On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Pres Ford, in Alaska on way to Peking, is scheduled to visit Anchorage to join in televised 52d birthday salute to Sen Ted Stevens, Alaska Repub who is candidate for re-election in '76 (S)
Work proceeds on creation of new quasi-nationalized Consol Rail Corp out of 7 bankrupt NE and Midwest rrs; Phila offices prepare for March transfer to Penn Central offices across street; office mgr Joseph O Fulton and Jordan comment on difficulty of paperwork and acctg involved in consolidation; US Ry Assn chmn Arthur D Lewis says take-over timetable will be jeopardized if Cong does not produce legis implementing and funding program; legis action is slowed by differences in separate HR and Sen bills on price to be put on assets of bankrupt lines, on degree of freedom new corp will have in setting rates, on funding for rehabilitation for Boston-to-Washington NE corridor and on states' share of subsidies to run commuter rrs (M)
Fund for City of NY repts that despite precipitous drop in cleanliness of NYC streets and sidewalks following July cutbacks on sanitation force, streets are as clean as they were a yr ago; Sanitation Comr Martin Lang and Mayor Beame welcome study
apptmt of Elliot L Richardson as Commerce Sec seen as move to broaden pol base of Pres Ford's '76 candidacy by bringing in a moderate for Pres's team; Richardson has been mentioned among list of people Ford might choose as running mate (S)
Juvenile Justice Standards Project, set up to establish 1st comprehensive guidelines for juvenile offenders, urges radical philosophical changes that would base sentences on seriousness of crime rather than on judge's view of 'needs' of youth; believes that disparity in sentencing must end; would limit judge's discretion and make judge accountable to public by putting down written reasons for sentencing decision; decisions would be subject to judicial rev and pub scrutiny; more visibility urged for juvenile proceedings to achieve greater judicial accountability; Chief Judge Irving R Kaufman, chmn of project, comments; says recommendations come at time of 'community outrage' over violent crimes committed by youths; Amer Bar Assn and Inst of Judicial Adm sponsored project; major recommendations outlined (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 26, 1975, covering November 30, 1975.
Jefferson Starship
John Denver
Elton John
Paul Simon
Pink Floyd
1975Mark Blount, American basketball player[†]
Mark D. Blount is an American former professional basketball center with four teams in the National Basketball Association between 2000 and 2009.
1975Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)[†]
Malinda Gayle McCready was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was less successful, and she left the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records. McCready's fifth and final studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records.
1975Ben Thatcher, English footballer[†]
Benjamin David Thatcher is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]