4th » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington (state) named Washington state capitol in Olympia, Washington e.g Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security
5th » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
11th » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
13th » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War.
13th » New York, New York, amidst a period of History of New York City (1946–1977) 1970s e.g financial and social turmoil experiences an New York City blackout of 1977 e.g electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
20th » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act (United States) or Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in Project MKULTRA named mind control experiments.
21st » The start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
22nd » China e.g Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
24th » End of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
26th » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French language e.g French as the official language of the provincial government.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1977
1st » Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1st » Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
1st » Greg Pattillo, American flute player (Project Trio)
1st » Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress
1st » Pamela Rogers Turner, American educator and sex offender