Lufthansa Flight 181 Hijacked by PFLP, October 13, 1977

The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. Date: August 17, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977China Ends Shakespeare Ban, Cultural Revolution Ends May 25, 1977Australia’s Worst…

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…

Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team. Date: December 13, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

The first episode of Finnish children's TV show Pikku Kakkonen ("Little Number Two") is aired on Yle TV2. Date: January 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Star Wars: A New Hope Released in…

SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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 1977China Ends Shakespeare Ban,…