Date in year · 1977 · The 1970s
On November 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. The year's #1 song was "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart. Vitor Belfort, Haimar Zubeldia, Ivonne Teichmann would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 6, 1977
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. 8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt.
Around 1977
1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
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Dam in Georgia, U.S.
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. 8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt.
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