
• 3rd » Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » Barret Swatek, American actress
• 3rd » Buddy Valastro, American chef
• 4th » Rockell, American singer-songwriter
• 4th » Nacho Figueras, Argentinian polo player
• 4th » Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse, Red Stars Theory, and Satisfact)
• 4th » Ana Guevara, Mexican sprinter
• 4th » Juha Helppi, Finnish poker player
• 4th » Ron Horsley, American author and illustrator
• 4th » Laura Jansen, Dutch-American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 4th » Christian Jessen, English doctor and television host
• 4th » Daniel Klewer, German footballer
• 4th » Grégory Le Corvec, French rugby player
• 4th » Jason Marsalis, American drummer
• 4th » Traver Rains, American fashion designer and photographer
• 4th » Dan Wells (author) named Dan Wells, American author
• 4th » Gareth Wyatt, Welsh rugby player
• 5th » Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
• 5th » Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
• 5th » Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
• 6th » Giorgos Karagounis, Greek footballer
• 6th » Bubba Sparxxx, American rapper
• 6th » Marcus Thames, American baseball player
• 7th » Paul Cattermole, English singer and actor (S Club)
• 7th » Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer
• 7th » Mitja Zastrow, German-Dutch swimmer
• 8th » Estelle Desanges, French porn actress
• 8th » Michael Tarver, American wrestler
• 8th » James Van Der Beek, American actor
• 8th » Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
• 9th » Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
• 10th » Jeff Branson, American actor
• 10th » Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
• 10th » Shannon Miller, American gymnast
• 10th » Colin Murray, Irish radio and television host
• 10th » Rita Simons, English actress and singer
• 10th » Robin Thicke, American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 10th » Bree Turner, American actress
• 11th » Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player
• 12th » Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
• 13th » Mohammed Sylla e.g Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer
• 13th » Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 14th » Zé António, Portuguese footballer
• 14th » Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer and coach
• 14th » Aki Hoshino, Japanese model and author
• 14th » Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011)
• 15th » Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player
• 15th » Joe Hahn, American DJ, producer, and director (Linkin Park)
• 15th » Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor
• 15th » Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (d. 2008)
• 16th » Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler
• 16th » Hiroki Yasumoto, Japanese voice actor
• 17th » Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Braxtons)
• 18th » Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
• 18th » Devin Lima, American singer (LFO (group) called LFO)
• 18th » Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977) e.g Danny Murphy, English footballer
• 18th » Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player
• 18th » Willy Sagnol, French footballer
• 18th » Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
• 19th » Fayez Banihammad, Emirati terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
• 19th » Jorma Taccone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 21st » Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer
• 21st » Jamie Delgado, English tennis player
• 22nd » John Otto (drummer) called John Otto, Canadian-American drummer (Limp Bizkit)
• 22nd » Joey Porter, American football player
• 22nd » Tom Poti, American ice hockey player
• 23rd » Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 24th » Corneille (singer) e.g Corneille, German-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 24th » Olivia Burnette, American actress
• 24th » Jessica Chastain, American actress
• 24th » Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 25th » Natalie Clein, English cellist
• 25th » Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
• 26th » Kevin Davies, English footballer
• 26th » Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler
• 26th » Seth Lakeman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lakeman Brothers and Equation (band) named Equation)
• 27th » Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
• 27th » Víctor Ávila, Mexican basketball player
• 27th » Elías Larry Ayuso, American basketball player
• 27th » Noname Jane, American porn actress
• 27th » Malia Jones, American model and surfer
• 27th » Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina, Kazakh skier
• 27th » Vitor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
• 27th » Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek gymnast
• 27th » Juraj Minčík, Slovak canoe racer
• 27th » Zed Seselja, Australian politician
• 27th » Esther Wanjiru, Kenyan runner
• 27th » Nils Winter, German long jumper
• 28th » Yuriy Fenin, Ukrainian footballer
• 28th » Erik Rasmussen (ice hockey) e.g Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
• 28th » Lauren Weisberger, American author
• 28th » Annie Wersching, American actress
• 30th » Abhishek Chaubey, Indian director and screenwriter
• 31st » Toshiya (musician) e.g Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir en grey)
• 31st » Garth Tander, Australian race car driver

Famous Deaths for March 1977

• 3rd » Percy Marmont, English actor (b. 1883)
• 4th » Miles C. Allgood, American politician (b. 1878)
• 4th » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
• 4th » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist (b. 1912)
• 4th » Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
• 4th » Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
• 4th » William Paul (attorney) or William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 4th » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) e.g Minister for Foreign Affairs for Germany (b. 1887)
• 5th » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 6th » Alvin R. Dyer, an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1903)
• 10th » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist (b. 1906)
• 11th » Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893)
• 11th » Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
• 14th » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist (b. 1917)
• 15th » Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)
• 15th » Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler (b. 1921)
• 16th » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (b. 1917)
• 18th » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 18th » José Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
• 19th » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist (b. 1888)
• 20th » Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1919)
• 21st » Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (b. 1912)
• 22nd » A. K. Gopalan, Indian politician (b. 1904)
• 27th » A. P. Hamann, American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 27th » Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936)
• 27th » Eve Meyer, American model, actress, and producer (b. 1928)
• 27th » Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (b. 1927)
• 28th » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer (b. 1907)
• 30th » Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
• 30th » Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and educator (b. 1889)

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