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1976
 
     
The British public is outraged to discover that the Tate Gallery has spent money purchasing Carl Andre's arrangement of bricks, Equivalent VIII        
1976
 
   
Polish composer Henryk Górecki completes his Third Symphony      
1976
 
    
Pierre Boulez establishes in Paris IRCAM, an advanced institute for research into the techniques of modern music       
1976
 
    
Bulgarian-born US artist Christo (Christo Javacheff) constructs a 24-mile Running Fence in California       
1977
 
    
Steven Spielberg writes and directs an inflential science fiction movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind       
1977
 
    
George Lucas writes and directs a science fantasy, Star Wars, launching a narrative that will be expanded in a further five films       
1977
 
    
German author Botho Strauss's play Three Acts of Recognition wins him an international audience       
1977
 
     
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt completes his choral work Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten        
1977
 
   
Elvis Presley dies, aged 42, at his home in Memphis, Tennessee      
1977
 
     
After making several films together, Woody Allen and his partner Diane Keaton have an Oscar-winning success with Annie Hall