Date: September 7, 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…
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 1977Siegfried Buback Assassinated by Red Army Faction, April 7, 1977Golden Dragon Massacre in San Francisco,…
Aeroflot Flight B-2 crashes after takeoff from Vitim Airport in the Sakha Republic, killing 39. Date: July 20, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Lufthansa Flight 181 Hijacked by PFLP, October 13, 1977Silver Jubilee…
Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. Date: November 8, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Vrillon Hijacks…
A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. Date: February 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Tandy Announces TRS-80…
After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain. Date: June 15, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 15 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977France Conducts Oreste Nuclear Test, November 12, 1977Atocha…