WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1977
Find out what all happened January to September 1977

The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight. (23. August 1977)

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed. (28. April 1977)

End of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War. (24. July 1977)

Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries. (9. May 1977)

In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. (28. May 1977)

The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. (28. April 1977)

The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments. (20. July 1977)

Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. (10. September 1977)

France grants independence to Djibouti. (27. June 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)

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody. (12. September 1977)

Charter 77 published its first document. (1. January 1977)

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed. (31. May 1977)

The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. (17. August 1977)

President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada. (21. January 1977)

28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster. (27. April 1977)

Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. (18. January 1977)

London Transport's Silver Jubilee buses are launched. (11. April 1977)

New York, New York, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. (13. July 1977)

Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies. (18. August 1977)