Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash Kills Six in Mississippi, October 20, 1977
Date: October 20, 1977
Date: October 20, 1977
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 1977CIA Reveals Mind-Control…
The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited memorial wreaths of the late Mao Zedong, killing 694 personnel. It remains the deadliest fireworks accident in the world. Date: February 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in…
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody. Date: September 12, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Southern Airways Flight 242 Crashes in Georgia, Killing 72, April 4, 1977Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash…
A thousand armed soldiers raid Kalakuta Republic, the commune of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, leading to the death of Funmilayo Anikulapo Kuti. Date: February 18, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Trans-Alaska Pipeline System…
London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched. Date: April 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Kills 165 in Kentucky, May 28, 1977Martin Luther King Jr. Posthumously…
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…