Timeline Monday 5 September 1977

Events on Monday 5 September 1977 2

• 1977 German Autumn: Hanns Martin Schleyer kidnapped and killed Red Army Faction terrorism crisis grips West Germany Employer association president Hanns Martin Schleyer was kidnapped by the Red Army Faction, triggering a national crisis that included the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner. Schleyer was murdered after West Germany refused to release imprisoned RAF leaders.
• 1977 Voyager 1 launched Will become most distant human object NASA launched Voyager 1 on September 5, 1977. It flew past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980, and in 2012 became the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space.