A military coup in Honduras deposes chief of state Gen. Oswaldo Lopez Arellano. The Watergate Special Prosecution Force reopens its case against Gulf Oil Corp. after allegations of foreign bribery resurface. Gulf’s board, meanwhile, nominates Sister Jane Scully, a Catholic nun and president of Carlow College, to sit on its board of directors.
12/19/1977
Inside the White House, Carter signs into law P.L. 95-213. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is enacted.
