March 9 –
Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed
Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking 149 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later).[16]
May 16 – A 20-passenger
S-61L topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the
Pan Am Building in
Midtown Manhattan. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is killed by a falling blade.
Moluccan terrorists take over a school in
Bovensmilde, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde–
Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. The children are released on
May 26. [21] On
June 11,
Dutch Royal Marines storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed.
June 21 –
Bülent Ecevit, of
CHP forms the new government of
Turkey (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence).
The Championships, Wimbledon (tennis) –
Virginia Wade wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon.
New York City is affected by a complete
electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson.
July 21 –
Süleyman Demirel, of
AP forms the new government of
Turkey (41st government a three-party coalition, so-called second national front (
Turkish: Milliyetçi cephe)).
August 9 – The military-controlled government of
Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in
1981 for a President and
Congress.
German Autumn: Employers Association President
Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in
Cologne, West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of
Red Army Faction prisoners.
September 7 – Treaties between
Panama and the United States on the status of the
Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
September 8 –
Interpol issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs.
September 15 –
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic, as an Italian company in
Turin, Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (CSELT) begins operation of two telephone exchanges.[34]
The last natural
smallpox case is discovered in Merca district,
Somalia. The
WHO and the
CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, a great success of
vaccination and, by extension, of modern science.
San Francisco elects City Supervisor
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
November 9 –
Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of
Bolivia, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in
1978 instead of
1980 as previously provided.
Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat becomes the first
Arab leader to make an official visit to
Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
December 18 –
SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), hits the sea during a landing attempt. Many of the 36 who die drown, trapped inside the sinking aircraft. Twenty-one people survive with the help of rescuers and by swimming to the shore.
^Szebehely, Victor (1982). Applications of Modern Dynamics to Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, August 2-14, 1981. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 9.
ISBN9789400977938.
^M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," Asian Affairs (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38.
^Castellanos, Paulina (March 29, 2011).
"Rafael Amaya". 2.esmas.com (in Spanish).
Esmas.com. Archived from
the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
^Dyer, Danny (September 30, 2010).
"2: I Feel Love". Straight Up: My Autobiography. Cornerstone Digital. p. 5.
ISBN978-0-09-955298-7. I was born on 24 July 1977 in Custom House in London's East End...
March 9 –
Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed
Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking 149 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later).[16]
May 16 – A 20-passenger
S-61L topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the
Pan Am Building in
Midtown Manhattan. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is killed by a falling blade.
Moluccan terrorists take over a school in
Bovensmilde, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde–
Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. The children are released on
May 26. [21] On
June 11,
Dutch Royal Marines storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed.
June 21 –
Bülent Ecevit, of
CHP forms the new government of
Turkey (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence).
The Championships, Wimbledon (tennis) –
Virginia Wade wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon.
New York City is affected by a complete
electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson.
July 21 –
Süleyman Demirel, of
AP forms the new government of
Turkey (41st government a three-party coalition, so-called second national front (
Turkish: Milliyetçi cephe)).
August 9 – The military-controlled government of
Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in
1981 for a President and
Congress.
German Autumn: Employers Association President
Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in
Cologne, West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of
Red Army Faction prisoners.
September 7 – Treaties between
Panama and the United States on the status of the
Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
September 8 –
Interpol issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs.
September 15 –
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic, as an Italian company in
Turin, Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (CSELT) begins operation of two telephone exchanges.[34]
The last natural
smallpox case is discovered in Merca district,
Somalia. The
WHO and the
CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, a great success of
vaccination and, by extension, of modern science.
San Francisco elects City Supervisor
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
November 9 –
Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of
Bolivia, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in
1978 instead of
1980 as previously provided.
Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat becomes the first
Arab leader to make an official visit to
Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
December 18 –
SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), hits the sea during a landing attempt. Many of the 36 who die drown, trapped inside the sinking aircraft. Twenty-one people survive with the help of rescuers and by swimming to the shore.
^Szebehely, Victor (1982). Applications of Modern Dynamics to Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, August 2-14, 1981. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 9.
ISBN9789400977938.
^M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," Asian Affairs (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38.
^Castellanos, Paulina (March 29, 2011).
"Rafael Amaya". 2.esmas.com (in Spanish).
Esmas.com. Archived from
the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
^Dyer, Danny (September 30, 2010).
"2: I Feel Love". Straight Up: My Autobiography. Cornerstone Digital. p. 5.
ISBN978-0-09-955298-7. I was born on 24 July 1977 in Custom House in London's East End...