Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. Date: June 13, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later. Date: June 10, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television. Date: June 7, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium. Date: June 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅…
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed. Date: May 31, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside. Date: May 28, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67. Date: May 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966. Date: May 25, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters. Date: May 25, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Date: May 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)