James Earl Ray Recaptured After Prison Escape, June 13, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China's two largest newspapers, the People's Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme. Date: December 20, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On…

Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, killing 72. Date: April 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Elvis Presley Final Concert at Market Square Arena, June 26, 1977Trans-Alaska Pipeline…

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…

France grants independence to Djibouti. Date: June 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Pinochet’s Acto de Chacarillas Youth Event in Chile, July 9, 1977JVC Introduces VHS at CES, Wins Format War June 4,…

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement. Date: November 20, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1977…