Editing 1977 (section)

===April===
{{main|April 1977}}
* [[April 2]] – [[Horse racing]]: [[Red Rum]] wins a record third [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree Racecourse]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2466000/2466403.stm |title=BBC ON THIS DAY {{pipe}} 2 {{pipe}} 1977: Hat trick for Red Rum |work=BBC News |date=April 2, 1982 |access-date=August 18, 2014}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Southern Airways Flight 242]] crashes on a highway in [[New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia|New Hope, Georgia]], United States, killing 72 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pauldingrotary.org/news-events/24-news-events/45-mrs-cherry-waddell-40th-anniversary-of-the-new-hope-plane-crash-disaster-of-1977 |title=Mrs. Cherry Waddell: 40th anniversary of the New Hope plane crash disaster of 1977 |publisher=Paulding County (Georgia) Rotary Club |access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] – German Federal Prosecutor [[Siegfried Buback]] and his driver are shot by [[Red Army Faction]] members while waiting at a red light near his home in [[Karlsruhe]]. The "[[Ulrike Meinhof]] Commando" later claims responsibility.
[[File:Silver Routemaster SRM3.jpg|thumb|[[April 11]]: UK [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] (25 red buses painted silver)]]
* [[April 9]] – [[Spain]] legalizes the [[Communist Party of Spain]], which had been outlawed since 1939.
* [[April 11]] – [[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport's]] [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] [[AEC Routemaster]] buses are launched.
* [[April 17]] – Belgian prime minister [[Leo Tindemans]]' Christian Social Party gains eight seats in the lower house in parliamentary elections.
* [[April 18]] – An [[Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977|annular solar eclipse]] was visible in Africa, and was the 29th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 138]].
* [[April 24]] – In northern [[Bangladesh]], a cyclone kills 13 people and injures about 100 others.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
* [[April 28]] – A federal court in [[Stuttgart]], West Germany, sentences [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Gudrun Ensslin]], and [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] to life imprisonment.
* [[April 30]] – The [[Cold war (general term)|Cold War]] between [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]] evolves into the [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]].