6th » In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of Communist Movement named MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
6th » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
7th » The adoption of the 1977 Soviet Constitution or Fourth Soviet Constitution.
13th » Four Palestinian people e.g Palestinians hijack 'Lufthansa Flight 181' to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.
17th » German Autumn: Four days after it is Aircraft hijacking hijacked, Lufthansa Lufthansa Flight 181 Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of Germany German GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board.
18th » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer e.g Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the Aircraft hijacking known as hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered a
24th » Veterans Day (United States) known as Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
25th » Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
26th » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spec
Famous Birthdays on October in 1977
1st » Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver