A Bridge Too Far
Directs the large-scale war film A Bridge Too Far, depicting the failed Allied Operation Market Garden.
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1977 in Great Britain — Page 5
Explore 361 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1977.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1977
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A Bridge Too Far
Stars in Bullet to A Bridge Too Far
A Little Outing
Alan Bennetts play for TV, A Little Outing
A Prime Minister on Prime Minister's
Publication of "A Prime Minister on Prime Minister's"
Academy Award
Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Julia
Adult Education Advisory Leadership
Hoggart began chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education, contributing to British educational policy.
Alliance Labour Party and Liberal Party
Dependent upon the Liberal Party after Labour loses its majority
Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador of Washington, James Callaghans son-in-law
Animals Album Features Battersea Power Station
Pink Floyd used imagery of Battersea Power Station and an inflatable pig for the cover of their album Animals.
Anniversary
Celebrates 25 years as Queen
Bad Reputation
Contributes to Bad Reputation after injury and line-up tensions complicate his role in the band.
Banshees Touring Year
Leads Siouxsie and the Banshees through a year of club performances as the band develops beyond the original London punk scene.
Black Hole Euclidean Action
With Stephen Hawking, develops Euclidean gravitational methods that connect black hole action, temperature and thermodynamic partition functions.
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne leaves Black Sabbath in October of 1977 to try and form the first incarnation of "Blizzard of Ozz"
Borstal Breakout
Sham 69 release Borstal Breakout, which becomes one of the band's defining early punk anthems.
Budget
Denis Winston Healey presents the 1977 Budget to the House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Budget Policy
The 1977 Budget under Denis Winston Healey sets out the Government's taxation, expenditure and borrowing plans.
Buzzcocks Lead Singer
Becomes Buzzcocks' principal singer after Howard Devoto leaves, while continuing as a central songwriter.
Carbonaceous Material in Galaxy
Hoyle and Wickramasinghe investigated the origin and nature of carbon-rich material in the Galaxy.
Charlton Scoring Partnership
Flanagan contributes goals and forward movement as Charlton Athletic seek to establish themselves in the Second Division.
CLV
Helps found the Campaign for Labour Victory, begining of the SDP
CLV
Helps found the Campaign for Labour Victory, begining of the SDP
CLV
Helps found the Campaign for Labour Victory, begining of the SDP
Combined Devolution Bill Falls
The governments initial combined Scotland and Wales legislation was defeated, prompting separate bills for the two nations.
Commission Reorganisation
Reorganises aspects of the Commission's internal work and public communication.
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
A national communicable-disease surveillance centre is established to strengthen the NHS's ability to detect outbreaks and coordinate epidemiological intelligence.
Conference of Conservatives
Makes the national news at the age of 16 by speaking at the Conservative party's 1977 national conference
Conservative Treasury Spokesman
Moves into a Conservative Treasury spokesman role and takes a more prominent part in opposition economic and fiscal policy.
Constitution of Great Britain
Tam Dalyell, British Member of Parliament for the Scottish constituency of Linlithgow, poses the so-called West Lothian question during the debate on Scottish and Welsh devolution
Criminal Law Act
Criminal Law Act 1977 reforms conspiracy, criminal procedure, and criminal offences
Cross of Iron
Stars in Cross of Iron
Cure
Founder Member of The Cure
Dalglish Helps Liverpool Defeat Hamburg
Kenny Dalglish played as Liverpool defeated Hamburg by a six one aggregate score to capture the 1977 UEFA Super Cup.
Damned Damned Damned
The Damned release Damned Damned Damned, the first full-length album by a British punk band.
Death of Richard Addinsell
Death of Richard Addinsell
Debut
Given his first England cap by Don Revie, England were beaten 2-0 by Holland
Deehan Villa Forward After Promotion
Deehan provides attacking options during Saunders's increasingly competitive top-flight years at Aston Villa.
Departure
Leaves Genesis after the Wind and Wuthering period to continue his solo career.
Diplomatic Negotiations at London
Has talks in Madrid about the future of Gibraltar
Dire Straits
Founder Member of Dire Straits
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