April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
Day of death April 26, 1977
The temperature on April 26, 1977 was between 6.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
January 24 » The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
May 18 » Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
Day of burial April 30, 1977
The temperature on April 30, 1977 was between 4.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
November 14 » During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.
November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
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