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October 27, 1976

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Headlines from October 27, 1976

CARTER AND FORD AIM AT L. I. TO WIN STATE

By Frank Lynn

Pres Ford, Vice Pres Rockefeller and Jimmy Carter schedule LI campaign visits in effort to secure NYS's 41 electoral votes; NY Times, Daily News and Newsday surveys large undecided vote on LI and possibility that Ford is not running strongly enough to counterbalance heavy Dem vote in other parts of NYS; NY Times survey finds LI, Westchester and Rockland Counties residents are moderate, middle-of-rd, swing voters; finds they are more likely to vote than upstate and NYC voters (M)

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New York's Law On Death Penalty Is Found Invalid

By Dena Kleiman

NYS Sup Ct Justice Peter J McQuillan, reducing death sent for Joseph Velez to life imprisonment, rules that NYS death penalty law is unconst and 'cruel and unusual punishment' because it does not allow judge or jury to exercise discretion (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 27, 1976, covering October 27, 1976.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

    Songs In The Key Of Life

    Stevie Wonder

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Spirit by Earth| Wind & Fire

    Spirit

    Earth| Wind & Fire

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fly Like An Eagle by The Steve Miller Band

    Fly Like An Eagle

    The Steve Miller Band

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    23
  4. 4
    Album cover for Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

    Frampton Comes Alive

    Peter Frampton

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    40
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hasten Down The Wind by Linda Ronstadt

    Hasten Down The Wind

    Linda Ronstadt

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

Bobby Fish

1976Bobby Fish, American professional wrestler[†]

Robert Anthony Fish is an American professional wrestler performing for Major League Wrestling (MLW). He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand and was a member of The Undisputed Era. In WWE, he is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his tag team partner Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2021 to 2022 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2014 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team reDRagon and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan both for Pro Wrestling Noah and for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.

1976Maneet Chauhan, Indian-American chef and author[†]

Maneet Chauhan is an Indian American chef and television personality. Previously the executive chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago, Nashville, and New York, she is featured as a judge on Chopped on the Food Network. She has appeared on The Next Iron Chef, on The View on ABC, Iron Chef America, the Today show on NBC, and as a judge on the finale of Worst Cooks in America on Food Network. She has also won the 2021 and 2024 Food Network competition Tournament of Champions.

Wilson JĂșnior (footballer, born 1976)

1976Wilson JĂșnior, Brazilian footballer[†]

Wilson Raimundo JĂșnior, known as Wilson JĂșnior, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

Historical Context for October 27, 1976

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