Jimmy Carter Signs Department of Energy Legislation, August 4, 1977

Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Date: August 20, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Annie Opens on Broadway April 21, 1977SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 Crashes Near Madeira Airport, 36…

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) More events from 1977Space Shuttle Enterprise Maiden Flight on Boeing 747…

Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. Date: January 8, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Sri Lanka Riots…

Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China. Date: October 12, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Linjeflyg Flight 618 Crashes Near Stockholm, Killing 22 – January 15, 1977Jean-Bédel Bokassa Crowns Himself…

Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Date: July 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Australia’s Worst Rail Disaster at Granville, Sydney Kills 83 January…