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  • Israel
    1977
    Shimon Peres

    A Prime Minister

    Israel
    1977

    Perez became a Prime Minister.




  • Germany
    1977
    Angela Merkel

    1st Marriage

    Germany
    1977

    In 1977, at the age of 23, Merkel, then Angela Kasner, married physics student Ulrich Merkel (born 1953) and took his surname.




  • Espoo, Finland
    1977
    Nokia

    Kari Kairamo became CEO

    Espoo, Finland
    1977

    In 1977, Kari Kairamo became CEO and he transformed the company's businesses. By this time, Finland was becoming what has been called "Nordic Japan". Under his leadership Nokia acquired many companies including television maker Salora , followed by Swedish electronics and computer maker Luxor AB, and French television maker Oceanic. This made Nokia the third-largest television manufacturer of Europe (behind Philips and Thomson).




  • Brazil
    Jan, 1977
    Jair Bolsonaro

    Graduated

    Brazil
    Jan, 1977

    Bolsonaro was admitted to the Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Exército (the prep school of the Brazilian Army), where he entered in 1973. In 1974, he went to the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (Brazil's main military academy), graduating in 1977, as an Artillery officer.




  • Vienna, Austria
    Jan, 1977
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC goes to two-tier pricing

    Vienna, Austria
    Jan, 1977

    OPEC goes to two-tier pricing (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates use $12.09 per barrel and other OPEC countries use $12.70per barrel).




  • Anzoátegui,Venezuela
    1977
    Hugo Chávez

    He Founded a Revolutionary Movement Within The Armed Forces

    Anzoátegui,Venezuela
    1977

    In 1977, he founded a revolutionary movement within the armed forces, in the hope that he could one day introduce a leftist government to Venezuela: the Venezuelan People's Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación del Pueblo de Venezuela, or ELPV), consisted of him and a handful of his fellow soldiers who had no immediate plans for direct action, though they knew they wanted a middle way between the right wing policies of the government and the far left position of the Red Flag.




  • Anzoátegui, Venezuela
    1977
    Hugo Chávez

    Battling The Red Flag Party

    Anzoátegui, Venezuela
    1977

    In 1977, Chávez's unit was transferred to Anzoátegui, where they were involved in battling the Red Flag Party.


  • Venezuela
    1977
    Hugo Chávez

    1st Marriage

    Venezuela
    1977

    Chávez married a working-class woman named Nancy Colmenares.


  • Paris, France
    1977
    Bernard Arnault

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    Paris, France
    1977

    Arnault became the CEO of Férinel in 1977.


  • Oxford, England
    1977
    Theresa May

    Graduated

    Oxford, England
    1977

    May attended the University of Oxford, read geography at St Hugh's College, and graduated with a second class BA degree in 1977.


  • U.S.
    1977
    Nike, Inc.

    Creating The First "brand ad" For Nike

    U.S.
    1977

    In 1977, John Brown and Partners agency created the first "brand ad" for Nike, called "There is no finish line", in which no Nike product was shown.


  • New York, U.S.
    1977
    New York Stock Exchange

    Foreign brokers are admitted to NYSE

    New York, U.S.
    1977

    In 1977, foreign brokers are admitted to NYSE.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1977
    Robin Williams

    Moving to Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1977

    Williams moved to Los Angeles and continued performing stand-up at clubs including The Comedy Store. There, in 1977, he was seen by TV producer George Schlatter, who asked him to appear on a revival of his show Laugh-In. The show aired in late 1977 and was his debut TV appearance. That year, Williams also performed a show at the LA Improv for Home Box Office. While the Laugh-In revival failed, it led Williams into his television career; he continued performing stand-up at comedy clubs such as the Roxy to help keep his improvisational skills sharp. In England, Williams notably performed at The Fighting Cocks.


  • Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Monday Jan 3, 1977
    Apple Inc.

    Apple Computer, Inc.

    Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Monday Jan 3, 1977

    Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated on January 3, 1977.


  • Vienna, Austria
    1977
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC prices reunified at $12.70 per barrel as Saudi Arabia and UAE fall into line

    Vienna, Austria
    1977

    OPEC prices reunified at $12.70 per barrel as Saudi Arabia and UAE fall into line, then the official price rises to $13.66 per barrel.


