Featuring Elvis's last performance, the release of Star Wars, and the most deadly aviation accident in history, 1977 was a year chock full of moments we'll never forget.
Featuring Elvis's last performance, the release of Star Wars, and the most deadly aviation accident in history, 1977 was a year chock full of huge moments.
We've already shared 24 photos of what the world looked like in 1977, but to give you an even better sense, here are 24 more.
1
Former beauty Queen, Miss Wyoming winner 1973, Joyce McKinney being arrested by police after kidnapping Mormon missionary Kirk Anderson from his church, forcing him to be her slave for three days. 1977.
2
Elvis Presley’s last performance, 1977.
3
“Me, 1977, before and after getting ready for work.”
4
1977, Led Zeppelin concert at Oakland Coliseum.
5
Battery Park, 1977, photograph by Fred Conrad.
6
Anita Bryant, ("Save Our Children" leader), gets pied by a gay rights activist, Des Moines, Iowa, 14th October 1977.
7
Ann and Nancy Wilson, 1977.
8
On the set of "The Deer Hunter," the other famous Robert De Niro movie about Vietnam veterans.
9
The Brothers Gibb, 1977.
10
“My mom in 1977, the year before the revolution in Tehran, Iran.”
11
During the New York City blackout, July 13, 1977.
12
Another photo of the New York City blackout, at dusk. July 14, 1977.
13
“It’s October 31th 1977, my little sister and I are ready for Halloween, but first we had to stop by Grandpa’s store.”
14
Lita Ford, lead guitarist of The Runaways, 1977.
15
A Spanish police officer guards the wreckage after two Boeing 747 airliners collided and burned on the runway of Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands, Spain 1977. The accident killed 583 people, making it the most deadly in aviation history.
16
Ground view of human fly George Willig climbing the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, May 26, 1977.
17
West Side Highway in Manhattan.
19
Waiting in line to see Star Wars, 1977.
20
Kids cheering on the way out the door on the last day of school, 1977.
21
An encounter at a KKK march in downtown Mobile, Alabama Sept. 24, 1977.
22
Kalinin Prospekt, Moscow, USSR, 1977.
23
Results of the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis; 15,000 bullets fired.
24
Betty Ford dancing on the table of the Cabinet of the White House. Washington DC, United States. January 19, 1977.
