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August 15, 1975

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Headlines from August 15, 1975

MANILA REPORTS MINDANAO TRUCE

By Alice Villadolid Special to The New York Times

Philippine Govt announces on Aug 14 that Moslem rebels in southern Mindanao, who fought under banner of Moro Liberation Front, had accepted cease fire; while Govt announcement did not disclose what concessions had been made by either side that would back up the cease fire, it says that 'modalities of autonomy and an internal force' in rebels' area would be discussed; spokesman for Pres Marcos comments; history of rebel insurgence in southern Mindanao noted; map (M)

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Bask Unit of Magnetism Believed to Be Detected

By Walter Sullivan

Amer Physics Inst and Calif Univ at Berkeley, in joint announcement, rept that they believe they have detected evidence of particle representing basic unit of magnetism; particle, called magnetic monopole, is believed to have left track on layers of plastic and emulsion hung from balloon over Iowa; reptd particle is said to be much heavier than proton and have magnetic charge far stronger than electrical charge of electron; if particle can be captured and controlled, some of practical uses in med and indus will be revolutionary; illus of Drs Lawrence S Pinsky, P Buford Price, Edward Shirk and Weymar Zack Osborne, members of research team, with apparatus they used in search for magnetic unit (L)

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Death of 2 Doctors Poses a Fitness Issue

By Boyce Rensberger

Gen problem of how to deal with drs who become unfit to practice has been pointed up by recent discovery that successful gynecologists Drs Stewart L and Cyril C Marcus, twin bros who were found dead in their NYC apt July 17, had died of withdrawal syndrome from barbiturate addiction; med profession itself is now paying more attention to fitness problem; drug addiction has long been unpublicized problem among drs; AMA past pres Dr Malcolm C Todd's frequent urgings that addicted drs be removed from practice recalled (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 13, 1975, covering August 15, 1975.

  1. 1
    Album cover for One Of These Nights by Eagles

    One Of These Nights

    Eagles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers

    The Heat Is On

    The Isley Brothers

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship

    Red Octopus

    Jefferson Starship

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Cut The Cake by Average White Band

    Cut The Cake

    Average White Band

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

    Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

    Elton John

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Bertrand Berry

1975Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host[†]

Bertrand Demond Berry is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Vijay Bharadwaj

1975Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach[†]

Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj is an Indian cricket coach and commentator, former professional cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He won the Man of the Series award on his debut one day international series against South Africa in the LG Cup in Kenya in the 1999–2000 season.

Brendan Morrison

1975Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Brendan Morrison is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks.

Kara Wolters

1975Kara Wolters, American basketball player[†]

Kara Elizabeth Wolters is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player and a current sports broadcaster. Standing at six feet seven inches (2.01 m) and nicknamed "Big Girl," she is the tallest player in University of Connecticut women's basketball history and one of the tallest women to ever play in the WNBA. During her playing career, she was an NCAA national champion (1995), FIBA world champion (1998), WNBA champion (1999), and Olympic champion (2000) becoming one of 11 women with those accolades. She also won AP College Player of the Year in 1997

Notable Deaths

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (born 1920)[†]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its president and prime minister from 1972 until his assassination in a coup d'état in 1975. His nationalist ideology, socio-political theories, and political doctrines are collectively known as Mujibism.

1975Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (born 1942)[†]

Harun Karadeniz was a Turkish political activist and author. He was the student leader of the late 1960s generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical University. Together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmiş, he was one of the student leaders who organized the famous 1968 protest against the American Navy's Sixth Fleet arriving at the Port of Istanbul, although he was initially against protesting at the docks themselves.

Historical Events

Bangladeshis

1975Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.[†]

Bangladeshis are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.

Takeo Miki

1975Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.[†]

Takeo Miki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 to 1976.

Historical Context for August 15, 1975

In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]