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* March 2 - [[Muammar Gaddafi]] proclaims the formation of the '''[[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]'''. | * March 2 - [[Muammar Gaddafi]] proclaims the formation of the '''[[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]'''. | ||
* April 7 - The [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] is dissolved. | * April 7 - The [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] is dissolved. | ||
* 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. | ||