1977 in History

The Janata Party victory creates India's first non-Congress central government.

Sees the A&M contract collapse within days after escalating controversy around the band.

Attends the public signing with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace.

Takes office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Addresses the Israeli parliament and calls for a comprehensive peace settlement.

Formation of a solidarity front between Algeria, Libya, Southern Yemen & the PLO

Releases American Stars n Bars, including Like a Hurricane.

Appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising

The Botswana Defence Force is established

Released from prison

Deprives the Baader-Meinhof prisoners of all contact with each other as well as with the outside, all visits, including those of lawyers and family members, being forbidden. Deprives the Baader-Meinhof prisoners are deprived of their access to post, newspapers, magazines, television, and radio

Four terrorists hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 on a flight from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt, their leader demanding the release of the eleven RAF prisoners detained at Stammheim

Jurgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei

Jurgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht

Jurgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht

Jurgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht

Is assassinated during a period of acute political tension and military intrigue.

Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver, and his bodyguard are shot and killed by two RAF members while waiting at a red traffic light. Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Provides the committee with a print of an Oswald backyard photograph.

Gives the House Select Committee on Assassinations a photograph taken of Oswald by his wife Marina holding a rifle

Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a print of a photograph showing Lee Harvey Oswald standing in his Dallas backyard holding two newspapers and a rifle

While similar to other prints which had been found among Oswalds effects on November 23, 1963, the existence of this particular print was previously unknown. Hands over a photo with the words "Copyright Geo do M" & a Russian phrase,"Hunter of fascists, ha-ha-ha! ".

and with a pistol on his hip - a photograph taken by Oswald's wife Marina.

Produces Bad Reputation for Thin Lizzy, strengthening his work with hard rock bands.

Local popular congresses become the stated foundation of Libya's new governmental structure.

Successfully defends Virgin Records in the obscenity case over the album title Never Mind the Bollocks.

Khmer Rouge launch attacks on Vietnamese border villages

The Botswana Defence Force is established

Withdraws subsidy cuts after widespread protests and rioting over food prices.

British Aerospace is formed from nationalised aircraft companies under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act.

Smith rejects new British proposals for ending Rhodesia's constitutional dispute.

Healey presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.

A swan-shaped floral tribute is displayed at Bolan's funeral in recognition of Ride A White Swan.

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

Appointed 3rd Chairman of the HSCA

Calculates Hawking emission of electrons and muons from a nonrotating black hole and analyzes fluctuations in the hole's electric charge.

Helps launch Charter 77 for human rights.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt

The Clash sign to CBS Records for œ100,000, a remarkable amount for a band that had played a total of about thirty gigs and almost none as a headliner

Complete Control enters the Official Singles Chart and becomes another early Clash Top Forty hit.

The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain

The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

Tells Callaghan to, "keep taking the tablets", after Peter Jay compares him to Moses

Daoud signs a constitution creating a centralized presidential and one-party republic.

Goes on national TV to discuss the constitutional crisis in Rhodesia

Zia suspends parts of the Constitution after the military takeover.

Overthrown by a coup

Creates the National Information Centre to replace DINA as the military government's intelligence organization.

Manages Anderlecht in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, where Hamburg win 2-0.

Damned Damned Damned enters the UK albums chart during the first major wave of British punk.

Moore plays his final professional game in England for Fulham against Blackburn Rovers

The General People's Congress adopts the declaration reorganising Libya as a Jamahiriya.

18 groups in a number of cities marched to honor the fallen and protest against the rule of the Shah & violence erupts in Tabriz, where five hundred demonstrators were killed according to the opposition, ten according to the Government

A new round of protests begins across the nation

The first militant anti-Shah demonstrations, after the death of Khomeinis son Mostafa

Leaves the Sex Pistols before the album is completed, though his songwriting remains important to the record.

Promulgates the new constitution presenting the Soviet Union as a developed socialist society.

Regime cuts most foreign ties except China

The Jamahiriya formally assigns local decision-making to basic popular congresses.

The "Elephant Man," by Bernard Pomerance premieres in London

Voyager 1 completes near-Earth activities and begins its cruise toward Jupiter.

Voyager 1 records the first spacecraft image showing Earth and the Moon together in a single frame.

Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.

IMF context: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.

bin Abdullah participates in economic reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

The monthly unemployment figures reach the highest since 1948

Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

The BDP wins a majority, Khama is re-elected as President

Opposition parties reject the election results and allege widespread manipulation.

Somare continues as Prime Minister after the first post-independence national election

Hua Guofeng presides over the Eleventh Party Congress, which declares the Cultural Revolution over

Leaves office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

Leaves office as Mayor of Amsterdam.

Takes office as President of the European Commission.

Guides Liverpool to their first European Cup.

Britains new 200 mile fishing zone comes into effect

Is executed after being accused of involvement in the conspiracy that killed President Ngouabi.

His death becomes an international symbol of apartheid-era police abuse.

Becomes the first British politician to serve as President of the European Commission.

The achievement marks first salyut 6 resident crew as an important Russian scientific milestone.

FNLC forces based in Angola cross into Zaire's Shaba province, creating a major security crisis for Mobutu's government.

Presents a major public case for European monetary union in Florence.

Releases Foot Loose and Fancy Free, including You're in My Heart.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Gary Gilmore's Eyes enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number eighteen.

Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.

Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.

General election outcome recorded for Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto: Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.

Government context for this general election: Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.

The General People's Congress becomes the highest formal institution of the new Jamahiriya.

Gaddafi becomes secretary-general of the institution coordinating the Jamahiriya's formal state bodies.

Terrorists try to force the release of Baader and ten other imprisoned RAF members by kidnapping Hanns Martin as part of the sequence of events known as the "German Autumn"

An official statement is released in which the state declared that the prisoners would not be released under any circumstances, and on the same day a Kontaktsperre ("communication ban") was enacted against all political pris

Terrorists try to force the release of Baader and ten other imprisoned RAF members by kidnapping Hanns Martin as part of the sequence of events known as the "German Autumn"

Creates the defaced Queen artwork that becomes one of punk's most famous record sleeves.

The Pistols second single, "God Save the Queen", is released, during the week of Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, the single reached number one in the NME chart

Sings God Save the Queen, released during the Silver Jubilee period and banned by major broadcasters.

Plays bass on Going for the One as Yes regain strong chart momentum.

Returns to Yes for Going for the One, restoring the classic keyboard presence.

bin Abdullah participates in government appointment connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Gwilym Wyn Jones becomes Governor of Montserrat

Tore Lokoloko becomes Governor-General after John Guise

The passengers of the Boeing 737 are freed in an assault carried out by German GSG 9 special forces in the early hours of 18 October 1977 which saw the death of three of the terrorists. Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

The terminally ill Mobutu leaves Zaire for treatment

Releases Heroes, recorded partly in Berlin and centred on one of his most enduring songs.

Co-produces Heroes, using Berlin studio atmosphere and distinctive recording techniques.

Four terrorists hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 on a flight from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt, their leader demanding the release of the eleven RAF prisoners detained at Stammheim

The passengers of the Boeing 737 are freed in an assault carried out by German GSG 9 special forces in the early hours of 18 October 1977 which saw the death of three of the terrorists

Plays guitar on Holidays in the Sun, the final single released before the album.

Sings Holidays in the Sun, drawing on the band's experience of Berlin and Cold War imagery.

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt

In 1976, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was created to investigate the deaths of President Kennedy and King, and Gonzalez succeeded Thomas N. Downing as its chairman in January 1977

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George."

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a print of a photograph showing Lee Harvey Oswald standing in his Dallas backyard holding two newspapers and a rifle

and with a pistol on his hip - a photograph taken by Oswald's wife Marina. While similar to other prints which had been found among Oswald's effects on November 23, 1963, the existence of this particular print was previously unknown

"De Mohrenschildt told me that Oswald acted at his (De Mohrenschildt's) instructions and that he knew Oswald was going to kill Kennedy"

Oltmans testified for three hours behind closed doors and told the committee that Mohrenschildt had told him he had discussed the assassination of Kennedy with Oswald from A to Z.

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George.".

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George."

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt

Appointed third chairman of the HSCA

Succeeds Thomas Downing as chairman of the committee.

Becomes chairman and stabilizes the committee investigation.

