WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1977
Find out what all happened March to June 1977

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

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

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed. (28. April 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 Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale. (10. June 1977)

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

A coup takes place in Seychelles. (5. June 1977)

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

Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. (13. June 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)

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed. (31. May 1977)

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

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

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

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

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

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