Date: July 4, 1977
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. Date: July 22, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Wow! Signal Detected by Big Ear Radio Telescope August 15, 1977James Earl Ray Recaptured After Prison Escape,…
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. Date: August 15, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…
Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. Date: June 13, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19771977 Vrancea Earthquake Kills 1,500 in Romania…
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. Date: April 22, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Linjeflyg Flight 618 Crashes Near Stockholm, Killing 22 – January 15, 1977Chicago Transit Authority Train…
Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. Date: July 13, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War. Date: July 21, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977CIA Reveals Mind-Control Experiments in FOIA Documents, July 20, 1977Tandy Announces TRS-80 Personal Computer, August 3, 1977First GPS…