The year was 1977–Popular movies included “Star Wars,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Annie Hall” and “Saturday Night Fever”…the pop music charts featured “Dancing Queen,” “Lucille,” “Marguaritaville” and “Smoke from a Distant Fire”…TV shows premiering included “Soap,” “Lou Grant” and “Fernwood 2Night”…Elvis Presley died…New York City experienced a power blackout…Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president…and A.J. Foyt was the first to win four Indianapolis 500 titles.
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Jeff Stein
May 12, 2022 | 9:56 AM
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