Movies set in 1977
17th Gary Gilmore is executed
1st Jacky Imbert is shot 22 times
16th the Germs play their first gig
4th the main Frost/Nixon interview
17th John Nardi is killed by a car bomb
19th the band Warsaw, soon to be renamed to Joy Division, forms
19th Babette "Babsi" Döge dies of an overdose
10th the real Son of Sam is captured
5th Hanns-Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by the Red Army Faction
16th Maria Callas dies
6th Danny Greene is killed by a car bomb while visiting the dentist
17th Yolanda Washington, who Gabrielle is based on, is killed
18th Hanns-Martin Schleyer is murdered by the Red Army Faction
11th Arnold Schwarzenegger wins the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition
15th Megumi Yokota is abducted
23rd Claudio Tamburrini is abducted by the Argentinian secret police