Born in 1977
Turns 49 in 2026
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1977 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from £21.50Add their name
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BACK TO 1977 · United Kingdom
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Britain marked Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee with street parties and pageantry, while Star Wars brought a new space adventure to cinemas. Voyager 1 also began its journey beyond Earth. Together, these records capture a year of public celebration, blockbuster imagination and long-range exploration.
What happened in 1977?
The Silver Jubilee filled Britain with pageantry
The Jubilee fused monarchy, neighbourhood celebration, and mass broadcasting in a public ritual remembered far beyond the official ceremonies.
Star Wars opened a new movie universe
Star Wars fused serial adventure, innovative effects, memorable characters, and merchandising into a new model for blockbuster cinema.
Voyager 1 began its journey beyond the planets
The probe joined engineering ambition with a new public image of exploration measured in planets, photographs, and decades.
Leaders put jobs and inflation on the agenda
The 1977 summit shows governments confronting economic stagnation as a shared problem rather than a purely national failure.
Firsts and new ideas
Liverpool claimed its first European Cup
Liverpool defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in Rome to win the European Cup for the first time.
Researchers map a virus genome letter by letter
Frederick Sanger and colleagues published the bacteriophage φX174 genome sequence in 1977.
Number ones and music in 1977
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Wings took Mull of Kintyre to number one
Wings released Mull of Kintyre in Britain on November 11, 1977, before it climbed to the Christmas number one spot.
Queen turned victory into a singalong
The song’s plainspoken refrain helped move rock from the stage into communal celebration at arenas, clubs, and television events.
Prices and everyday money in 1977
United Kingdom figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Average weekly earnings per person in the United Kingdom (Bank of England series) | £52.30 per week | GBP per week Bank of England (series republished by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED) |
| sugar (annual average) | 26p | perkg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| flour (annual average) | 26p | per1.5kg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| bread (annual average) | 21p | 800g source-table loaf Office for National Statistics |
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