On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 à 1920 PNG · created on your device
Utah Gov Calvin L Rampton stays execution of Gilmore until Pardons Bd meets on Nov 17; Gilmore scores action; Rampton comments; his por (M)
Newly apptd NYS Housing Comr John G Heimann urges end to 'hidden subsidies,' which include tax abatements and mortgage interest-rate 'differentials' that benefit developers; such subsidies have been major aspect of NYC programs like Mitchell-Lama system to finance middle-income apt construction (S)
Teamsters' Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund names former Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst as individual defendant in $14-million damage suit that it filed in Aug alleging fraud by 5 life ins cos; says decision followed unsuccessful efforts to obtain voluntary return of $250,000 fee shared by Kleindienst and Thomas Webb Jr for helping steer millions of dollars in fund premiums to cos involved in alleged plot; SEC suit charges that result of deal was elaborate swindle under which 4 men switched premiums from Old Security Life Ins, the lead co, to 2 smaller cos under their personal control and illegally diverted at least $3-million; called Joseph Hauser central figure in alleged fraud; Kleindienst, who was not named in SEC suit, told SEC that his principal function was to make contact with teamsters pres Fitzsimmons for any help that he could give in swinging fund's life ins business; says his $125,000 share of fee went to his law firm, Welch, Morgan & Kleindienst, rather than to him personally; cordial relations between teamsters and Justice Dept under Nixon Adm recalled (M)
Fed Reserve Bd chmn Arthur Burns, testifying before Sen Banking Com, warns against possible inflationary consequences of trying to stimulate econ through tax cuts, more Fed spending or loosening monetary policy; Pres-elect Carter has said he would consider such remedies in Jan if recovery pace fails to quicken; speculation on whether Burns and Carter are on collision course (M)
Rev of impact of new campaign finance law on '76 elections finds that vast power of wealthy persons and special-interest groups to influence Pres and Cong candidates was reduced to minimal level by new limits on size of contributions (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 10, 1976, covering November 12, 1976.
Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin
Elton John
Peter Frampton
Earth| Wind & Fire
1976Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor[â ]
Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He performed gospel in his local church from an early age. Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to Warner Bros. Records. In 1989, Campbell collaborated with Quincy Jones performing lead vocals for "Tomorrow" on Jones' album Back on the Block and released his Platinum-selling debut album, T.E.V.I.N. The album included his highest-charting single to date, "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The debut album also included the singles "Alone With You", and "Goodbye".
1976Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist[â ]
Judith Holfelder-Roy, known by her stage name Judith Holofernes, is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.
1976Richelle Mead, American author and educator[â ]
Richelle Mead is an American fantasy author who is known for the Georgina Kincaid series, Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and the Dark Swan series.
1976MirosÅaw Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist[â ]
MirosÅaw Szymkowiak is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Szymkowiak is also a former member of the Poland national team.
1976Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (born 1893)[â ]
Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan. The bureau is famous for its fighter aircraft, rapid interceptors and multi-role combat aircraft which were staples of the Soviet Air Forces throughout the Cold War. The bureau designed 170 projects of which 94 were made in series. In total, 45,000 MiG aircraft have been manufactured domestically, of which 11,000 aircraft were exported. The last plane which Gurevich personally worked on before his retirement was the MiG-25.
1976Walter Piston, American composer and academic (born 1894)[â ]
Walter Hamor Piston, Jr., was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]