  • Iraq
    1977
    Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

    Graduation and joined the Dawa Party

    Iraq
    1977

    He finished his studies in engineering in 1977 and in the same year joined the Shia-based Dawa Party, which opposed the Ba'athist government.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Jan 20, 1977
    Jimmy Carter

    A President

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Jan 20, 1977

    The presidency of Jimmy Carter began at noon EST on January 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democrat, took office after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.


  • California, U.S.
    Jan, 1977
    Nancy Pelosi

    Party chair for Northern California

    California, U.S.
    Jan, 1977

    Nancy was elected as party chair for Northern California in January 1977, and four years later was selected to head the California Democratic Party, which she led until 1983.


  • New York, U.S.
    1977
    Donald Trump

    Trump married Ivana Zelníčková

    New York, U.S.
    1977

    In 1977, Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková. They have three children, Donald Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), and Eric (born 1984), and ten grandchildren. Ivana became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988. The couple divorced in 1992.


  • Barranquilla, Colombia
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1977
    Shakira

    Born

    Barranquilla, Colombia
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1977

    Born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia.


  • South Korea
    Wednesday Mar 9, 1977
    Jimmy Carter

    South Korea

    South Korea
    Wednesday Mar 9, 1977

    During a March 9, 1977 news conference, Carter reaffirmed his interest in having a gradual withdrawal of American troops from South Korea and stated he wanted South Korea to eventually have "adequate ground forces owned by and controlled by the South Korean Government to protect themselves against any intrusion from North Korea".


  • India
    Tuesday Mar 15, 1977
    Indira Gandhi

    1977 Indian General Election

    India
    Tuesday Mar 15, 1977

    In 1977, after extending the state of emergency twice, Indira Gandhi called elections to give the electorate a chance to vindicate her rule. Gandhi may have grossly misjudged her popularity by reading what the heavily censored press wrote about her. Gandhi's Congress party was crushed soundly in the elections. The public realized the statement and motto of the Janata Party alliance. Indira and Sanjay Gandhi both lost their seats, and Congress was cut down to 153 seats (compared with 350 in the previous Lok Sabha), 92 of which were in the South.


  • Paris, France
    1977
    Mona Lisa

    A new insect infestation was discovered in the back of the panel

    Paris, France
    1977

    In 1977, a new insect infestation was discovered in the back of the panel as a result of crosspieces installed to keep the painting from warping. This was treated on the spot with carbon tetrachloride, and later with an ethylene oxide treatment.


  • Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain
    Sunday Mar 27, 1977
    Plane Accidents

    Tenerife disaster

    Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain
    Sunday Mar 27, 1977

    The Tenerife airport disaster, which occurred on March 27, 1977, remains the accident with the highest number of airliner passenger fatalities. 583 people died when a KLM Boeing 747 attempted to take off without flight clearance and collided with a taxiing Pan Am 747 at Los Rodeos Airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain. There were no survivors from the KLM aircraft and only 61 of the 396 passengers and crew on the Pan Am aircraft survived. Pilot error was the primary cause, as the KLM captain began his takeoff run without obtaining air traffic control clearance.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Apr 16, 1977
    Apple Inc.

    Apple II

    U.S.
    Saturday Apr 16, 1977

    The Apple II, also invented by Wozniak, was introduced on April 16, 1977, at the first West Coast Computer Faire.


  • Finland
    Monday May 9, 1977
    Robert Fulton

    The Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant

    Finland
    Monday May 9, 1977

    Loviisa is the site of two of Finland's nuclear reactors, two VVER units each of 488 MWe, at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The other operating reactors are at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.


  • Finland
    Monday May 9, 1977
    Nuclear Power

    The Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant

    Finland
    Monday May 9, 1977

    Loviisa is the site of two of Finland's nuclear reactors, two VVER units each of 488 MWe, at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The other operating reactors are at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.


  • Madrid, Spain
    Saturday May 14, 1977
    Juan Carlos I

    His Father formally renounced his claim to the throne

    Madrid, Spain
    Saturday May 14, 1977

    Further legitimacy was restored to Juan Carlos's position on 14 May 1977, when his father (whom many monarchists had recognized as the legitimate, exiled King of Spain during the Franco era) formally renounced his claim to the throne and recognized his son as the sole head of the Spanish Royal House, transferring to him the historical heritage of the Spanish monarchy, thus making Juan Carlos both de facto and de jure king in the eyes of the traditional monarchists.


  • Israel
    Tuesday May 17, 1977
    Shimon Peres

    The 1977 elections

    Israel
    Tuesday May 17, 1977

    Peres succeeded Rabin as party leader prior to the 1977 elections when Rabin stepped down in the wake of a foreign currency scandal involving his wife.


