Date: June 4, 1977
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 1977Steve Biko…
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Date: October 13, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese Civil War Leader, March 16, 1977David…
The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania. Date: March 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 Crashes in Madeira,…
Annie opens on Broadway. Date: April 21, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Space Shuttle Enterprise Maiden Flight on Boeing 747, February 18, 1977Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 Crash at Anchorage Airport, January…
Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People". Date: March 2, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Date: May 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight…