8. октобар 1977. је био субота под знаком звездице ♎. Био је 280 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Jimmy Carter.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 48 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био среда, 8. октобар 2025., пре 266 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је четвртак, 8. октобар 2026., за 98 дана. Живели сте 17.798 дана, или око 427.162 сати, или око 25.629.757 минута, или око 1.537.785.420 секунди.
Date: 08 October 1977
By JOHN F. BURNS special to The New York Times
John BURNS
S African Govt, angered by wide publicity given death of Steven Biko, moves to curb repts on affair by making formal complaint against The Rand Daily Mail (M)
Date: 09 October 1977
Michael S Blum named mgr of GE Credit Corp (S)
Date: 09 October 1977
Palestinian guerrillas and Moslem leftists begin gradual withdrawal from advanced positions (S)
Date: 09 October 1977
By HENRY GINIGER Special to The New York Times
Henry Special
Quebec Liberal Party is seeking new leader and new policy in its effort to recover from stunning defeat at hands of Parti Quebecois last yr; Liberal policy com chmn Michel Robert wants party to be spearhead of opposition to independence; speculation on whether Natl Union Party will line up with Liberals; Liberal Party dir gen Ronald Poupart, in int, says that after election defeat, party lost its leader (Robert Bourassa resigned), and lost most of its members; speculation on possible party leader (M)
Date: 08 October 1977
Profile of Md Lt Gov Blair Lee 3d, who is serving as Acting Gov following Mandel's conviction; por (M)
Date: 09 October 1977
By JOANNE A. FISHMAN
Joanne FISHMAN
Date: 09 October 1977
Anthony T Ulasewicz, private investigator who was convicted for income-tax evasion for not reptg money he made transporting funds to Watergate burglars, has paid taxes and late penalties, and been sentenced to 1 yr of unsupervised probation; NYS has renewed his investigator's license and pistol permit (S)