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both sides in NYC hosp strike reach agreement; agreement calls for final resolution by binding arbitration; Foner and Abelow comment; hosps agreed in principle to binding arbitration after Gov Carey set July 16 deadline for some resolution of dispute; Fed mediator Paul Yager, had begun 24-hr negotiations (M)
FBI repts 26 Chowchilla, Calif, schoolchildren and their bus driver Frank Edward Ray, who were abducted on July 15, were found in good condition at rock quarry in Livermore, 100 miles NW of Chowchilla; maps; illus
CHOWCHILLA, Calif., July 16 —About 50 persons of various religious beliefs gathered at the First Baptist Church early this afternoon to hear the pastor talk about “Christians putting their trust in God to reach down and perform a miracle in our midst.”
French franc drops 27, in Paris foreign-exch market to close at 4.8850 to dollar, biggest 1-day drop since franc was pulled out of joint European currency float (M)
Jimmy Carter cautions fellow Dems on perils of over-confidence and tells them he would not concede 1 state to Repubs, not even Calif to Ronald Reagan or Mich to Pres Ford, speech, Dem Natl Com; lauds Dem Party chmn Robert S Strauss; com unanimously re-elects Strauss, Caroline Wilkins and Basil A Paterson, vice chmn, Dorothy V Bush, sec, Edward Bennett Williams, treas, and Lee Kling, finance chmn; all will serve after Nov election; if Carter wins, he is expected to install new chmn of his choice; Mondale attends com meeting; he comments; illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 14, 1976, covering July 17, 1976.
Wings
The Beatles
George Benson
Chicago
Fleetwood Mac
1976Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association. In 2019, Bryan's 2013 album Crash My Party received the first Album of the Decade award from the Academy of Country Music. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 75 million records sold. Since 2018, Bryan has been a judge on the singing competition television show American Idol.
1976Gino D'Acampo, Italian chef and author[†]
Gennaro Sheffield D'Acampo is an Italian celebrity chef, television personality, and writer. Based in the United Kingdom, he is best known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks.
1976Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress[†]
Dagmara Domińczyk is an American actress. She has appeared in the films Rock Star (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Kinsey (2004), Trust the Man (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), Higher Ground (2011), The Letter (2012), The Immigrant (2013), Big Stone Gap (2014), A Woman, a Part (2016), The Assistant (2019), The Lost Daughter (2021), Bottoms (2023), and Priscilla (2023). Domińczyk also had a main role in the HBO comedy-drama television series Succession (2018–2023).
1976Marcos Senna, Brazilian-Spanish footballer[†]
Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva, known as Senna, is a retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
1976Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer and sportscaster[†]
Anders Gunnar Svensson is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was capped 148 times for the Sweden national team, many times as a captain, before he retired from international football in 2013. He is the most capped male player for Sweden, beating Thomas Ravelli's previous record of 143 caps.
1976Eric Winter, American actor[†]
Eric Barrett Winter is an American actor. He has appeared in the television roles of Sergeant Tim Bradford on the ABC show The Rookie (2018-present), Rex Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, FBI Special Agent Craig O'Laughlin on the CBS drama series The Mentalist (2010–2012), and Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End (2013–2014). His film appearances include Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and The Ugly Truth (2009).
1976East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.[†]
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the outer islands of Atauro and Jaco. Timor-Leste shares a land border with Indonesia to the west, and Australia is the country's southern neighbour, across the Timor Sea. The country's size is 14,950 square kilometres (5,770 sq mi). Dili, on the north coast of Timor, is its capital and largest city.
1976The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.[†]
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It is the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, also the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, followed by the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]