Editing 1977 (section)

===January===
{{main|January 1977}}
* [[January 8]] – [[1977 Moscow bombings|Three bombs]] explode in [[Moscow]] within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an [[Armenia]]n separatist group.<ref>{{cite book |last=Suny |first=Ronald |title=Looking toward Ararat : Armenia in modern history |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |year=1993 |isbn=9780253207739 |page=187}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in eastern [[Zaire]] (now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57215690 |title=Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo plans to evacuate city as volcano erupts |work=BBC News |date=23 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – 49 marines from the {{USS|Trenton|LPD-14|6}} and {{USS|Guam|LPH-9|6}} are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Surface Warfare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuwaH7tmzd4C&pg=RA10-PA40 |year=1978 |publisher=Chief of Naval Operations |pages=10}}</ref>
* [[January 18]]
** Scientists identify a previously unknown [[Bacteria|bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Legionnaires' disease]].
** Australia's worst [[Granville rail disaster|railway disaster at Granville]], a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.<ref>{{cite news |title=The rail disaster that changed Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976 |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=BBC News |date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
** [[SFR Yugoslavia]] Prime minister [[Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Death of Džemal Bijedić |journal=Review of International Affairs |date=1977 |issue=642–665 |page=1 |publisher=Federation of Yugoslav Journalists}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – An [[Ejército del Aire]] [[CASA C-207 Azor|CASA C-207C Azor]] (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near [[Chiva, Valencia|Chiva]], on approach to [[Valencia Airport]] in [[Spain]], killing all 11 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770119-1 |title=Aviation Safety Network Accident Description |website=ASN |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] of India calls for fresh elections to the [[Lok Sabha]], and releases all political prisoners.
* [[January 24]] – The [[1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] occurs, during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 Años de la 'matanza de Atocha', el crimen que marcó la transición democrática |url=http://www.terra.es/actualidad/articulo/html/act35699.htm |date=January 24, 2002 |website=Terra |language=es |trans-title=25 years since the 'Atocha massacre', the crime that marked the democratic transition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129033507/http://www.terra.es/actualidad/articulo/html/act35699.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>