1977 Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies after colliding with track marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami. The rings of Uranus are discovered. A collision between KLM and Pan Am Boeing 747s at Tenerife kills 583 people in the deadliest accident in aviation history. Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. Star Wars opens in cinemas. Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the seventh time. Elvis Presley dies in his home in Graceland on 16 August, aged 42. Steve Biko dies in police detention in Pretoria. And the South African Railways places the first of 150 Class 6E1, Series 7 electric locomotives in mainline service.
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