WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1977
Find out what all happened February to March 1977

Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War. (16. March 1977)

The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of Bucharest, Romania. (4. March 1977)

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

The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage. (9. March 1977)

The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. (11. March 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)

Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history. (27. March 1977)

Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. (10. March 1977)