On this day
December 23, 1977
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from December 23, 1977
BANKS’ LOBBY CALLED STRONGEST IN CAPITAL
article in series on bank regulation details bankers lobbying strength (L)
Begin Plain Gets Cabinet Backing
Dec 23: Israeli Cabinet unanimously endorses Begin peace plan; Begin concedes some amendments were adopted to plan discussed with Carter; members of extreme nationalist Gush Emunium picket Cabinet meeting; Begin will be accompanied to Egypt by Min Moshe Dayan, Defense Min Weizman and his wife Aliza (M)
Financing Is Set For Rebuilding Of Commodore
Bowery Savings Bank and Equitable Life Assurance Soc of US agree to put up $80-million of $100-million needed to reconstruct Commodore Hotel; all necessary approvals have been obtained from Estimate Bd and City Planning Comm; hotel is scheduled to reopen in '80 as Hyatt Regency; project was 1st beneficiary of new Business Investment Incentive Policy, under which it was granted generous tax abatements over next 40 yrs; Donald Trump is developer; artist's rendering (M)
Atmospheric Blasts off East Coast Puzzle Scientists and the Military
mil officials deny series of blasts heard since Dec 2 over Atlantic Ocean are sonic booms from mil aircraft; some blasts heard along coast from Carolinas to NJ; details (M)
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 21, 1977, covering December 23, 1977.
- 1
Simple Dreams
Linda Ronstadt
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 14
- 2
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 44
- 3
Foot Loose + Fancy Free
Rod Stewart
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 5
- 4
All 'n' All
Earth| Wind & Fire
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 4
- 5
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
- Last week
- 8
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 5
Notable Births
1977Matt Baker, English television presenter[†]
Matthew James Baker is a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's Countryfile since 2009 and The One Show from 2011 to 2020, with Alex Jones.

1977Alge Crumpler, American football player[†]
Algernon Darius Crumpler is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. He played college football for North Carolina. Crumpler now works as an analyst for the ACC Network.
1977Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer[†]
Tore Johansen is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter and the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen. He has worked with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein, and Jan Gunnar Hoff.
1977Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Jari Mäenpää is a Finnish singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is the founder of the melodic death metal band Wintersun for which he records all instruments except the drums. Before forming Wintersun, Mäenpää was also known for his role in the folk metal band Ensiferum, which he joined in 1996 after leaving his prior band named Immemorial. Wintersun was initially planned as a parallel project alongside Ensiferum, but in January 2004 he was forced to leave Ensiferum due to clashes between their touring schedule and the studio recording time he had booked for Wintersun.
1977Paul Shirley, American basketball player and blogger[†]
Paul Murphy Shirley is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Unicaja Málaga in the Spanish ACB.
Historical Context for December 23, 1977
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]