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E Ger cracks down on restiveness and emigration spreading in wake of detente and weakening of Soviet control over Communist parties of E and W Eur (M)
Spain takes major step toward elective democracy as largely apptd Parliament left by Franco approves, 425-59 with 13 abstentions, gen elections for '77 and votes itself out of existence; Suarez illus (M)
Hamilton Jordan, who heads Pres-elect Carter's search for personnel for high Adm posts, says Carter wants to reassure business community about his gen econ policies by apptg Treas Sec who would be effective bridge between corp and financial worlds (M)
Fed Disease Control Center study says risk of dying from infected spontaneous abortion is 50 times higher among women who wear intrauterine devices while pregnant, rept in New England Journal of Med; devices must be removed at 1st sign of pregnancy (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 17, 1976, covering November 19, 1976.
Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin
Elton John
Boston
Peter Frampton
1976Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter[â ]
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American businessperson, who is a co-founder of Twitter, Inc. and its CEO during 2007â2008 and 2015â2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairman of Block, Inc.. He is also the founder of Bluesky.
1976Robin Dunne, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter[â ]
Robin Dunne is a Canadian actor who has had numerous leading roles in sequels throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his role as Doctor Will Zimmerman in the science fiction television series Sanctuary.
1976Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter[â ]
Jun Shibata , nicknamed "Shibajun", is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. In 2016, she was diagnosed with partial hearing loss.
1976Petr SĂ˝kora, Czech ice hockey player[â ]
Petr Sýkora is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota Wild. Sýkora played in six Stanley Cup Finals in his NHL career, winning the Stanley Cup twice, first in 2000 with the Devils, and then in 2009 with the Penguins.
1976Stylianos Venetidis, Greek footballer and manager[â ]
Stelios Venetidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender. He used to play in the left-back position, but could be also used on the left side of midfield.
1976Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (born 1907)[â ]
Sir Basil Urwin Spence, was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]