WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1977
Find out what all happened January to December 1977

Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. (4. December 1977)

The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. (11. March 1977)

British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. (22. November 1977)

Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage. (20. July 1977)

The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage. (9. March 1977)

German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. (7. April 1977)

Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. (20. August 1977)

South Ockendon Windmill, a smock mill at South Ockendon, Essex, England collapsed. (2. November 1977)

The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. (7. September 1977)

Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together. (18. September 1977)

George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center. (26. May 1977)

500 million people watched the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television. (7. June 1977)

Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. (13. August 1977)

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. (4. August 1977)

Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. (13. June 1977)

Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. (18. January 1977)

Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100. (4. December 1977)

The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. (6. October 1977)

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. (22. April 1977)

South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. (6. December 1977)