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August 23, 1975

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Headlines from August 23, 1975

Portuguese From Angola Face Bleak Homecoming

By Marvine Howe Special to The New York Times

article on Angolan refugees who have relocated in several Portuguese towns, especially Gondomar; holds that in Gondomar, like several other Portuguese towns, Portuguese have recd or are expecting destitute relatives who have fled Angola; notes that 2 and 3 families crowd into 3-room homes, where they sleep on floors; Maria da Luz Pereira Monteiro comments; notes that husband remained in Angola because of fear that he would not find work in Portugal; holds 'life was good in Angola' before fighting began; map (L)

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BANGLADESH COUP: A DAY OF KILLINGS

By Unknown Author

authoritative sources say that young officers who led coup against Pres Mujibur Rahman killed him and over 20 members of his family and pol associates, then lost out during showdown with new Pres Khondakar Moshtaque Ahmed and went back to their barracks; say coup began on Aug 15 when truckload of troops started firing into home of Sheik Moni, nephew of Mujibur Rahman and editor of Bangladesh Times; Moni and his wife were slain; other slain members of Mujib family noted; Bangladesh Observer says Mushtaque Ahmed has dismissed Ghazi Golem Mustapha, aide of Mujib's who was accused of theft of aid funds (M)

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Virus Mixing Cited As Possible Cause Of Flu Epidemics

By Walter Sullivan Special to The New York Times

Recent lab experiments support theory that global epidemics of influenza occur after entirely new flu virus is created by natural recombining of fragments of virus strains from human beings, other mammals and birds, repts before Pacific Science Conf, Vancouver, BC; if recombination hypothesis is correct and new virus could be identified before it strikes, it might be possible to develop vaccine in time to stem incipient global epidemic, or pandemic; another pandemic is forecast for '78-80 period; Dr Robert G Webster describes experiments; Dr W G Laver says he believes that Hong Kong flu was caused by recombination of human and animal virus; findings by Dr Kimitri K Lvov of USSR, Dr Jar Miles of NZ and Dr Bernard C Easterday of Univ of Wis noted (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 20, 1975, covering August 23, 1975.

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    Album cover for One Of These Nights by Eagles

    One Of These Nights

    Eagles

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    9
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    Album cover for The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers

    The Heat Is On

    The Isley Brothers

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    Peak
    2
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    11
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    Album cover for Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship

    Red Octopus

    Jefferson Starship

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    Peak
    3
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    6
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    Album cover for Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

    Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

    Elton John

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    Album cover for Cut The Cake by Average White Band

    Cut The Cake

    Average White Band

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    4
    Peak
    4
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    9

Notable Births

Eliza Carthy

1975Eliza Carthy, English folk musician[†]

Eliza Amy Forbes Carthy, MBE is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing the fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson.

Sean Marks

1975Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager[†]

Sean Andrew Marks is a New Zealand-American basketball executive and former player and coach who is the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first New Zealand-born player to play in the NBA. Marks won two championships with the San Antonio Spurs: one as a player in 2005 and another as an assistant coach in 2014.

Jarkko Ruutu

1975Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player[†]

Jarkko Samuli Ruutu ; born 23 August 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks. He is currently serving as a European development coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Notable Deaths

1975Faruk GĂŒrler, Turkish general (born 1913)[†]

Ömer Faruk GĂŒrler was a Turkish general. He was the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1971 Turkish coup d'Ă©tat, and then Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (1972–1973). He was the military's candidate in the 1973 Presidential election, but lost to Fahri KorutĂŒrk.

Historical Events

1975The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.[†]

The Wave Hill walk-off, also known as the Gurindji strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, starting on 23 August 1966 and lasting for seven years. It took place at Wave Hill, a cattle station in Kalkarindji, Northern Territory, Australia, and was led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari.

Pontiac Silverdome

1975The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan[†]

The Pontiac Silverdome was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility. With a seating capacity of 82,600+, it was the largest stadium in the National Football League (NFL) until FedExField in Landover, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. expanded its capacity to over 85,000 in 2000.

Historical Context for August 23, 1975

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