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)
Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (later renamed Chuck E. Cheese) in San Jose, California. Date: May 17, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people. Date: May 14, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. Date: April 28, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day…