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* 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. | ||
* Unknown - Beginning of the Mozambican Civil War. | |||
== Births == | == Births == | ||