WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1977
Find out what all happened August to December 1977

Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers. (3. August 1977)

Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.) (24. October 1977)

A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union. (21. September 1977)

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

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 first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. (6. October 1977)

German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. (18. October 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)

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

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

Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. (26. October 1977)

The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. (7. September 1977)

The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. (15. August 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)

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody. (12. 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)

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)