February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
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 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death October 1, 1977
The temperature on October 1, 1977 was between 8.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 21.0 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
August 4 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
September 30 » Because of NASA budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
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