The August 12, 1977 was a Friday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 223 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 42 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, in 322 days. You have lived for 17,574 days, or about 421,792 hours, or about 25,307,571 minutes, or about 1,518,454,260 seconds.
Date: 13 August 1977
By WAYNE KING Special to The New York Times
Wayne Special
article on Southern newspaper ed reaction to Lance case; most writers are ignoring issue or awaiting time when all facts are known; Atlanta Const issues most outspoken defense; ed by assoc ed Bill Shipp noted; contrasting ed in Charleston, SC, News and Courier noted (M)
Date: 13 August 1977
ed on campaign launched by Com for Scientific Investigation of Claims of Paranormal to dissuade media from exploiting rising tide of paranormal studies; holds strategy should not be to badger media
Date: 13 August 1977
By CHARLES MOHR Special to The New York Times
Charles Special
Carter holds White House briefing on Panama Canal Treaty, Aug 12
Date: 12 August 1977
NY Times Co announces that affiliate, Microfilming Corp of Amer, and Prentice-Hall Internatl have concluded arrangement to sell microfilm versions of more than 80 US newspapers to foreign libraries and insts; among publications to be distributed are NY Times, Boston Globe, Atlanta Const; other microfilmed materials include Columbia Univ Oral History Program, Gerritsen Collection of Women's History and NY Times Index (S)
Date: 12 August 1977
newsmen David Berliner and Robert Kalfus (Washington Post), Ted Cowell (Time) and Lenny Detrick (NY News) arrested for allegedly being inside David Berkowitz's Yonkers apt after police officially sealed it (S)
Date: 13 August 1977
By MARCIA CHAMBERS
Marcia CHAMBERS
George Bernard, repr of David Berkowitz lawyer Phillip Peltz, reptdly offered to sell 6 hrs of taped conversations with Berkowitz to NY News for $50,000; News rejected offer; Judge Richard A Brown bars Peltz and lawyer Leon Stern from releasing or disseminating confidential material obtained from Berkowitz (M)
Date: 13 August 1977
newsmen David Berliner, Leonard Detrick, Theodore Cowell and Robert Kalfus released without bail, Yonkers, after being charged with entering David Berkowitz's apt after it was sealed by police (S)