Annie Opens on Broadway – April 21, 1977

Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. Date: March 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…

Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters. Date: May 25, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977US Supreme Court Limits Sioux Reservation Authority April…

The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip. Date: April 5, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅…

The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747. 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 1977Hanafi Siege: Armed Muslims Seize Washington, D.C….

James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later. Date: June 10, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977SFR Yugoslavia Prime Minister Džemal Bijedić Killed…

Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, killing 22 people. Date: January 15, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Likud Wins 1977 Israeli Election, Menachem Begin Becomes Prime…