Becomes chief counsel and staff director for the committee.

The House reauthorized the Select Committee on Assassinations, allowing the Kennedy investigation to continue in the new Congress.

Resigns from the chairmanship after conflict with committee staff.

Resigns after disputes over committee procedure and secrecy rules.

Dies before the committee can question him in person.

Performs at the Ivanhoes benefit shows, the band's final British performances of the original era.

Hands over a photo with the words "Copyright Geo do M" & a Russian phrase,"Hunter of fascists, ha-ha-ha!"

Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

IMF context: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

IMF context: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Pink Floyd begin the In the Flesh tour supporting Animals

Inaugurated President of the USA

Ian Smith rejects the British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement

The Scottish Devolution Bill is defeated

A referendum is held but the required 40% of Scots do not vote for devolution

Says that Britain will forward new proposals for Rhodesia

Ian Smith rejects the British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

Goes on national TV to discuss the constitutional crisis in Rhodesia

Ian Smith rejects the British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement

Says that Britain will forward new proposals for Rhodesia

Ian Smith rejects the British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

Goes on national TV to discuss the constitutional crisis in Rhodesia

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

The Scottish Devolution Bill is defeated

A referendum is held but the required 40% of Scots do not vote for devolution

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of 2,300 million pounds to Great Britain

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of pounds 2,300 million to Great Britain

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of 2,300 million pounds to Great Britain.

The International Monetary Fund approves a standby loan worth 2.3 billion pounds for Britain.

The United Nations Security Council passes a motion for an arms embargo

"In the City" takes The Jam into the UK Top 40 for the first time

Gaddafi proclaims the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as a mass-state.

Morarji Desai forms India's first Union government headed by a non-Congress party.

The reconstituted committee created a Kennedy assassination subcommittee and staff task force to pursue conspiracy and agency-performance questions.

Kidnapped in Cologne with 3 of his bodyguards killed by Baader-Meinhof

Deprives the Baader-Meinhof prisoners of all contact with each other as well as with the outside, all visits, including those of lawyers and family members, being forbidden. An official statement is released in which the state declared that the prisoners would not be released under any circumstances, and on the same day a Kontaktsperre ("communication ban") was enacted against all political pris

The regime holds legislative elections within the single-party political system.

Releases Low, the first album of his Berlin-era trilogy and a major move toward electronic and ambient music.

Co-produces Low with David Bowie, helping shape the first album of the Berlin trilogy.

A Loya Jirga ratifies a constitution concentrating executive power in the presidency.

Healey presents a Budget as sterling stabilises and the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.

Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.

IMF context: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.

Army chief Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrows Bhutto and imposes martial law.

General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq imposes martial law after overthrowing Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The military government places Pakistan under martial law.

Widespread purges of cadres accused of disloyalty

Takes office as Mayor of Amsterdam.

Gives committee testimony about claims attributed to George de Mohrenschildt.

Reports his opinion that George de Mohrenschildt believed in a conspiracy.

Calls for a substantial advance toward European economic and monetary union.

Waters spits at a fan during the tour, helping inspire the concept behind The Wall

Morarji Desai becomes Prime Minister and states that his government does not intend to develop nuclear weapons.

Zia dissolves the elected assemblies after seizing power.

The Pakistan Peoples Party secures a large National Assembly majority in the disputed poll.

Provides the hard, direct drumming throughout Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

Records most of the guitar work and some bass parts on the Sex Pistols' only studio album.

Engineers Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols during sessions at Wessex Studios.

Produces Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols with engineer Bill Price.

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols enters the UK albums chart and reaches number one.

"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" is recorded between March and June 1977, in Wessex Studios, features Matlock on bass, redrafted as a session musician to compensate for Vicious's lack of musical ability

"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" is recorded between March and June 1977, in Wessex Studios, Highbury, London, produced by Chris Thomas

"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" is recorded between March and June 1977, in Wessex Studios, Highbury, London, produced by Chris Thomas

At his first press conference as prime minister, Desai states that his government does not believe in nuclear weapons.

Desai says India will consider the Non-Proliferation Treaty only if established nuclear powers accept meaningful disarmament.

Morarji Desai publicly argues that nuclear weapons do not provide useful defence and questions further explosive testing.

