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April 21, 1977
On April 21, 1977, annie opens on Broadway. The year's #1 song was "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart. Vitor Belfort, Haimar Zubeldia, Ivonne Teichmann would arrive in the same year.
Featured · April 21, 1977
Annie opens on Broadway.
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre.
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The year in brief
1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
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On April 21, 1977
- 1977 — Annie opens on Broadway.
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Born on April 21, 1977
Gyula Koi 1977– Hungarian legal scholar and lecturer (born 1977)
Jamie Salé 1977– Canadian pair skater (born 1977) Farewells
Died on April 21, 1977
Gummo Marx American comedian (1892–1977) Elsewhere that year
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