Apple Computer Incorporated January 3, 1977

Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. 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…

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 1977British National Front Clashes with Anti-NF Protesters in Lewisham August 13, 1977Hanafi Siege Hostages Freed…

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 1977Tupolev Tu-154 Crash…

Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People". Date: March 2, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. Date: October 26, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on…

Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983. Date: November 25, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day…