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In contrast to the contiguous US, Alaska had to that point [b] its warmest January on record with a mean of 17.4 °F or −8.1 °C being 16.2 °F or 9.0 °C warmer than the 1925 to 1974 average of 1.2 °F or −17.1 °C and 1.8 °F or 1.0 °C warmer than Alaska's previous record warmest January 1937. [7]
At Fürth in West Germany, Kate Schmidt of the U.S. set a new world record for the women's javelin throw at 227 feet, 5 inches (69.32 metres), breaking the record of 226'9" set by Ruth Fuchs of East Germany. [37] Born: Ludacris (stage name for Christopher Bridges); American rap artist and film actor; in Champaign, Illinois
Soviet athlete Vladimir Yashchenko broke the world record for the high jump, clearing 7 feet, 7¾ inches, half an inch better than the mark of 7'7¼" set by Dwight Stones in 1976. Yashchenko's mark was set at the USSR-USA Junior track meet in Richmond, Virginia at the University of Richmond.
The Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32 to 14, to win Super Bowl XI before a record crowd of 103,438 spectators at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. The telecast of the game on NBC was watched by an estimated 81,900,000 people, at the time a record for the largest audience to watch a live sporting event.
January–June – The United Kingdom holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.; January – The Ford Fiesta car goes on sale in the UK.; 3 January – Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, announces he is leaving the House of Commons to become President of the European Commission.
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.
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Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.