1977: Difference between revisions

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* April 7 - The [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] is dissolved.

* June 21 - [[Menachem Begin]] is elected Prime Minister of Israel.

* July 5 - General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] overthrows [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

* July 12 - [[Siad Barre]] invades Ethiopia, beginning the Ogadan War.

* 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.

* 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.

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 * April 7 - The [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] is dissolved.
 * June 21 - [[Menachem Begin]] is elected Prime Minister of Israel.
+* July 5 - General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] overthrows [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
 * July 12 - [[Siad Barre]] invades Ethiopia, beginning the Ogadan War.
+* 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.
 * 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.