Year in a Minute: 1977
The Granville train disaster in Sydney claimed the lives of 83 people when the train struck a road overpass which then collapsed (AAP Image/Paul Miller) Credit: /AAPIMAGE
SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 1977.
Anton Enus
SBS celebrating 50 years.
This is a year in a minute, 1977.
With Star Wars wielding the force in every cinema, the space shuttle Enterprise flew on its own for the very first time. Voyager 2 blasted off for deep space. France carried out a nuclear test at Moruroa Atoll and their last execution by guillotine.
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Glam Rock took a spiked platform heel to the heart of music lovers with the death of Mark Bolin. As Saturday night fever convinced us...to disco.
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, ABBA toured Australia and our first ATM began dispensing.... A Queen Elizabeth the Second opened Parliament. And tragedy for those riding the 6:09 a.m. from the Blue Mountains when it left the rails at Granville. Australians mourned 83 dead in our worst railway disaster. I'm Anton Enus for SBS's 50th anniversary. That was 1977.