The Desai government accepts safeguards connected with Soviet heavy-water supplies for India's nuclear programme.

Desai tells Parliament that his government does not intend to manufacture nuclear weapons or conduct further nuclear explosions.

Zia's military takeover is designated Operation Fair Play.

Mohrenschildt gave an interview to author Edward Jay Epstein, during which he claimed that in 1962, Dallas CIA operative J. Walton Moore and one of Moore-s associates had handed him the address of Lee Harvey Oswald in nearby Fort Worth and then suggested that Mohrenschildt might like to meet him

Issues a pardon to all Americans who had evaded conscription in the Vietnam war

Combines the Communist Party leadership with the formal Soviet head-of-state position.

Healey announces a third phase intended to avoid a free-for-all in wages.

Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career

Press launch for "Animals" at Battersea Power Station

"Animals" gets a world exclusive airing on the John Peel Show

"Animals" is released

"Animals" gets a world exclusive airing on the John Peel Show

Press launch for "Animals" at Battersea Power Station

"Animals" gets a world exclusive airing on the John Peel Show

"Animals" is released

The martial-law government detains Bhutto and opposition political leaders.

Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.

IMF context: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.

Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

IMF context: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Sein Win leaves the prime ministership

The BDP wins a majority, Khama is re-elected as President

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy is elected unopposed and takes office as the sixth President of India.

Romero becomes President after the 1977 election

The Loya Jirga unanimously elects Daoud president for a six-year term.

Drums on Pretty Vacant, one of the band's most successful and enduring singles.

Plays guitar on Pretty Vacant, giving the single its sharp and anthemic sound.

Sings Pretty Vacant, turning the title phrase into a defining punk slogan.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Morarji Desai becomes India's first Prime Minister from a non-Congress government.

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term

Maung Maung Kha becomes Prime Minister of socialist Burma

Is released from federal custody after serving about four and a half years for Watergate-related offenses.

Elizabeth II buys Gatcombe Park for Princess Anne & her husband Captain Mark Phillips

Elizabeth II buys Gatcombe Park for Princess Anne & her husband Captain Mark Phillips

Secures constitutional changes that permit continued reelection.

A referendum is held but the required 40% of Scots do not vote for devolution

Deng Xiaoping is restored to his leading posts after the Cultural Revolution radicals are defeated

Hunt was released after serving roughly thirty-three months in custody for his Watergate convictions.

Requests foreign military help after FNLC forces penetrate deeply into Shaba province.

Resigns as party leader. Resigns as opposition leader

Indira Gandhi leaves office after Congress loses the 1977 general election.

Resigns as the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet

Mobutu requests foreign military assistance after insurgents enter Shaba Province.

Retirement of Bobby Moore from football

Becomes Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet while remaining Communist Party leader.

Returns to office as Taoiseach after Fianna Fail's general election victory.

Informal revolutionary institutions retain decisive authority over the formal people's congress system.

Leads a jetboat expedition, titled "Ocean to Sky", from the mouth of the Ganges River to its source

Tuol Sleng S-21 prison expands interrogation operations

The restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba lapse

The regulation on spending US dollars in Cuba is lifted

Makes his live debut with the Sex Pistols at the Screen on the Green.

Appears as lead vocalist on Seconds Out, documenting the post-Gabriel live band.

President Jimmy Carter commutes Liddy's Watergate sentence to eight years while leaving his monetary fine in effect.

The Paradiso gigs would be their last with Matlock, and he parts company with the band

The band release their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

At a press ceremony held outside Buckingham Palace, the Sex Pistols sign to A&M Records

The band sign their third and final record deal with Virgin Records

The Sex Pistols final UK performance takes place at Ivanhoes, where the band play a matinee and evening show as part of a benefit for the families of striking firemen

Matlock is replaced by Rotten's friend and self-appointed "ultimate Sex Pistols fan" Sid Vicious (Simon John Ritchie), previously drummer of Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Flowers of Romance

Joins as bassist after Glen Matlock leaves, bringing notoriety and a harsher public image to the band.

Sid Vicious debuts with the band at the Screen on the Green in London

Sir Freddie Laker begins his cut-rate "Skytrain" service from London to NY

The Kinks release Sleepwalker.

