WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1977
Find out what all happened May to September 1977

The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed. (7. September 1977)

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

The start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War. (21. July 1977)

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

A United States Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people. (27. September 1977)

James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13. (10. June 1977)

Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. (5. September 1977)

The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute. (26. June 1977)

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

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

Alexandr Zagirnyak and Gennadi Sheludko hijack a Tupolev Tu-134 en route from Petrozavodsk to Leningrad and try to force the pilot to fly to Sweden. The plane lands in Helsinki instead. The hijackers surrender the next day and are returned to the Soviet Union. (10. July 1977)

The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government. (26. July 1977)

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

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

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

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

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations. (20. September 1977)

The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra. (3. August 1977)

Bülent Ecevit, of the CHP forms the new government of Turkey. (21. June 1977)