Language (Law 101, La charte de la langue française) making French the official language of the Canadian province of Quebec. September September 4 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco, United States. September 5 Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. German Autumn: Employers Association President Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of Red Army Faction prisoners. September 7 – Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. September 8 – Interpol issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs. September 10 – Hamida Djandoubi's is the last guillotine execution in France (at Marseille) and the last legal beheading in the western world. September 11 – Atari, Inc. releases its Video Computer System in North America. September 18 – Courageous (U.S.), skippered by Ted Turner, sweeps the Australian challenger Australia in the 24th America's Cup yacht race. September 19 Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Nicaragua. North Korean agents abduct Yutaka Kume from Noto Peninsula starting the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. September 20 – The Petrozavodsk phenomenon is observed in the Soviet Union and some northern European countries. September 28 – The Porsche 928 debuts at the Geneva Motor Show. October October 1 – Energy Research and Development Administration combines with the Federal Energy Administration to form United States Department of Energy. October 7 The Soviet Union adopts its third Constitution. The Soviet National Anthem's lyrics are returned after a 24-year period, with Joseph Stalin's name omitted. Pelé plays his final professional football game, as a member of the New York Cosmos. October 13 – German Autumn: Four Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to Somalia and demand the release of 11 Red Army Faction members. October 17 – 18 – German Autumn: GSG 9 troopers storm the hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu, Somalia; three of the four hijackers die. October 18 German Autumn: Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim