At A Glance

27 January 1977 at a glance

Day of the week
27 January 1977 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 1977
The Irish chart song for 1977 was “Knowing Me Knowing You” by ABBA.
Top Film of 1977
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1977 was Star Wars.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 January 1977 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 January 1977 was First Quarter.

On this day: 27 January

  • 1961 The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
  • 1965 South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
  • 1967 Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
  • 1980 Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
  • 1983 The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.

Famous people born on 27 January

  • Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor (born 1965)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (1756–1791)
  • Bridget Fonda, American actress (born 1964)
  • Mimi Rogers, American actress (born 1956)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1977 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1977 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 21 February – A crater on the planet Mercury was named after the Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
  • 18 March – Six-year-old Mary Boyle from Kincasslagh vanished from her grandparents' farm near Ballyshannon in County Donegal.
  • 9 May – Ireland's first McDonald's restaurant opened on Grafton Street in Dublin.

Life in Ireland in 1977

Taoiseach

Liam Cosgrave

Petrol (per litre)

£0.62/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.19

Average House

£15,000

Weekly Wage

£33

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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s

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