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The Scotsman Digital Archive 1817–2002 (Pay / Free with Athens account) The Evening Times (1914–1990) (Glasgow) via Google News Archive. The Glasgow Herald (1806–1990) via Google News Archive. Word on the Street 1650–1910 almost 1,800 Scottish broadsides at National Library of Scotland Free.
February. 1 – KwaZulu is granted self-governance. 24 – A bomb explodes at the Daveyton Police Station, causing only superficial damage. [2] March. 5 – British Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his car strikes and kills marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren.
Logo of the newspaper in 2008. TimesLIVE (aka TshisaLIVE) is a South African online newspaper that started as The Times daily newspaper. The Times print version was an offshoot of Sunday Times, to whose subscribers it was delivered gratis; non-subscribers paid R2.50 per edition in the early years. It has been owned by Arena Holdings since ...
1 December – Bill Neilson resigns as Premier of Tasmania to become Australia's agent-general in London and is succeeded by Doug Lowe. [57] 8 December - Sir Zelman Cowen replaced Sir John Kerr as Governor-General of Australia. [58] 10 December – The 1977 Australian federal election is held.
1975–1990: Albert Tertius Myburgh (26 December 1936 – 2 December 1990) was a South African journalist and editor, best known as editor of the Sunday Times. Myburgh resigned as editor of the Sunday Times in September 1990 after 15 years. His next role was to be an ambassador to Washington or London.
An excursion train pulled by a classic BC Rail steam locomotive visits Oakland, California in 1977. March 9 – Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement Muslims take over three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends two days later.
The Arabic language daily newspaper "Al-Arab", published in London, was introduced by entrepreneur Ahmed el-Houni, who had formerly been the Minister of Defense for Libya.
t. e. General elections were held in South Africa on 30 November 1977. The National Party, led by B. J. Vorster won a landslide victory in the House of Assembly. The newly formed Progressive Federal Party, led by Colin Eglin became the official opposition. The New Republic Party, successor to the United Party, won only 10 seats, [1] all but one ...