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* August 10 - [[David Berkowitz]] is captured in Yonkers, New York, after over a year of murders in New York City as the "Son of Sam". | * August 10 - [[David Berkowitz]] is captured in Yonkers, New York, after over a year of murders in New York City as the "Son of Sam". | ||
* 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 | * 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. | ||
* November 19 - The Federation of Arab Republics collapses. | * November 19 - The Federation of Arab Republics collapses. | ||
* Unknown - Beginning of the Mozambican Civil War. | * Unknown - Beginning of the Mozambican Civil War. |