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* June 13 - Three girls - Lori Lee Farmer (8), Doris Denise Milner (10), and Michele Heather Guse (9) - are found [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed in their tent at a Girl Scout camp taking place at Camp Scott in Mayes County, Oklahoma. | * June 13 - Three girls - Lori Lee Farmer (8), Doris Denise Milner (10), and Michele Heather Guse (9) - are found [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed in their tent at a Girl Scout camp taking place at Camp Scott in Mayes County, Oklahoma. | ||
* June 21 - [[Menachem Begin]] is elected Prime Minister of Israel. | * June 21 - [[Menachem Begin]] is elected Prime Minister of Israel. | ||
* July 12 - [[Siad Barre]] invades Ethiopia, beginning the Ogadan War. | * July 12 - [[Siad Barre]] invades Ethiopia, beginning the Ogadan War. | ||
* August 12 to 20 - A [[pogrom]] is carried out against Tamils in Sri Lanka following the 1977 general elections, where the nationalistic Tamil United Liberation Front won a plurality of minority Sri Lankan Tamil votes in which it stood for secession. Around 300 Tamils are killed in the riots. | * August 12 to 20 - A [[pogrom]] is carried out against Tamils in Sri Lanka following the 1977 general elections, where the nationalistic Tamil United Liberation Front won a plurality of minority Sri Lankan Tamil votes in which it stood for secession. Around 300 Tamils are killed in the riots. | ||
* October 13 - Lufthansa Flight 181 is hijacked by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] in an attempt to secure the release of imprisoned [[Red Army Faction]] leaders in German prisons. 1 crew member is killed while three others are injured. | * October 13 - Lufthansa Flight 181 is hijacked by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] in an attempt to secure the release of imprisoned [[Red Army Faction]] leaders in German prisons. 1 crew member is killed while three others are injured. | ||