Jan 5th, 2009 · Griffin Bell, attorney general in the Carter administration, has died at age 90. He had suffered from pancreatic cancer. Bell arrived at the Justice Department in 1977 in the wake of the Watergate scandal, and his impact is still felt.
Dec 10th, 2008 · In 1977, historian James Reston Jr. helped prepared journalist David Frost for a series of interviews with Richard Nixon that resulted in the former president's tacit acknowledgment of his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Reston later chronicled the exchange in his book The Conviction of Richard Nixon.
Dec 5th, 2008 · In the film of his play, Frost/Nixon, screenwriter Peter Morgan elevates the televised 1977 interviews that Richard Nixon did with British host David Frost into a momentous event in the history of politics and media.
Dec 4th, 2008 · In 1977, a dilettante British TV host sat down to grill a disgraced U.S. president. The politico thought it would be a cakewalk. As Ron Howard's film recalls, it turned into a takedown.
Sep 19th, 2008 · Henry Z. Steinway, the great-grandson of the founder of the legendary piano-making company, died Thursday in New York. He was 93. He was the last of his family to run the company that was started in 1853. The company was sold to CBS Corp. in 1977. Steve Inskeep has this remembrance.
Sep 12th, 2008 · After his wife died in 1977, Joseph Natale raised three children on his own. Recently, he spoke with his son about coping — and finding the new love of his life. "The amazing thing was, no way was I longing to get married" again, Natale said.
Sep 11th, 2007 · Over a 60-year career, keyboardist Joe Zawinul embraced many types of jazz, but came to define the style known as jazz-fusion with his influential band Weather Report, and their 1977 hit "Birdland."
Sep 8th, 2007 · The Voyager I robotic probe was launched in September 1977 on a supposed five-year mission to explore Jupiter and Saturn. It is still traveling and transmitting data today -- three decades later.