Timeline Tuesday 18 January 1977

Events on Tuesday 18 January 1977 2

• 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.