WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1977
Find out what all happened November to December 1977

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

For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. (30. December 1977)

Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations. (20. December 1977)

Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand", by Thomas Bracken (lyrics) and John Joseph Woods (music), both being of equal status as appropriate to the occasion. (21. November 1977)

The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. (6. November 1977)

A DC-3 aircraft chartered from the Indianapolis, Indiana-based National Jet crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff and boosters of the team. (13. December 1977)

Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. (25. November 1977)

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

Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. (8. November 1977)

An unidentified hijacker named "Vrillon", claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm. (26. November 1977)

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement. (20. November 1977)

TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130. (19. November 1977)

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat. (25. December 1977)

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. (5. December 1977)

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

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

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

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