Date: October 26, 1977
During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom. Date: November 14, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On…
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 1977First GPS Signal…
The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed. Date: September 7, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 1977Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Kills 165…
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…
Annie opens on Broadway. Date: April 21, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Australia’s Worst Rail Disaster at Granville Kills 83 – January 18, 1977NASA Launches Voyager 1 Spacecraft, September 5, 1977Atocha Massacre in…