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June 13, 1976

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Headlines from June 13, 1976

CITY U. REOPENING IS SET TOMORROW AS BILL IS SIGNED

By Robert E. Tomasson

Gov Carey signs $27-million aid pkg that will permit reopening of 20 units of CUNY on June 14, but at cost of setting tuition in Sept for 1st time in univ's history; notes law places CUNY on road to eventual parity funding with SUNY for comparable purposes; key provision of law is removal of 50-50 matching formula for city and state support of univ for '75-77 fiscal yrs, thus permitting state to increase its shares; other provisions noted; presidents of various univ units meet at NYC Higher Educ Bd hqs to plan for univ reopening (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 9, 1976, covering June 13, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Black And Blue by The Rolling Stones

    Black And Blue

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for At The Speed Of Sound by Wings

    At The Speed Of Sound

    Wings

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for Here And There by Elton John

    Here And There

    Elton John

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for Presence by Led Zeppelin

    Presence

    Led Zeppelin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Kym Marsh

1976Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress[†]

Kimberley Gail Marsh is an English actress, television presenter and singer. In 2001, she won a place in the band Hear'Say as a result of appearing on the reality television series Popstars. Hear'Say enjoyed brief success, achieving two UK number one singles and a UK number one album, but Marsh left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career. She released an album titled Standing Tall in 2003, which peaked at number nine in the UK and spawned two UK top ten singles.

Historical Context for June 13, 1976

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