Date: April 5, 1977
Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. Date: March 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
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…
Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. Date: March 10, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Space Shuttle Enterprise First Free Flight, August 12, 1977Hanafi Siege Hostages Freed After Negotiations March 11, 1977Vrillon Hijacks Southern…
The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. Date: August 26, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Somalia Declares War on Ethiopia, Starting the Ogaden War, July 13,…
The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain. Date: July 9, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1977Nolan Bushnell Opens First Chuck…
The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. Date: March 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…