The January 9, 1978 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 8 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, January 9, 2026, 180 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, January 9, 2027, in 184 days. You have lived for 17,712 days, or about 425,104 hours, or about 25,506,296 minutes, or about 1,530,377,760 seconds.
Date: 10 January 1978
Richard Mellon Scaife says he instructed his atty to withdraw check for $200,000 that was to have been invested in The Trib; publisher Leonard Saffir contends Scaife had been rejected as investor; Scaife said money was to be given on condition that additional $2.8-million be raised from other sources (S)
Date: 09 January 1978
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
Trib, new morning NYC newspaper, begins publishing; is printed in NJ and plans are to distribute it throughout met area; editor-in-chief, publisher and chief organizer is Leonard Saffir; biggest stockholder is Richard Mellon Scaife; editor is John Denson, art critic Emily Genauer, dance critic Walter Terry; paper will carry syndicated columns by George Will, David Broder and William Raspberry; suit filed against paper earlier noted (M)
Date: 10 January 1978
By DONALD JANSON Special to The New York Times
Donald Special
NJ Coalition for Fair Broadcasting exec dir Marsha N Kroll urges VHF TV channel for state, Fed Appeals Ct hearing (M)
Date: 09 January 1978
Red Smith
Red Smith
Red Smith article on sex discrimination suit of Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke, who was denied access to NY Yankees locker room after they won World Series (M)
Date: 10 January 1978
By ROBERT TRUMBULL Special to The New York Times
Robert Special
Canadian Solicitor Gen Francis Fox testifies at provincial inquiry that Mounted Police security unit in '71 distributed bogus statement advocating policy of violence in name of Front for the Liberation of Quebec; says previous Solicitor Gen Jean-Pierre Goyer authorized Mounted Police to tap telephones of Agence Press Libre du Quebec (M)
Date: 10 January 1978
Port Elizabeth police open fire and wound persons stoning them during funerals for 4 blacks believed killed by security forces in recent unrest (S)
Date: 09 January 1978
Right-wing youths throw firebombs into Communist and Soc Dem offices in Rome, bum vehicles, break windows and injure at least 3 persons; violence erupts day after 2 young neo-Fascists are killed and another critically wounded (S)
Date: 09 January 1978
Date: 10 January 1978
Date: 10 January 1978
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1978