Born in 1977
Turns 49 in 2026
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BACK TO 1977 · United States
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Britain marked Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee with street parties and pageantry, while Star Wars brought a new space adventure to cinemas. Voyager 1 also began its journey beyond Earth. Together, these records capture a year of public celebration, blockbuster imagination and long-range exploration.
What happened in 1977?
Leaders put jobs and inflation on the agenda
The 1977 summit shows governments confronting economic stagnation as a shared problem rather than a purely national failure.
Voyager 1 began its journey beyond the planets
The probe joined engineering ambition with a new public image of exploration measured in planets, photographs, and decades.
Carter pardons many Vietnam-era draft evaders
On January 21, 1977, Carter issued a pardon for covered violations of the Selective Service Act during the stated Vietnam-era period.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and Library of Congress)
Voyager 2 begins its outer-planet journey
NASA launched Voyager 2 on August 20, 1977, beginning its mission to explore the outer planets.
Firsts and new ideas
Apple II debuts at the West Coast Computer Faire
Apple debuted the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire on April 16, 1977.
A scanner made a body visible without surgery
Magnetic-resonance researchers carried out a live-human examination in 1977, advancing the development of MRI.
Number ones and music in 1977
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Hotel California reaches No. 1
The Eagles’ Hotel California reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 issue dated May 7, 1977.
Debby Boone begins ten weeks at No. 1
‘You Light Up My Life’ reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated October 15, 1977, beginning a ten-week run.
Prices and everyday money in 1977
United States figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic first-class letter postage | 13¢ | per letter, first ounce United States Postal Service, Historian |
| Federal minimum wage for covered nonfarm workers | $2.30 | per hour U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division |
| Leaded regular motor gasoline, U.S. average | 62.2¢ | per U.S. gallon U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| White bread, U.S. city average | 35.5¢ | per pound U.S. Bureau of the Census |
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