Editing 1977 (section)

===February===
{{main|February 1977}}
* [[February 2]] – The Congress Party of India, led by [[Indira Gandhi]], splits with [[Jagjivan Ram]] and other senior leaders, forming [[Congress for Democracy]]. This party later merges with the [[Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite book |title=320 Million Judges |author=G. G. Mirchandani |pages=90–100 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2003 |isbn=81-7017-061-3}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – In northern [[Japan]] a blizzard piles snow on rooftops, causing many to collapse killing at least 31 people.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--No author name given.--> |date=4 February 1977 |title=Snow proves deadly in Japan |url=https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&d=vid19770204-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |format=PDF |work=[[The Vidette]] |volume=89 |issue=109 |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |page=2 |access-date=2022-06-06}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – Eleven [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] commuters are killed when an [[Chicago Loop derailment|elevated train derails]] from the [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]] in central Chicago, United States. 
* [[February 7]] – The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Soyuz 24]]'' ([[Viktor Gorbatko]], [[Yury Glazkov]]) to dock with the ''[[Salyut 5]]'' space station.
* [[February 18]]
:*American [[Space Shuttle program]]: First test flight of [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] mated to the [[Boeing 747]] [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]].<ref>{{cite book |author=R. Michael Gordon |title=The Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vn8gAQAAIAAJ |date=29 July 2008 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-3434-3 |page=28}}</ref>
:*The [[Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire]] started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignites wreaths to the [[Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong|late Mao Zedong]], killing 694 people, mostly children. It remains the [[list of fires in China|deadliest fire]] in China.<ref name="1995a">{{cite journal |title=694条生命化为灰烬——一场没有公开报道的特大火灾 |journal=新世纪 |date=1995 |issue=4 |last=西夫 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ozEZgbB4HAVet3z7pfvRlw |access-date=2023-01-04 |archive-date=2023-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104195119/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ozEZgbB4HAVet3z7pfvRlw}}</ref> 
* [[February 23]] – [[Óscar Romero]], an outspoken opponent of violence, becomes Archbishop of San Salvador, [[El Salvador]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Inter-church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |title=Newsletter - Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QQkAQAAIAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |page=17}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – Queen [[Elizabeth II]] opens the [[New Zealand Parliament]] in person, after Parliament is summoned for a special short session to allow her to deliver the Speech from the Throne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Display of royal memorabilia |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features-pre-2016/document/00NZPHomeNews201104261/display-of-royal-memorabilia |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=12 November 2018 |language=en-NZ |date=29 April 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021753/https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features-pre-2016/document/00NZPHomeNews201104261/display-of-royal-memorabilia |url-status=dead}}</ref>