  • Zarzuela Palace, Carretera del Pardo, Madrid, Spain
    Friday May 20, 1977
    Juan Carlos I

    Endorsement of The Monarchy From Spain's Political Left

    Zarzuela Palace, Carretera del Pardo, Madrid, Spain
    Friday May 20, 1977

    On 20 May 1977, the leader of the only recently legalized Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Felipe González, accompanied by Javier Solana, visited Juan Carlos in the Zarzuela Palace. The event represented a key endorsement of the monarchy from Spain's political left, who had been historically republican. Left-wing support for the monarchy grew when the Communist Party of Spain was legalized shortly thereafter, a move Juan Carlos had pressed for, despite enormous right-wing military opposition at that time, during the Cold War.


  • Canada
    Friday May 27, 1977
    Justin Trudeau

    His parents publicly announced their separation

    Canada
    Friday May 27, 1977

    His parents publicly announced their separation on May 27, 1977, when Trudeau was five years old, with his father having custody.


  • Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 7, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy was transported Pitkin County Courthouse

    Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 7, 1977

    On June 7, 1977, Bundy was transported 40 miles (64 km) from the Garfield County jail in Glenwood Springs to Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen for a preliminary hearing. He had elected to serve as his own attorney, and as such, was excused by the judge from wearing handcuffs or leg shackles. During a recess, he asked to visit the courthouse's law library to research his case. While shielded from his guards' view behind a bookcase, he opened a window and jumped to the ground from the second story, injuring his right ankle as he landed. After shedding an outer layer of clothing, he walked through Aspen as roadblocks were being set up on its outskirts, then hiked southward onto Aspen Mountain. Near its summit he broke into a hunting cabin and stole food, clothing, and a rifle. The following day he left the cabin and continued south toward the town of Crested Butte, but became lost in the forest. For two days he wandered aimlessly on the mountain, missing two trails that led downward to his intended destination.


  • Spain
    Wednesday Jun 15, 1977
    Juan Carlos I

    The First post-Franco Democratic Elections

    Spain
    Wednesday Jun 15, 1977

    On 15 June 1977, Spain held its first post-Franco democratic elections.


  • New York, U.S.
    Friday Jun 17, 1977
    Joe Biden

    Biden and Jill Tracy Jacobs were married

    New York, U.S.
    Friday Jun 17, 1977

    Biden and Jill Tracy Jacobs were married at the United Nations Chapel in New York on June 17, 1977.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Jun 18, 1977
    Sherry Dyson

    Marriage

    U.S.
    Saturday Jun 18, 1977

    Chris Gardner married Sherry Dyson.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 18, 1977
    Christopher Paul Gardner

    Marriage

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 18, 1977

    On June 18, 1977, Chris Gardner married, a Virginia native and an educational expert in mathematics. With his knowledge, experience, and contacts within the medical field, it appeared Gardner had his medical career plans laid out before him. However, with ten years of medical training ahead of him and with changes in health care just on the horizon, he realized that the medical profession would be vastly different by the time he could practice medicine. Gardner was advised to consider more lucrative career options; a few days before his 26th birthday, he informed his wife, Sherry, of his plans to abandon his dreams of becoming a physician.


  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Thursday Jul 7, 1977
    James Bond

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Thursday Jul 7, 1977

    The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curd Jürgens and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.


  • Singapore
    1977
    KFC

    Singapore

    Singapore
    1977

    In 1977, KFC was first launched along Somerset Road, Singapore. Now, there exist more than 88 KFC restaurants in Singapore, currently owned and operated by KFC (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd.


  • Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi,Pakistan
    1977
    KFC

    Pakistan

    Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi,Pakistan
    1977

    In Pakistan, the first outlet of KFC was opened in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, in 1997. But now KFC exists in 31 major cities of Pakistan with more than 92 outlets nationwide, out of which 22 are in Karachi, and 17 are in Lahore. KFC in Pakistan introduced a new food item named "Zingeratha" which is a fusion of Zinger and Paratha, a traditional food of Pakistan.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 10, 1977
    Robin Williams

    First film role

    U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 10, 1977

    The first film role credited to Robin Williams is a small part in the 1977 low-budget comedy Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses?.


