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Kibbee, NYS Higher Educ Bd Chmn Harold M Jacobs, and union faculty union pres Irwin H Polishook criticize proposal by Gov Carey's comm on postsecondary educ to reorganize CUNY and SUNY systems into 2 new statewide systems (M)
Pres Amin drops demand that all Amers in Uganda remain in country until they meet with him, and Carter Adm looks back with satisfaction on handling of case, its 1st internatl crisis; State Dept continues policy of giving few details about affair; illus (M)
Carter, in White House meeting with Soviet dissident Vladimir K Bukovsky, reptdly stresses his commitment to human rights is 'permanent' and that he does not intend to be timid in public statements on it (M)
Carter illus with Gen George S Brown and Defense Sec Brown following Carter's visit to Pentagon
Pres Carter tells Defense Dept gathering, Washington, that he will name blue ribbon comm to study ways of curbing rising and 'almost uncontrollable' cost of mil retirement pensions; describes as 'excessive' current system, which allows servicemen to retire from active duty and take civilian jobs with Fed Govt; Defense Sec Brown's estimate, that pension payments will reach $9-billion for fiscal '78, noted (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 2, 1977, covering March 2, 1977.
Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Eagles
Pink Floyd
Stevie Wonder
Al Stewart
1977Dominique Canty, American basketball player and coach[†]
Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player, most recently with the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.
1977Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter (Coldplay)[†]
Christopher Anthony John Martin is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
1977Heather McComb, American actress[†]
Heather McComb is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Maggie on Party of Five (1998–1999) and Frances Malone in Profiler (1997–1998).
1977Stephen Parry, English swimmer and sportscaster[†]
Stephen Benjamin Parry is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He competed internationally in 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly events.
1977Andrew Strauss, South African-English cricketer[†]
Sir Andrew John Strauss is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the England national team in all formats of the game. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favoured scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. He was also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers.
1977Eugénie Brazier, French chef (born 1895)[†]
Eugénie Brazier, known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier in the rue Royale, one of the main streets of Lyon, and a second, also called La Mère Brazier, outside the city. This achievement was unmatched until Alain Ducasse was awarded six stars with the publication of the 1998 Michelin Guide.
1977Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".[†]
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. With an area of almost 1.8 million km2 (700,000 sq mi), it is the 4th-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat. The largest city and capital is Tripoli, which is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]