The 1977 NBA draft was the 31st annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 10, 1977, before the 1977–78 season.In this draft, 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in …

However, in 2008 Belgium did not have the Easter Weekend inside its break due to the fact that Easter Sunday was on the 23 March and schools broke up on the first weekend in April 2008 and had the two weeks then. Croatia. In Croatia, there can be anywhere from three to five major breaks throughout the school year at public schools, depending on ...

Miss USA 1997 was the 46th Miss USA pageant, held at Shreveport, Louisiana in January and February, 1997. Delegates arrived in the city on January 19, the preliminary competition was held on February 2, 1997 and the final competition on February 5, 1997. The event, held at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum was broadcast live on CBS.. At the conclusion of the final competition, …

Christian IX, né le 8 avril 1818 à Schleswig et mort le 29 janvier 1906 à Copenhague, est roi de Danemark du 15 novembre 1863 au 29 janvier 1906.. Fils cadet du duc Frédéric-Guillaume de Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Glücksbourg et de la princesse Louise-Caroline de Hesse-Cassel, il grandit dans le duché de Schleswig comme membre d’une branche cadette …

The Hijri year (Arabic: سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar.It begins its count from the Islamic New Year in which Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina).This event, known as the Hijrah, is commemorated in Islam for its role in the founding of the first Muslim ...

Events January. 4 January – Pat Phoenix leaves Coronation Street for the second and final time as Elsie Tanner as she goes to live with old flame Bill Gregory in Portugal, having been in the show since its inception in 1960. 7 January Fraggle Rock makes its UK debut on ITV, nearly a year after airing in the US and Canada. The series is a co-production by TVS, CBC, HBO and …

Events. February 1 – Loretta Lynn signs her very first record deal with Zero Records.This launches the singer into the fame of the country music world. March 29 — Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, destined to become one of the most prominent of the honky tonk bars in Nashville, Tennessee, opens. August 27 — Louisiana Hayride puts on its final performance. ...

The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture's suitability for certain audiences based on its content. The system and the ratings applied to individual motion pictures are the responsibility of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), previously known as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from 1945 to …

Mills was the chairman of the Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Task Force (GADS) and the first chairman of the Internet Architecture Task Force. He invented the DEC LSI-11 based Fuzzball router that was used for the 56 kbit/s NSFNET (1985), inspired the author of ping for BSD (1983), and had the first FTP implementation.

Events. 1 January – Musicians honoured in the Queen's New Year Honours list include mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly (CBE), conductor James Loughran (CBE), composer Craig Armstrong (OBE), rock musicians Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt (OBE), composer Rachel Portman (OBE) and guitarist Jet Harris (MBE).; 9 January – Jamie Cullum marries model Sophie Dahl.; 15 …

1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984. It was the last Van Halen studio album until A Different Kind of Truth (2012) to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences.This is the final full-length album to feature all four original …

The 1994 Copa Libertadores was the 35th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international competition. Vélez Sársfield won the tournament for their first title against São Paulo in a penalty shootout with a score of 5-3. Vélez's goalkeeper José Chilavert scored one of the penalty kicks and saved another one. The top scorer of the tournament was …

1987 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Dragon Quest II, Final Lap, and Zelda 2, along with new titles such as After Burner, Contra, Double Dragon, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Operation Wolf, Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Street Fighter and The Last Ninja. The Legend of Zelda was also introduced outside of Japan.

The 1949 Ford is a line of cars produced by Ford from the 1949 to 1951 model years. The successor to the prewar 1941 Ford, the model line was the first full-size Ford designed after World War II, becoming the first Ford car line released after the deaths of Edsel Ford and Henry Ford.From 1946 to 1948, each of the American Big Three concentrated on the restoration of …