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May 29, 1972

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Headlines from May 29, 1972

Critics Forcing Changes in Master Plan

By Ralph Blumenthal

NYC Planning Comm Chmn Elliot says he is seeking changes in NYC's proposed Master Plan; says changes will include redesigning of traffic and development patterns in congested Fordham Rd sec of Bronx

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6 Killed by Bomb in Belfast Include 3 I.R.A. Members

By Unknown Author

6 people are killed, 17 injured and 20 houses irreparably damaged in big bomb explosion in Cath area of Belfast on May 28; 3 dead are later identified as IRA members; security forces believe bomb blew up accidentally while being taken to another part of city; Brit Army officials note soldiers making emergency repairs in area are treated to cases of beer by area residents; scattered shooting in city results in death of 1 youth; other bomb explosions noted; illus

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4 Years of Sea Drilling Yields Vast Lore

By Walter Sullivan

discoveries of Glomar Challenger's 4‐yr ocean floor drilling voyage described; voyage, sponsored by Natl Science Foundation, is part of Scripps Inst of Oceanography Deep Water Drilling Project; among conclusions are that Mediterranean Basin was once dry, that none of today's major oceans existed at start of mammalian evolution and that seas are extremely rich in metal and minerals of all types; other discoveries discussed; illus; graph; map

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NIXON TALKSONTV TO SOVIET PEOPLE AND HAILS ACCORD

By Theodore Shabad Special to The New York Times

Nixon addresses Russian people in 20‐min TV broadcast from Kremlin on May 28; says talks he has held with Soviet leaders have helped reduce risk of war between LS and USSR and improved prospects for peaceful world

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 24, 1972, covering May 29, 1972.

  1. 1
    Album cover for First Take by Roberta Flack

    First Take

    Roberta Flack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull

    Thick As A Brick

    Jethro Tull

    Last week
    13
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Harvest by Neil Young

    Harvest

    Neil Young

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for Graham Nash/David Crosby by David Crosby/Graham Nash

    Graham Nash/David Crosby

    David Crosby/Graham Nash

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
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    Album cover for Manassas by Stephen Stills

    Manassas

    Stephen Stills

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Laverne Cox

1972Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBT advocate[†]

Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt.

1972Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach[†]

William Michael Curley is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Emerson Lions men's basketball team.

1972Simon Jones, English singer and bass player[†]

Simon Robin David Jones is an English bass guitarist. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the rock band The Verve.

1972John Simon, Australian rugby league player[†]

John "Jack" Simon is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. His club career was spent with the Illawarra Steelers, Easts, Parramatta, Auckland and Wests Tigers. Of Indigenous Australian descent, Simon also represented Australia and New South Wales in Origin.

Notable Deaths

Moe Berg

1972Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)[†]

Morris Berg was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, though he was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball." Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball."

Stephen Timoshenko

1972Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (born 1878)[†]

Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian and later an American engineer and academician.

Historical Context for May 29, 1972

In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]