Date: March 11, 1977
Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83. Date: January 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Moscow Bombings Kill Seven in Soviet Union, January 8, 1977Southern Airways Flight 242 Crashes in…
A thousand armed soldiers raid Kalakuta Republic, the commune of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, leading to the death of Funmilayo Anikulapo Kuti. Date: February 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977JVC Introduces VHS…
Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah. Date: January 17, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Apple Computer…
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed. Date: May 31, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19771977 Hanafi Siege Ends as Hostages Freed in Washington, D.C. March 11, 1977Libya Becomes Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya…
The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside. Date: May 28, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Optical Fiber First Carries Live Telephone Traffic April 22,…
JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium. Date: June 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅…