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July 11, 1976

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Headlines from July 11, 1976

Black Teen‐Alters'obless Rate Constant Despite U.S. Recovery

By Charlayne Hunter

Survey of job mkt for black teenagers, whose jobless rate currently is 40.3%, compared for 16.1% for whites of same age, finds many economists, labor analysts, manpower experts, community leaders and black teen-agers themselves regard black youths as part of secondary labor class with little chance of moving out of perpetually jobless state or escaping vicious cycle of low-paying jobs that lack security or chances for advancement; illus (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 1976, covering July 11, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for At The Speed Of Sound by Wings

    At The Speed Of Sound

    Wings

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Rock 'n' Roll Music by The Beatles

    Rock 'n' Roll Music

    The Beatles

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Rocks by Aerosmith

    Rocks

    Aerosmith

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Breezin' by George Benson

    Breezin'

    George Benson

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    24

Notable Births

Eduardo Nájera

1976Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach[†]

Eduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez is a Mexican former professional basketball player who is currently a scout for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a pregame and postgame analyst on Mavericks Live on Fox Sports Southwest, where he is identified as Eddie Avila. Before being promoted to a scout with the Mavs, he was head coach of the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League. He is regarded as the greatest Mexican basketball player ever.

Notable Deaths

1976León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (born 1895)[†]

Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler, was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as León de Greiff, he often used different pen names. The most popular were Leo le Gris and Gaspar Von Der Nacht. De Greiff was one of the founders of Los Panidas, a literary and artistic group established in 1915 in the city of Medellín.

Historical Context for July 11, 1976

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