Healey moves toward a third phase of incomes policy.

Formation of a solidarity front between Algeria, Libya, Southern Yemen & the PLO

South Yemen joins Algeria, Libya, Syria and the PLO.

Commands Soyuz 26 as it docks with the Salyut 6 space station.

Tells Callaghan to, "keep taking the tablets", after Peter Jay compares him to Moses

The Emergency formally ends before the transfer of power to the Janata Party.

Participates in formation of an Arab front opposing Egyptian policy.

Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.

IMF context: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.

Baggage handlers at Heathrow call off their 3 day dispute

Directs Stroszek.

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt. Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol

Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail

Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Organises a Jubilee week boat performance on the Thames that ends with police intervention.

Directs The American Friend.

The Clash's self-titled debut enters the UK albums chart and peaks at number twelve.

Mixes The Idiot with David Bowie and Iggy Pop during the Berlin period.

Healey moves toward a third phase of incomes policy while seeking to prevent uncontrolled wage settlements.

Leaves the American tour after the death of his son Karac.

Contributes percussion and composition to Trans-Europe Express.

Adds electronic rhythm to Trans-Europe Express during the band's classic quartet era.

Releases Trans-Europe Express, celebrating European rail travel and mechanical rhythm.

Co-creates Trans-Europe Express, refining Kraftwerk's sequenced electronic sound.

Joins Liverpool from Celtic as Kevin Keegan's replacement.

Bob Paisley pays £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish to Liverpool from Celtic.

Leaves Liverpool after helping the club win the European Cup, joining Hamburg SV.

Pays £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish to Liverpool from Celtic.

On the trials 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organisation; they are sentenced to life imprisonment

On the trials 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organisation; they are sentenced to life imprisonment

Tried for possession of cocaine

The Tanaka trial opens

The United Nations Security Council passes a motion for an arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council passes a motion for an arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council passes a motion for an arms embargo

Defers commercial reprocessing to limit weapons risks.

Begins Led Zeppelin's difficult 1977 North American tour.

Deng Xiaoping is restored to office after the fall of the Gang of Four and the repudiation of radical Cultural Revolution politics

Vietnam draft evaders are granted a full pardon by President Carter

Signs the Sex Pistols to Virgin Records after earlier label deals with EMI and A&M collapse.

Begins a historic visit to Jerusalem and addresses the Israeli parliament.

Voyager 1 launches from Cape Canaveral to begin its outer-planet mission.

Voyager 2 launches first, beginning the twin-spacecraft exploration of the outer planets.

Voyager 2 launches on the mission that will eventually perform humanity's first close reconnaissance of Neptune.

Liddy's sentence with those of all others convicted in Watergate related prosecutions", leaving the fine in effect

On April 12, 1977, President Jimmy Carter commuted Liddy's sentence to eight years, "in the interest of equity and fairness based on a comparison of Mr.

Liddy was released on September 7, 1977, after serving a total of four and a half years of incarceration

The bands first single, "White Riot", was released in March; the album, The Clash, came out the following month

White Riot becomes the Clash's first Official Singles Chart entry and reaches the UK Top Forty.

Your Generation enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number thirty-six.

Has a daughter, the Duchess of Vastergotland

Birth of David Millar

Dies in custody after being transported to Pretoria.

Death of Alexander Bustamente

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire

Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol

Death of Anthony Eden

Death of Brett Halliday, American writer

Death of Charles Anthony Raven Crosland

Death of Charlie Chaplin

Death of Elvis Aaron Presley, at his mansion in Memphis

Death of George de Mohrenschildt, suicide

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

Death of Groucho Marx

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire

Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail

Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact. RAF member Irmgard Muller is found with four stab wounds to her chest, but survives

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire

Dies during Led Zeppelin's 1977 American tour, devastating Robert Plant.

Dies as a passenger in a Mini driven by Gloria Jones, two weeks before his thirtieth birthday.

Dies of a heart attack in Nicocea

Death of Peter Finch

Death of Robert Anthony Eden

Dies at Alvediston in Wiltshire

Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver, and his bodyguard are shot and killed by two RAF members while waiting at a red traffic light

Death of Werner von Braun, Alexandria, Virginia, United States