On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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USCG rejects plan to burn off parts of oil spill because it cannot find patches large enough; shift of wind pushes oil away from internatl fishing grounds; ownership of Argo Merchant remains obscure (M)
China is making major drive to mechanize farms by '80 and improve performance of local party units in effort to speed agr production; programs have been reaffirmed at recent agr meeting in Peking attended by 5,000 delegates; Mao's widow, Chiang Ching, and 3 associates arrested in Oct are accused of interfering with programs; illus of Prime Min Hua Kuo-feng transplanting rice (M)
Israeli soldiers patrol Bethlehem on Christmas eve; illus (S)
Record $20,000 and $20,800 fines are levied against Lawrence Hassell and William McCrorie--detectives accused of stealing $3,500 during drug raid on Manhattan apt more than 6 yrs ago (M)
HR Select Com on Assassinations says its probes have obtained uncorroborated testimony that James Earl Ray recd instructions from secret conspirator in his flight after murder of King; subcom chmn Repr Walter E Fauntroy comments on testimony reliability; data is part of that given to HR to justify com budget; Ray lawyer James Lesar comments (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 22, 1976, covering December 25, 1976.
Stevie Wonder
Rod Stewart
Boston
Eagles
Jackson Browne
1976Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer[â ]
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the primary songwriter, keyboardist, and founding member of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that his songwriting is influenced by harmonic film music.
1976Atko VĂ€ikmeri, Estonian footballer[â ]
Atko VĂ€ikmeri is an Estonian football coach and former football defender. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Tervis PĂ€rnu.
1976Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer[â ]
Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world".
1976EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.[â ]
EgyptAir Flight 864 was a flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport to Tokyo International Airport, via Cairo, Bombay, and Bangkok. On 25 December 1976, the Boeing 707 crashed into an industrial complex in Bangkok. All 52 people on board were killed, plus 19 on the ground in the crash.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[â ]