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January 18, 1977

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Cold Around Nation

By Unknown Author

New York City yesterday shivered through its coldest Jan. 17 in the 108 years since records have been kept, with a 1 below zero reading.

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GILMORE IS EXECUTED AFTER STAY IS UPSET

By Jon Nordheimer; Special to The New York Times

Gilmore is executed by firing squad on Jan 17 in Utah State Prison; execution follows series of last minute legal maneuvers in which US Appeals Ct for 10th Circuit overturned stay issued by Fed Dist Ct Judge Willis Ritter at request of ACLU; ACLU, following overturning of stay, appealed to Sup Ct Justices White and Marshall out were rejected; expresses outrage at execution; scene at execution site and outside prison where capital punishment opponents conducted vigil described; illus; drawing (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 1977, covering January 18, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hotel California by Eagles

    Hotel California

    Eagles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

    Songs In The Key Of Life

    Stevie Wonder

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  3. 3
    Album cover for Wings Over America by Paul McCartney And Wings

    Wings Over America

    Paul McCartney And Wings

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Boston by Boston

    Boston

    Boston

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra

    A New World Record

    Electric Light Orchestra

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    12

Notable Births

Richard Archer

1977Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Richard Archer is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, principal songwriter and main composer of indie rock band Hard-Fi. Hard-Fi have produced several top 10 hits and two No. 1 albums. The influence of Archer's hometown of Staines is often evident in his lyrics. He fronted a band called Contempo from 1997 until 2001.

Historical Events

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1977Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.[†]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Granville rail disaster

1977Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.[†]

The Granville rail disaster occurred on Tuesday 18 January 1977 at Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, when a crowded commuter train derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1977SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[†]

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It was established in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, dissolving amid the onset of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of 255,804 square kilometres (98,766 sq mi) in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, Austria and Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina.

Historical Context for January 18, 1977

In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]