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December 28, 1976

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Headlines from December 28, 1976

ALBANY IS BEGINNING INQUIRY INTO EMPRISE, A RACING OPERATOR

By Steve Cady

NYS Racing and Wagering Bd will conduct inquiry of Emprise conglomerate to determine its fitness to conduct parimutuel racing; Emprise has come under increasing natl scrutiny since '72, when it was convicted and fined $10,000 on Fed felony charges of conspiring with racketeers to conceal ownership in Las Vegas hotel-casino; illus of John H Adamson, accused killer of Ariz Repub reporter Don Bolles, who supposedly linked Emprise with Mafia before dying (M)

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Travel in Soviet Bloc Is a Journey To Linked but Disparate Worlds

By Christopher S. Wren Special to The New York Times

article in series discusses disparities in USSR bloc on movements of people and ideas; there has been no visible rush to fulfill humanitarian provisions of '75 Helsinki Eur security agreement; differences in circulation of movies, books and periodicals discussed; TV has had particular impact in nations bordering W Eur; illus (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 22, 1976, covering December 28, 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
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for A Night On The Town by Rod Stewart

    A Night On The Town

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
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    24
  3. 3
    Album cover for Boston by Boston

    Boston

    Boston

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
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    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Hotel California by Eagles

    Hotel California

    Eagles

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Pretender by Jackson Browne

    Pretender

    Jackson Browne

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

Brendan Hines

1976Brendan Hines, American actor and singer[†]

Brendan Patrick Hines is an American actor. He has had a number of television roles, including as part of the main cast of Lie to Me as well as recurring roles in Scandal, Betrayal, Suits, Scorpion, Secrets and Lies, and a regular role in Amazon Video's The Tick and Netflix's Locke & Key. Hines has also had leading roles in a handful of films, and released three albums.

Joe Manganiello

1976Joe Manganiello, American actor[†]

Joseph Michael Manganiello is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of the HBO series True Blood.

1976Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker[†]

Trond Nymark is a Norwegian race walker. He was born in Bergen and represents TIF Viking.

Ben Tune

1976Ben Tune, Australian rugby player[†]

Ben Tune is a former Australian rugby union player. He played most of his rugby career on the wing but later switched to outside centre.

1976Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer[†]

Igor Žiković is a retired Croatian footballer.

Deddy Corbuzier

1976Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian presenter and magician[†]

Deodatus Andreas Deddy Cahyadi Sunjoyo, commonly known as Deddy Corbuzier, is an Indonesian television presenter, actor, YouTuber, and former mentalist. He is a recipient of the Merlin Award for "World's Best Mentalist" twice in a row. Deddy made his debut on television in 1998 with Impresario 008 on RCTI. He did many publicity stunts with many famous magicians. As an actor, Deddy starred in The Mentalist (2011). Deddy also wrote, directed, and starred in the action film Triangle The Dark Side (2016)

Notable Deaths

Katharine Byron

1976Katharine Byron, American politician (born 1903)[†]

Katharine Byron, a Democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941, to January 3, 1943. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland.

Historical Context for December 28, 1976

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