WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1977
Find out what all happened January to July 1977

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

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

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

Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. (16. June 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 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed. (28. April 1977)

Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday. (25. May 1977)

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

The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747. (18. February 1977)

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

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

Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on capital punishment in the United States. (17. January 1977)

The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale. (10. June 1977)

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

President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). (19. January 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)

36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations. (1. May 1977)

A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. (4. February 1977)

Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. (24. January 1977)

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