1977 in Germany

← 1976 1975 1974 1977 in Germany → 1978 1979 1980
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See also:	Other events of 1977 History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1977 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Walter Scheel
• Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

Events

• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
• 24 June-2 October: documenta 6
• 24 June - 5 July - 27th Berlin International Film Festival
• 5 September-18 October: Kidnapping and murder of Hanns-Martin Schleyer
• 13 October - Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
• German Autumn
• East German coffee crisis

Births

• January 15 - Ronald Zehrfeld, German actor
• February 22 - Claudia Hiersche, German actress
• February 16 - Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
• May 2 - Jan Fitschen, German athlete
• May 3 - Nicola Thost, German snowboarder
• May 5 Jessica Schwarz, German actress
• July 21 - Danny Ecker, German pole vaulter
• August 2 - Florian Stetter, German actor
• August 3 - Kristina Schröder, German politician
• August 29 - Jo Weil, German actor
• October 16 - Björn Otto, German pole vaulter
• November 28 - Claus von Wagner, German comedian and cabaret performer
• December 19 - Samy Deluxe, German singer

Deaths

• January 6 - Hanns Lilje, Lutheran bishop (born 1899)
• January 18 - Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (born 1896)
• February 22 - Otto Graf, German actor (born 1896)
• March 4 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician (born 1887)
• April 7 Karl Ritter, German film producer (born 1888)
• April 7 - Siegfried Buback, Attorney General of Germany (born 1920)
• May 5 - Ludwig Erhard, politician (born 1897)
• May 5 - Erich Campe, German boxer (born 1912)
• May 13 — Otto Deßloch, German Luftwaffe general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
• June 16 - Wernher von Braun, German, later American, aerospace engineer, and space architect (born 1912)
• June 16 - Werner Eggerath, German politician and writer (born 1900)
• June 30 - Paul Hartmann, German actor (born 1889)
• July 11 - Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1944)
• July 30 - Jürgen Ponto, German bankier (born 1923)
• August 4 - Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (born 1885)
• August 28 - Peter Altmeier, politician (born 1899)
• August 29 - Annemarie Steinsieck, actress (born 1889)
• September 7 - Edgar Basel, German boxer (born 1930)
• October 10 - Lea Grundig, German painter (born 1906)
• October 18 - Hanns Martin Schleyer, business executive and employer and industry representative (born 1915)
• October 26 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (born 1905)
• November 2 - Hans Erich Nossack, German writer (born 1901)
• December 22 - Karl John, German actor (born 1905)

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