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In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[â ]
1972Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter[â ]
Amanda Meta Marshall is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3Ă platinum and platinum respectively. She is best known for her 1996 single, "Birmingham", which reached number 3 in Canada and was her only song to reach the US charts.
1972Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor[â ]
Bae Yong-joon is a South Korean businessman and former actor. He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, Winter Sonata (2002), which became a major part of the Korean Wave. Bae retired from acting after 2007, but remains active as the chairman of management agency KeyEast.
1972Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (born 1905)[â ]
Lale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter[note a] born in Lehe .[note b] She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which by 1941 transcended the conflict to become World War II's biggest international hit. Popular with both the Axis and the Allies, Andersen's original recording spawned versions, by the end of the War, in most of the major languages of Europe, and by some of the most popular artists in their respective countries.
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more than 50,000 commuters on Aug 28 are stranded in sweltering Grand Central Terminal during evening rush hr after fire in tunnel halts service; Penn Central spokesman says service should be normal by morning rush hr; fire breaks out when train strikes damaged sec of 3rd rail; delays detailed; passengers comment; illus of commuters in terminal
Natl Postal Forum holds conv session on Aug 28, Washington, DC; Postmaster Gen E T Klassen speaks
Prince William of Gloucester, cousin of Queen Elizabeth and 9th in line of succession to Brit throne, is killed on Aug 28 in crash of light aircraft during air race, Wolverhampton, England; illus
Census Bur rept shows that annual income of more than 50% of families in Fairfield County, Conn, increased by at least $10,000 during â60s; map shows percentages of families earning various median incomes in county towns and cities; table shows highestâincome counties of tristate region and compares figures with statistics for NYC, â60 and â70
US Apollo 17 astronaut Capt Cernan, riding aboard tractorâcrawler towing 18âmillionâlb Apollo 17 moonship and rocket to launch pad on Aug 28, expresses prevailing note of nostalgia surrounding beginning of end of Apollo program; towing of spacecraft, heaviest portable structure known, takes 6 hrs; Apollo 17, last of Apollo moon flights, is scheduled to blast off on Dec 6; will be 1st night launching of Saturn rocket; trip to launch pad described; compared to moving skyscraper; next 14 wks will be spent checking craft and preparing for flight; Cernan says end of program may be beginning of mankind's âmovement into infinity'
GM chmn R C Gerstenberg announces on Aug 28 that co will produce Wankel rotary engine in ltd quantities and that engine might be offered as option on small Vega in about 2 yrs; drawing shows how Wankel engine operates
Knapp Comm on Aug 28 disagrees with NYC Mayor Lindsay's proposal for statewide comr to investigate all aspects of criminal justice system; chief comm counsel M F Armstrong repts that 5 comm members feel Lindsay plan might diffuse needed focus on attacking corruption in NYC and that agency should have its own prosecuting power; notes other specific reactions by comm members; dist attys Hogan and Mackell and PBA pres R M McKiernan also criticize Lindsay plan; in separate action not connected to Knapp Comm, chmn of NYS Joint Legislative Com on Crime, State Sen J H Hughes, makes public lr to Gov Rockefeller proposing legis to create 2 statewide offices to combat mismanagement of cts and lack of accountability by police and prosecutors; lr suggests office of criminal justice and office of ct management; Armstrong illus
FBI repts on Aug 28 that reptd crime rose more slowly in â71 than it has at any time since â65, but slowdown is result of decreased growth rates for crimes against property, not crimes of violence; rept detailed
Amer artists and writers form Ad Hoc Com for Intellectual Freedom to demand that USSR allow Solzhenitsyn to get prize in dignity; sponsors include S Bellow, N Podhoretz, M Harrington and A MacLeish
39 persons killed and about 40 seriously injured on Aug 28 when 2 buses collide near Behshahr in northern Iran
Peking radio, Aug 28, repts, N Vietnamese Govt held memorial ceremony to pay last respects to the 5 Chinese seamen killed in the US bombing of a Chinese merchant ship Aug 22; says men were killed when US planes attacked a lifeboat off N Vietnamese coast; US command said US planes destroyed a boat, but had no evidence it was a Chinese lifeboat
Indian officials on Aug 28 announce that talks between India and Pakistan were extended for another day after Prime Min Gandhi called in Pakistani reprs and reptdly made final offer on Kashmir issue