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Events on Wednesday 19 January 1977 1
1977Egyptian bread riotsNationwide protests over cuts to food subsidiesRiots 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.