The Year I was born

In 1977 (the year you were born)

• Jimmy Carter becomes president of the US
• Most of the 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned by President Carter
• Singer Anita Bryant starts her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights
• 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
• Orlando Bloom, Shakira, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liv Tyler, and Ludacris are born
• New York Yankees win the World Series
• Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XI
• Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
• Swedish music group ABBA passes The Beatles as having most records sold
• Star Wars is the top grossing film
• The Shining by Stephen King is published
• "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone spends the most time at the top of the US charts
• Three's Company premieres