Timeline November 1977

Events in November 1977 9

• 1902 – 1977 Guy Lombardo (1902-1977) Died 5 November 1977, aged 75 Guy Lombardo was a Canadian-American bandleader whose orchestra, the Royal Canadians, became synonymous with New Year's Eve broadcasts of Auld Lang Syne for decades. His recordings sold in the tens of millions.
• 1977 Sadat visits Israel Historic Arab-Israeli peace move Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a historic visit to Israel on November 9, 1977, becoming the first Arab leader to officially visit the country. He addressed the Israeli Knesset, beginning the peace process that led to the Camp David Accords.
• 1977 – 2009 Brittany Murphy (1977-2009) Died 20 December 2009, aged 32 Murphy was an American actress known for roles in films including Clueless, 8 Mile and Girl, Interrupted. Her sudden death from pneumonia complicated by drug intoxication at age 32 drew widespread media attention. Her husband died of similar causes in the same house five months later.
• 1977 Paul McCartney and Wings release Mull of Kintyre UK best-selling single For years the best-selling single in British history.
• 1977 Malaysian Airlines hijacking All 100 aboard killed in Johor crash Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 was hijacked on November 17, 1977 and crashed near Tanjung Kupang, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew aboard.
• 1977 Egyptian flight crash Collision kills 42 near Athens An Egyptian airliner crashed near Argos, Greece on November 18, 1977, killing 42 people after a collision with another aircraft during approach.
• 1977 Harvey Milk elected in San Francisco First openly gay official of major US city Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on November 18, 1977, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. He was assassinated a year later.
• 1977 – present Mette Frederiksen Youngest Prime Minister Became Prime Minister at age 41 in 2019, leading the country through the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 1977 TCP/IP test succeeds Internet protocol proven to work A successful test of the TCP/IP protocol on November 22, 1977 connected three ARPANET nodes across the US, proving the technical foundation of what would become the internet.