| That was the year when...
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A bad year
for comedy and music with the deaths of Charlie
Chaplin,
Groucho
Marx & Elvis |
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Star Wars becomes biggest
box office hit of all time |
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Amnesty International
won the Nobel Peace Prize |
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Notorious killer Gary
Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah |
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Ed Koch became Mayor
of New York |
1977 saw Star Wars mania strike across most
of the globe. Everyone else was busy buying white suits
for the arrival of Disco. Glam Rock hero Marc Bolan died
in a car crash and Elvis, the man who changed the face
of popular music, also died.
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Annie Hall (Best Film Oscar) |