Space Shuttle Enterprise First Free Flight, August 12, 1977

About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. Date: September 25, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Astronomers Discover Uranus Rings, March 10, 1977British National Front Clashes with Anti-NF…

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 1977Gerald Ford Pardons Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri D’Aquino – January 19, 1977Japan…

A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed. Date: October 20, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Vrillon Hijacks…

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…

South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. Date: December 6, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Kalakuta Republic Raided, Funmilayo Kuti Killed February 18, 1977Hua Guofeng…

The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes. Date: March 23, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day…