  • Abadan, Iran
    Thursday Aug 18, 1977
    Iranian Revolution

    Cinema Rex fire

    Abadan, Iran
    Thursday Aug 18, 1977

    On 19 August, in the southwestern city of Abadan, four arsonists barred the door of the Cinema Rex movie theatre and set it on fire. In what was the largest terrorist attack in history prior to the 11 September 2001 attacks, 422 people inside the theatre were burned to death. Khomeini immediately blamed the Shah and SAVAK for setting the fire. Due to the pervasive revolutionary atmosphere, the public also blamed the Shah for starting the fire, despite the government's insistence that they were uninvolved.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    Friday Aug 19, 1977
    Rosa Parks

    Her Husband's Death

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    Friday Aug 19, 1977

    Her husband died of throat cancer on August 19, 1977, and her brother, her only sibling, died of cancer that November. Her personal ordeals caused her to become removed from the civil rights movement.


  • Colorado, U.S.
    1977
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy ignored the advice of friends and legal advisors to stay put

    Colorado, U.S.
    1977

    Back in jail in Glenwood Springs, Bundy ignored the advice of friends and legal advisors to stay put. The case against him, already weak at best, was deteriorating steadily as pretrial motions consistently resolved in his favor and significant bits of evidence were ruled inadmissible. "A more rational defendant might have realized that he stood a good chance of acquittal, and that beating the murder charge in Colorado would probably have dissuaded other prosecutors... with as little as a year and a half to serve on the DaRonch conviction, had Ted persevered, he could have been a free man." Instead, Bundy assembled a new escape plan. He acquired a detailed floor plan of the jail and a hacksaw blade from other inmates, and accumulated $500 in cash, smuggled in over a six-month period, he later said, by visitors—Carole Ann Boone in particular. During the evenings, while other prisoners were showering, he sawed a hole about one square foot (0.093 m²) between the steel reinforcing bars in his cell's ceiling and, having lost 35 pounds (16 kg), was able to wriggle through it into the crawl space above. In the weeks that followed, he made a series of practice runs, exploring the space. Multiple reports from an informant of movement within the ceiling during the night were not investigated.


  • Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1977
    Invasion of Panama

    Torrijos–Carter Treaties

    Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1977

    On September 7, 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the de facto leader of Panama, General Omar Torrijos, signed Torrijos–Carter Treaties, which set in motion the process of handing over the Panama Canal to Panamanian control by 2000. Although the canal was destined for Panamanian administration, the military bases remained and one condition of the transfer was that the canal would remain open for American shipping. The U.S. had long-standing relations with General Noriega, who served as a U.S. intelligence asset and paid informant of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1967, including the period when Bush was head of the CIA (1976–77).


  • Netherlands
    Oct, 1977
    Johan Cruyff

    Retired from international football

    Netherlands
    Oct, 1977

    Cruyff retired from international football in October 1977, having helped the national team qualify for the upcoming World Cup.


  • East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 1, 1977
    Pelé

    Pele's Retirement

    East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 1, 1977

    On 1 October 1977, Pelé closed out his career in an exhibition match between the Cosmos and Santos.


  • Najaf, Iraq
    Saturday Oct 22, 1977
    Iranian Revolution

    The death of Mostafa Khomeini

    Najaf, Iraq
    Saturday Oct 22, 1977

    The chain of events began with the death of Mostafa Khomeini, chief aide and eldest son of Ruhollah Khomeini. He mysteriously died at midnight on 23 October 1977 in Najaf, Iraq. SAVAK and Iraqi government declared heart attack as the cause of death, though many believed his death was attributed to SAVAK. Khomeini remained silent after the incident, but in Iran with the spread of the news there was a wave of protest in several cities and mourning ceremonies in major cities were held.


  • Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1977
    Kroger

    Kroger entered the Charlotte market

    Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1977

    Kroger entered the Charlotte market in 1977 and expanded rapidly throughout the 1980s when it bought some stores from BI-LO.


  • Midland, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Nov 5, 1977
    George W. Bush

    Marriage

    Midland, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Nov 5, 1977

    In 1977, friends introduced him to Laura Welch, a schoolteacher and librarian. After a three-month courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal and they wed on November 5 of that year.


  • Denver, Colorado, U.S.
    1977
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy filed a motion for a change of venue to Denver

    Denver, Colorado, U.S.
    1977

    By late 1977, Bundy's impending trial had become a cause célèbre in the small town of Aspen, and Bundy filed a motion for a change of venue to Denver.


  • U.S.
    1977
    Xerox

    Xerox 9700 was introduced

    U.S.
    1977

    In 1977, following IBM's laser printer introduction, the Xerox 9700 was introduced. Laser printing eventually became a multibillion-dollar business for Xerox.


