Timeline February 1977

Events in February 1977 14

• 1905 – 1977 Eddie Anderson (1905-1977) American comedian and actor, famous as Rochester on The Jack Benny Program.
• 1922 – 1977 Janani Luwum (1922-1977) Died 16 February 1977, aged 55 Janani Luwum was the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda and an outspoken critic of Idi Amin's human rights abuses. He died in state custody in circumstances the government called a car accident, widely believed to have been an execution.
• 1977 Concorde begins NY service Supersonic flights to New York approved British Airways and Air France began regular supersonic Concorde flights to New York City on February 1, 1977, after a long legal battle over noise levels. The crossing took just 3.5 hours.
• 1977 – present Shakira Colombian pop superstar Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. She became one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time with hits including Hips Dont Lie and Waka Waka.
• 1977 Chicago elevated train crash 11 killed in rush hour derailment Four cars of an elevated train jumped the tracks during rush hour in Chicago on February 4, 1977, killing 11 people and injuring 200. It remains the worst elevated train disaster in Chicago Transit Authority history.
• 1977 Fleetwood Mac releases Rumours Best-selling album of 1977 Fleetwood Mac released Rumours on February 4, 1977. The album topped the Billboard charts for 31 weeks, won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and sold over 40 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
• 1977 – present Natalie Imbruglia Australian singer-actress Natalie Imbruglia was born on February 4, 1975. Known for her hit Torn (1997).
• 1977 – present Cadel Evans The Aussie Grit First Australian to win the Tour de France (2011).
• 1977 Hydrothermal vents discovered on the ocean floor Alvin submersible finds life without sunlight near the Galapagos Scientists aboard the submersible Alvin discovered hydrothermal vents on the Galapagos Rift, along with dense communities of tube worms and other organisms living off chemosynthesis. The find overturned assumptions that all life ultimately depends on sunlight.
• 1977 Carter meets Giscard d'Estaing First European summit of new president President Carter met French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in Washington on February 18, 1977, his first meeting with a European head of state.
• 1977 Space Shuttle prototype unveiled Enterprise shown to public NASA unveiled the Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise on February 19, 1977 at Palmdale, California, named after the starship in Star Trek following a campaign by the show's fans.
• 1977 Eagles release Hotel California as a single Number one The title song tops the charts.
• 1977 Peter Gabriel releases his first solo album Solsbury Hill Solsbury Hill is about leaving Genesis.
• 1977 Eddie Anderson dies in Los Angeles Eddie Anderson dies aged 71.