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February 28, 1972
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Headlines from February 28, 1972
CHINA VISIT ENDS
Nixon, with Premier Chou Enâlai, issues communique, Shanghai, on wk of talks in China; exchanges toasts with Chou at Shanghai banquet
A Reporter's Notebook: 8 Days in a Generation
M Frankel, in dispatch from Communist China, stresses clean drabness of sts, blue drabness of people and their apparent retreat behind mask; says mask makes them inordinately civil, hospitable and selfâassured; gives other impressions
DURYEA DISMISSES FUND BID BY CITY
NYS Assembly Speaker Duryea dismisses Lindsay adm's planned request for $850âmillion in additional state aid to help balance proposed NYC fiscal '73 expense budget as 'totally unrealistic,' TV int; illus; contends city has failed to implement effective budget trims; notes city's warnings in '71, that dire consequences would ensue if extra state aid was not given, were later proved unfounded; contends Hamilton's description of 'skin tight' budget is merely opening step in annual cityâstate 'fiscal gavotte'
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 23, 1972, covering February 28, 1972.
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American Pie
Don McLean
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
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- 16
- 2
Music
Carole King
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- Peak
- 1
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- 12
- 3
The Concert For Bangla Desh
George Harrison
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- Peak
- 2
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- 8
- 4
Fragile
Yes
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- 4
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- 6
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Hot Rocks 1964-1971
The Rolling Stones
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- 4
- Peak
- 4
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- 8
Notable Births
1972Rory Cochrane, American actor[â ]
Rory Cochrane is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, Lee Schatz in Argo, Freck in A Scanner Darkly, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.

1972Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter[â ]
Ville Juhana Haapasalo is a Finnish stage and film actor who has worked in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after he finished his studies in St. Petersburg. In 2003, he was honored with the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his role of Veikko in the film The Cuckoo directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin.
Historical Context for February 28, 1972
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]