  • Andhra Pradesh, India
    Monday Nov 14, 1977
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1977 Andhra Pradesh Cyclone

    Andhra Pradesh, India
    Monday Nov 14, 1977

    The 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh on November 14, 1977, killing at least 10,000 people.


  • United Kingdom
    Wednesday Nov 16, 1977
    Princess Diana

    First met Charles

    United Kingdom
    Wednesday Nov 16, 1977

    Lady Diana first met Charles, Prince of Wales, the Queen's eldest son and heir apparent, when she was 16 in November 1977.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 16, 1977
    Steven Spielberg

    Steven's Second Blockbuster

    U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 16, 1977

    Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss re-convened to work on a film about UFOs, which became Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). One of the rare films both written and directed by Spielberg, Close Encounters was a critical and box office hit, giving Spielberg his first Best Director nomination from the Academy as well as earning six other Academy Awards nominations. It won Oscars in two categories (Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond, and a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing, Frank E. Warner). This second blockbuster helped to secure Spielberg's rise.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 22, 1977
    Internet

    Three network demonstration was conducted

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 22, 1977

    With the role of the network reduced to a core of functionality, it became possible to exchange traffic with other network independently from their detailed characteristics, thereby solving Kahn's initial problem. DARPA agreed to fund development of prototype software, and after several years of work, the first demonstration of a gateway between the Packet Radio network in the SF Bay area and the ARPANET was conducted by the Stanford Research Institute. On November 22, 1977 a three network demonstration was conducted including the ARPANET, the SRI's Packet Radio Van on the Packet Radio Network and the Atlantic Packet Satellite network.


  • China
    1977
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day (China)

    China
    1977

    In 1997 Mother's Day was set as the day to help poor mothers and to remind people of the poor mothers in rural areas such as China's western region.


  • Bangladesh
    1977
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    The Madaripur-Shibchar Tornado

    Bangladesh
    1977

    The Madaripur-Shibchar tornado was a tornado in Bangladesh. It began in 1977. The death toll from this tornado is estimated to be 500 people.


  • New York, U.S.
    1977
    Russell Bufalino

    Extortion Charges

    New York, U.S.
    1977

    In 1977, Bufalino was indicted on extortion charges after Jack Napoli, who was in the Witness Protection Program, testified that Bufalino had threatened to kill him for failing to pay a $25,000 debt to a jeweler in New York. As soon as Bufalino was indicted, he took steps to reduce the possibility of further criminal charges. He named caporegime Edward Sciandra as acting boss and removed himself from the day-to-day operations of the family.


  • Amiens, France
    Wednesday Dec 21, 1977
    Emmanuel Macron

    Birth

    Amiens, France
    Wednesday Dec 21, 1977

    Born in Amiens, France. in 21 December 1977.


  • Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Aspen trial judge granted the request, but in other place

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1977

    On December 23, the Aspen trial judge granted the request—but to Colorado Springs, where juries had historically been hostile to murder suspects.


  • Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Christmas escape

    Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977

    On the night of December 30, with most of the jail staff on Christmas break and nonviolent prisoners on furlough with their families, Bundy piled books and files in his bed, covered them with a blanket to simulate his sleeping body, and climbed into the crawl space. He broke through the ceiling into the apartment of the chief jailer—who was out for the evening with his wife—changed into street clothes from the jailer's closet, and walked out the front door to freedom.


  • New Delhi, India
    1977
    Narendra Damodardas Modi

    Graduated

    New Delhi, India
    1977

    In 1978 Modi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from School of Open Learning at University of Delhi, graduating with a third class.


  • Vadodara and Surat, India
    1977
    Narendra Damodardas Modi

    RSS sambhag pracharak (regional organiser)

    Vadodara and Surat, India
    1977

    Modi became an RSS sambhag pracharak (regional organiser) in 1978, overseeing RSS activities in the areas of Surat and Vadodara.


  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 31, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy was already in Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 31, 1977

    After stealing a car, Bundy drove eastward out of Glenwood Springs, but the car soon broke down in the mountains on Interstate 70. A passing motorist gave him a ride into Vail, 60 miles (97 km) to the east. From there he caught a bus to Denver, where he boarded a morning flight to Chicago. In Glenwood Springs, the jail's skeleton crew did not discover the escape until noon on December 31, more than 17 hours later. By then, Bundy was already in Chicago.


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