Timeline January 1977

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• 1916 – 1977 Peter Finch (1916-1977) Died 14 January 1977, aged 60 Peter Finch was a British-Australian actor best known for his role as a deranged newsman in the film Network. He died of a heart attack shortly before winning a posthumous Academy Award for the role.
• 1974 – 1977 Ford presidency 38th President — 1974 to 1977 Gerald Ford assumed the presidency on August 9, 1974 after Nixon's resignation, serving until January 20, 1977. His pardon of Nixon cost him re-election. He presided over the end of US involvement in Vietnam.
• 1977 Animals -- Waters takes control Animals (January 1977) is Roger Waters's most politically explicit statement -- a Orwellian allegory dividing society into pigs (the ruling class), dogs (the enforcers) and sheep (the passive masses), drawn from George Orwell's Animal Farm. The album is more aggressive than its predecessors: long, abrasive guitar solos from Gilmour, Waters's most bitter lyrics and a general atmosphere of fury at Thatcherite Britain (which has not yet arrived but which Waters clearly anticipates). 'Dogs' (17 minutes) and 'Pigs (Three Different Ones)' are the centrepieces. The album reaches Number 2 in the UK and Number 3 in the US.
• 1977 Australian Open 1977 — two editions Men: Roscoe Tanner (Jan) & Vitas Gerulaitis (Dec) · Women: Kerry Reid (Jan) & Evonne Goolagong (Dec) Two editions held in 1977 as the tournament transitioned from December to January scheduling.
• 1977 Stewart Copeland forms the Police London Forms the band with Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani on the punk scene.
• 1977 – 1986 The Police English rock band Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland — a trio that blended punk, reggae and pop into five albums and one of the biggest songs of the 1980s.
• 1977 1977: Niki Lauda Ferrari Lauda won his second title, completing a remarkable comeback from his near-fatal 1976 accident. He left Ferrari acrimoniously at the end of the season.
• 1977 Discovery of Split Genes Made the discovery that would reshape biology. Working with adenovirus, Sharp and his team found that a single molecule of messenger RNA corresponded to four separate, discontinuous segments of DNA. This revealed that genes in higher organisms are interrupted by non-coding sequences (introns), which are spliced out before the genetic information is translated into proteins. The discovery overturned the assumption that genes were continuous stretches of DNA.
• 1977 – 1978 Here You Come Again — Crossover Success Released Here You Come Again, which topped the country charts for five weeks and crossed over to number three on the pop charts. The album went platinum, making her the first female country artist to sell a million copies. Won her first Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance.
• 1977 Metropolitan Opera Debut Made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, performing the role of Mimi.
• 1977 Voluntary Admission to Psychiatric Hospital After further suicide attempts, voluntarily checked herself into a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo, where she would live for the rest of her life. She established a studio a short distance from the hospital and was driven there each morning to work. 'If it were not for art,' she later said, 'I would have killed myself a long time ago.'
• 1977 Apple Computer incorporated Steve Jobs & Wozniak make it official Apple Computer Company was officially incorporated on January 3, 1977 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
• 1977 Super Bowl XI Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings 32-14 The Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32–14 at Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977 in Pasadena, California.
• 1977 Muddy Waters releases Hard Again Produced by Johnny Winter A late-career comeback that wins a Grammy.
• 1977 David Bowie releases Low Berlin trilogy With Brian Eno — the first of the Berlin trilogy.
• 1977 – present Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister The first female Prime Minister of Italy, taking office in 2022.
• 1977 Gary Gilmore executed First US execution since 1967 Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah on January 17, 1977, becoming the first person executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
• 1977 Egyptian bread riots Nationwide protests over cuts to food subsidies Riots broke out across Egypt after President Anwar Sadat's government cut subsidies on bread and other staples under IMF pressure. Dozens were killed before the government restored the subsidies to quell the unrest.
• 1977 Legionnaires disease identified Bacterium named after deadly outbreak Scientists identified the bacterium responsible for Legionnaires disease on January 18, 1977, following the deadly outbreak at a Philadelphia hotel in 1976 that killed 34 people.
• 1977 – 1981 Carter presidency 39th President — 1977 to 1981 Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. He brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, but the Iran hostage crisis and economic stagflation cost him re-election.
• 1977 Jimmy Carter inaugurated 39th US President takes office Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States on January 20, 1977, succeeding Gerald Ford. He walked the inaugural parade route on foot as a symbol of humility.
• 1977 Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders Blanket pardon for 10,000+ men President Carter issued a full pardon to all who evaded the Vietnam War draft on January 21, 1977, fulfilling a campaign promise and controversially allowing tens of thousands of men to return to the US.
• 1977 Roots premieres on ABC Most-watched miniseries in TV history Roots, Alex Haley's landmark miniseries about an African family through slavery, premiered on ABC on January 23, 1977. The eight-episode series was watched by 130 million Americans — the most-watched TV event in US history at the time.
• 1977 The Clash sign with CBS Major label A signing that angers punk purists.
• 1977 Great Lakes Blizzard Buffalo buried under 6 feet of snow The Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 struck Buffalo, New York on January 28, creating snowdrifts up to 30 feet high and paralyzing the city for weeks. It remains one of the worst blizzards in US history.