WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1977
Find out what all happened May to October 1977

A United States Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people. (27. September 1977)

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. (4. August 1977)

Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. (5. September 1977)

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

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

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

The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight. (23. August 1977)

In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed. (6. October 1977)

Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashes. (20. October 1977)

The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed. (7. September 1977)

In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year. (10. August 1977)

Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage. (20. July 1977)

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

Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. (10. September 1977)

The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. (12. August 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 start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War. (21. July 1977)

Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down. (30. September 1977)

The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California. (4. September 1977)

Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War. (13. July 1977)