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God save the Queen,
The fascist regime.

The Sex Pistols and The Clash, The Buzzcocks and Siouxsie Sue; Never Mind the Bollocks and White Riot. Bondage gear, King's Road and Vivienne Westwood. No celebration of 1977 would be complete without a nod to Punk Rock and its associated political movements.

What we want, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is Anarchy In the UK, a White Riot in 1977, Holidays in the Sun while London's Burning 'cause we're all Pretty Vacant and there's No More Heroes any more.

So, anarchy on the streets, in headquarters, between the lads or involving them. Punks on the rampage, or a visit to Malcolm McLaren's boutique SEX. Whatever you fancy and however it grabs your interest. Short or long, art, vid, or fiction, any and all are welcome.

Plus, come and share your stories. Were you the kid with the mohican? Did you raid your mum's kitchen for food colouring and black plastic bags? Did you use safety pins as earrings? Or maybe punks were the colourful older generation? The ones you looked up to and wanted to become. Whatever your memories, tell us and help us get a feel for the way things were back when the lads were just getting ready to appear on the small screen.

Comment below as usual and if you want a specific prompt, just ask. Posting dates between the 13th and 20th of October.

* October 1 - Pelé plays his final professional football game as a member of the New York Cosmos.
* October 13 - German Autumn: Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 Red Army Faction members (see Lufthansa Flight 181).
* October 14-David Bowie releases his album: "Heroes".
* October 17-October 18 - German Autumn: GSG 9 troopers storm a hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu, Somalia; 3 of the 4 hijackers die.; The Lynyrd Skynyrd album Street Survivors is released, three days before the fatal plane crash that killed 3 members.
* October 18 - German Autumn: Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim prison; Irmgard Möller fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered). They are buried October 27.
* October 18 - Reggie Jackson blasts 3 home runs to lead the New York Yankees to World Series victory.
* October 19 - German Autumn: Kidnapped industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer is found killed in Mulhouse, France.
* October 20 - Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi.
* October 21 - The European Patent Institute is founded.
* October 26 - The last natural smallpox case is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination and, by extension, of modern science.
* October 28 - Hong Kong police forces attack the ICAC headquarters.
* October 28 - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is released in the United Kingdom.
* October, exact date unknown - Atari 2600 game system is released.