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In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the loca
The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic
The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of m
Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of
Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters
The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolutio
The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolutio
JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost bl
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost bl
General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in
Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands