An awful lot happened the year I was born – it was quite an eventful year. People were born, people died, disasters happened and politics continued as usual. Here are some of the events that made my birth year unique:

Births

• Schapelle Corby
• Orlando Bloom
• Liv Tyler

Deaths

• Jimi Hendrix
• Janis Joplin
• Jim Morrison
• Elvis Presley
• Mao Tze Tung

Politics

• The Australian Democrats party was launched by former Liberal MP Don Chipp
• Margaret Thatcher won the UK elections

Entertainment

• Number 96 was cancelled
• Cop Shop began
• The number 1 bestselling book at the time was The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Shining was published
• The top-selling movie was Star Wars
• The Nickelodeon channel was launched

Newsworthy Events

• Advance Australia Fair was won the vote for Australia’s National Anthem
• Microwaves became commercially available
• The personal stereo was invented
• Mobile Phones were invented
• Granville Railway Disaster resulted in 83 deaths
• Voyager 1 launched
• The last natural case of smallpox was recorded
• The Munich Olympics saw Israeli athletes kidnapped and killed by Palestinian Terrorists

I only included those events that interest my. More info can be obtained by googling 1977. What do you know about the year of your birth?

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