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Born in 1977

People born in 1977 turn 49 in 2026. A dollar in 1977 buys what $5.56 buys in September 2026, and about 4.22 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.

Your birthday in 1977

1977

What things cost in 1977

U.S. average1977in today’s dollarslatest
One dollar$1.00$5.56CPI-U
Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714$0.66$3.65$4.48
Median price of a new house sold MSPUS$48,900$271,850$410,700
Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG$2.30$12.79$7.25

1977 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED.

Who was in charge in 1977

United States
Gerald Ford, then Jimmy Carter (President)
United Kingdom
Elizabeth II (Queen); James Callaghan (Prime minister)
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev (General Secretary); Nikolai Podgorny, then Leonid Brezhnev (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet); Alexei Kosygin (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
People's Republic of China
Hua Guofeng (Chairman; Paramount Leader); Soong Ching-ling (Acting NPC Standing Committee Chairwoman); Hua Guofeng (Premier)
France
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (President); Raymond Barre (Prime minister)
East Germany
Erich Honecker (Chairmen of the State Council); Willi Stoph (Chairman)
West Germany
Walter Scheel (President); Helmut Schmidt (Chancellor)
Japan
Hirohito (Emperor); Takeo Fukuda (Prime minister)
Republic of India
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, then Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President); B. D. Jatti (Acting President); Indira Gandhi, then Morarji Desai (Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1977 →

No. 1 songs of 1977

  1. “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” — Rod Stewart (1 week)
  2. “You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)” — Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (1 week)
  3. “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” — Leo Sayer (1 week)
  4. “I Wish” — Stevie Wonder (1 week)
  5. “Car Wash” — Rose Royce (1 week)
  6. “Torn Between Two Lovers” — Mary MacGregor (2 weeks)
  7. “Blinded by the Light” — Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1 week)
  8. “New Kid in Town” — Eagles (1 week)
  9. “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” — Barbra Streisand (3 weeks)
  10. “Rich Girl” — Daryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks)
  11. “Dancing Queen” — ABBA (1 week)
  12. “Don't Give Up on Us” — David Soul (1 week)
  13. “Don't Leave Me This Way” — Thelma Houston (1 week)
  14. “Southern Nights” — Glen Campbell (1 week)
  15. “Hotel California” — Eagles (1 week)
  16. “When I Need You” — Leo Sayer (1 week)
  17. “Sir Duke” — Stevie Wonder (3 weeks)
  18. “I'm Your Boogie Man” — KC and the Sunshine Band (1 week)
  19. “Dreams” — Fleetwood Mac (1 week)
  20. “Got to Give It Up” — Marvin Gaye (1 week)
  21. “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)” — Bill Conti (1 week)
  22. “Undercover Angel” — Alan O'Day (1 week)
  23. “Da Doo Ron Ron” — Shaun Cassidy (1 week)
  24. “Looks Like We Made It” — Barry Manilow (1 week)
  25. “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” — Andy Gibb (4 weeks)
  26. “Best of My Love” — The Emotions (5 weeks)
  27. “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” — Meco (2 weeks)
  28. “You Light Up My Life” — Debby Boone (10 weeks)
  29. “How Deep Is Your Love” — Bee Gees (2 weeks)

Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1977, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1977 (Wikipedia revision 1380360230).

Famous people born in 1977

  • August 3 – Tom Brady, football player and entrepreneur source
  • June 8 – Kanye West, recording artist source
  • 15 January – Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy source
  • April 23 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and rapper source
  • December 21 – Emmanuel Macron, 25th president of France source
  • August 24 – John Green, American author, vlogger, and editor source
  • August 31 – Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler source
  • January 1 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer source
  • July 12 – Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist source
  • November 29 – Andy Beshear, politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky source
  • December 8 – Ryan Newman, stock car racing driver source
  • 17 August – Thierry Henry, international soccer player source
  • October 16 – John Mayer, singer/songwriter and record producer source
  • February 8 – Christian Vasquez, actor and model source
  • February 13 – Randy Moss, football player source

What happened in 1977

  • January 6 - The first anniversary of the establishment of Democratic Kampuchea as the totalitarian society since the Fall of Phnom Penh after the Cambodian Civil War had ended, China and North Korea provided a significant support to Angkar and the Khmer Rouge, with China as the main backer while North Korea became lesser extent by its diplomatic relations with a very strong support of Communist allies who learned the same lines with Marxist-Leninist ideology in the Far East. source
  • January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. source
  • February 7 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24 (Viktor Gorbatko, Yury Glazkov) to dock with the Salyut 5 space station. source
  • 3 January – Kirkuk-Iskenderun pipeline officially opens. source
  • January 1 – Canada's offshore exclusive economic zone is extended to 200 nmi. source
  • January 4 – Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two. source
  • 15 January–12 February – FESTAC 77 held in Lagos. source
  • January 5 - The Government intervenes in Banco Osorno and La Unión. source
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