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April 1, 1976

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Assembly Votes to Quash Stavisky Bill VetoImpasse in Senate

By Iver Peterson Special to The New York Times

NYS Assembly, 128‐18, overrides Carey's veto of Stavisky bill to restore millions in funds cut from NYC's pss; measures sent to Repub‐controlled Sen for Apr 8 vote, where chances of passage there are complicated by intense pol maneuvering over Repub efforts to override Gov Caret's veto of state school‐aid formula; Carey, in statement following vote, scores Assembly's action which is viewed as illus many of antagonism underlying outpouring of sentiment for vote‐hostility against banks, Emergency Financial Control Bd and Carey (M)

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Senate Fails to Override Latest Carey School Veto

By Steven R. Weisman Special to The New York Times

NYS Sen majority, in raucous session in which Gov Carey is denounced, fails in 35‐20 vote to override Carey's surprise veto of educ‐assistance formula in budget; Sen Warren M Anderson charges Carey reneged on earlier promise not to veto any portion of budget sent to him by Legis; Sen keeps issue alive by voting to reconsider attempt to override veto in wk, in hope that public pressure will swing Dem votes to their side; purported reasons for Carey's rejection of bill discussed; implications of Assembly Dem's attempts to override veto noted; Pres aspirant Morris K Udall, scheduled to address party conf, leaves in huff after address is postponed (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 31, 1976, covering April 1, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by Eagles

    Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

    Eagles

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    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

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    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Thoroughbred by Carole King

    Thoroughbred

    Carole King

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon

    Still Crazy After All These Years

    Paul Simon

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    24
  5. 5
    Album cover for Desire by Bob Dylan

    Desire

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Hazem El Masri

1976Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator[†]

Hazem El Masri is a Lebanese Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger in the 1990s and 2000s. An international representative for Australia and Lebanon, and a New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking wing, he played his entire club football career in Sydney with Canterbury with whom he won the 2004 NRL Premiership. In 2009 El Masri took the record for the highest-ever point scorer in premiership history and for a record sixth time was the NRL's top point scorer for the season. He also became only the seventh player in history to score over 150 NRL tries, having primarily played on the wing, but also at fullback.

David Gilliland

1976David Gilliland, American race car driver[†]

David Leonard Gilliland is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and team owner. Since 2017, he has operated Tricon Garage, a team that races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series West, ARCA Menards Series East, and CARS Tour.

Gábor Király

1976Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer[†]

Gábor Ferenc Király is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

David Oyelowo

1976David Oyelowo, English actor[†]

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.

Clarence Seedorf

1976Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager[†]

Clarence Clyde Seedorf is a Dutch former professional football manager and player. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. He is currently working primarily remotely as a sports advisor and senior consultant at Esteghlal Tehran.

Yuka Kaneko

1976Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player[†]

Yuka Kaneko is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Notable Deaths

Max Ernst

1976Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (born 1891)[†]

Max Ernst was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward the making of art resulted in his invention of frottage—a technique that uses pencil rubbings of textured objects and relief surfaces to create images—and grattage, an analogous technique in which paint is scraped across canvas to reveal the imprints of the objects placed beneath. Ernst is noted for his unconventional drawing methods as well as for creating novels and pamphlets using the method of collages. He served as a soldier for four years during World War I, and this experience left him shocked, traumatised and critical of the modern world. During World War II he was designated an "undesirable foreigner" while living in France.

Historical Events

Steve Jobs

1976Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.[†]

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Historical Context for April 1, 1976

In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]