NASA Launches Voyager 2 Spacecraft, August 20, 1977

Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together. Date: September 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Libya Becomes Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya March 2, 1977Soviet Icebreaker…

Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83. Date: January 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Red Army Faction Trial Ends: Baader, Ensslin, Raspe Guilty April 28, 1977Japan Air Lines Cargo…

Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. 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 from 1977Japan Airlines Flight 715 Crashes in Malaysia, Killing 34 – September 27, 1977James Earl Ray Escapes…

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 1977France Grants Independence to Djibouti June 27, 1977Apple Computer…

The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). Date: July 19, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This…

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 1977Australia’s Worst Rail Disaster at Granville, Sydney Kills 83 January 18,…