WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 1977
Find out what all happened May to July 1977

Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. (13. June 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 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed. (31. May 1977)

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

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

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. (30. June 1977)

Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. (22. July 1977)

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

Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War. (13. July 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)

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

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

France grants independence to Djibouti. (27. June 1977)

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

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

Chinese government removes a decade old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966. (25. May 1977)

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

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