- June 19
- Pope Paul VI makes 19th-century bishop John Neumann first US male saint. [1]
- June 20
- Oil first enters Trans-Alaska pipeline, exits 38 days later at Valdez. [1]
- June 21
- Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th Prime Minister. [1]
- June 22
- In the Tonga Islands, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs, approximately 2200 kilometers north of Wellington, New Zealand. Extensive damage reported on Tonga Islands. Tsunami at Suva and Papeete. [53]
- June 26
- 42 die in fire that inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee. [1]
- June 27
- Republic of Djibouti gains independence from France, formerly the French Territory of the Afars and Issas. [285.29] [700.249] [1843.808]
- (month unknown)
- US National Science Foundation funds project at Giza, Egypt, with Stanford Research Institute, using resistivity measurements, magnetometry, aerial photography, and thermal infrared image-enhancing technologies. Results: anomalies behind rear paws of Spinx and in front of paws. [1618.91]
- July 5
- Pakistan's army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power. [1]
- July 20
- Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing US$350 million damage. [1]
- July 23
- Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims on hostage charges. [1]
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- July 28
- Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks. [1]
- July 30
- Terrorists murder the head of the Dresdener Bank, Jürgen Ponto. [37]
- August 3
- At the Warwick Hotel in New York City, Radio Shack (a division of Tandy Corporation) announces the TRS-80 microcomputer. It features Zilog Z80 processor, 4 kB RAM, 4 kB ROM, keyboard, black-and-white video display, and tape cassette for US$599. (Within one month, 10,000 are sold.) [1] [4]
- August 12
- High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit. [1]
- Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight. [1] [5]
- August 19
- South of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs. At least 100 killed; several villages completely destroyed. Tsunami generated wave heights in excess of 10 metres along Sumbawa Island coastline, and 6 metres on the coast of Northern Australia. [53]
- August 23
- First man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor). [1]
- August 26
- In the South Sandwich Islands, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs, about 2700 kilometers east of the southern tip of Argentina. [53]
- August 31
- Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125,524 feet). [1]
- September 5
- Voyager 1 (US) satellite launched toward fly-by of Jupiter and Saturn. [1] [5]
- Terrorists kidnap and later murder West German businessman, Hanns-Martin Schleyer in Cologne. [37]
- September 7
- US President Jimmy Carter and Panama's Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal Treaty for American handover on December 31, 1999. [150.62] [1119.115]
- September 8
- Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy. [1]
- September 9
- First TRS-80 Model I computer sold. [1]
- September 10
- Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer, last to die in the guillotine. [1]
- September 18
- US Voyager I takes the first space photograph of the Earth and Moon together. [1] [5]
- September 20
- Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. [1]
- September 26
- Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to New York. [1]
- September 29
- Soviet space station Salyut 6 is launched into Earth orbit. [1]
- (month unknown)
- A block of four US 24-cent airmail postage stamps with inverted Jenny aircraft sells at auction for US$220,000. [655.5]
- October 1
- Japanese government makes deal with skyjackers, paying US$6 million and freeing six imprisoned terrorists, in exchange for 59 hostages. [604.105]
- October 9
- Soyuz 25 is launched to Salyut 6, but returns after failing to dock. [1]
- October 13
- Palestinian terrorists hijack the Lufthansa plane, Landshut. [37]
- October 17
- North of New Zealand, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. [53]
- Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament. [1]
- West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa plane in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four Palestinian hijackers. [1] [37]
- October 18
- The convicted terrorist, Andreas Bader, is found shot in a prison cell. He had been one of the leaders of the Bader-Meinhoff terrorist group. [37]
- October 20
- A privately-chartered plane crashes in a swamp in Mississippi, killing three members of rock music group Lynyrd Skynyrd: lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines. [1] [457]
- October 21
- US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa. [1]
- October 22
- International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit. [1]
- October 23
- Panamanians vote 2-to-1 to approve the new Canal treaties. [1]
- October 24
- Solomon Islands Monetary Authority begins issuing currency equal to Australian dollar. [555.30]
- October 26
- Dr Clifford R Wharton Junior named chancellor of State University of New York. [1]
- November 6
- 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Georgia. [1]
- November 15
- US President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran. [1]
- November 17
- Egyptian President Anwar Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel. [1]
- Miss World Contest - Miss United Kingdom wears $9,500 platinum bikini. [1]
- November 20
- Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes first Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset. [1]
- November 21
- First flight of the Concorde from London to New York. [1]
- November 22
- Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins. [1]
- November 23
- In Argentina, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs, centered in the area of Bermejo and Caucete. The death toll is 70, at least 300 injured, and extensive damage in many of the surrounding areas. [53]
- European weather satellite Meteosat 1 is launched from Cape Canaveral. [1]
- December 4
- Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself. [1]
- December 5
- Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq, and South Yemen. [1]
- December 6
- South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence. [1]
- December 8
- Portugal's premier Soares resigns. [1]
- December 13
- Entire University of Evansville basketball team (14 players) die in plane crash. [1]
- December 14
- Egypt and Israel representatives gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference. [1]
- War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years. [1]
- December 17
- France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. [1]
- December 18
- Dutch Antilles premier Boy Rozendal points independence off. [1]
- December 19
- In Kerman Province, Iran, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs. The town of Zarland and surrounding villages are the hardest hit; some of the villages are completely destroyed. [53]
- Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms. [1]
- December 20
- First space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut. [1]
- RAF terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years. [1]
- December 22
- 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes. [1]
- December 25
- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. [1]
- December 26
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- December 30
- US President Jimmy Carter holds first news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw, Poland). [1]
- December 31
- Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait. [1]
- Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam. [1]
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