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March 15, 1977

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Headlines from March 15, 1977

Annenberg Threatening to Cancel $40 Million Arts Center at the Met

By Robert D. McFadden

Walter H Annenberg, in open lr to NYC citizens that appears as ad in NY Times, threatens to withdraw $40-million pledge to establish and maintain fine-arts center at Met Museum because of mounting controversy over project; controversy concerns such questions as center's function, its autonomy from museum's operation and use of city-leased property for project that some see as unrelated to museum's fundamental museum and city officials comment (M)

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Tariff Is Urged For TV Imports By Trade Body

By Paul Lewis

ITC urges Pres Carter to impose additional tariffs on selected imports; recommendations seen causing dilemma for Adm since it risks retaliation by other nations and will raise domestic prices at time when economists are concerned about renewed inflation (M)

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U.S, WEIGHS REQUEST BY ZAIRE FOR HELP

By Bernard Gwertzman Special to The New York Times

Carter Adm concerned about reptd capture of border towns in Zaire by mercenaries crossing from Angola; considers urgent request from Zaire for spare parts and other mil equipment (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 9, 1977, covering March 15, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) by Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

    A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

    Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hotel California by Eagles

    Hotel California

    Eagles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for Animals by Pink Floyd

    Animals

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

    Songs In The Key Of Life

    Stevie Wonder

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22

Notable Births

Joe Hahn

1977Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist[†]

Joseph Hahn is an American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist best known as the DJ and creative director of the rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all eight of Linkin Park's albums. Hahn and bandmate Mike Shinoda are responsible for most of Linkin Park's album artwork. Hahn also directed many of the band's music videos.

Brian Tee

1977Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor[†]

Jae-Beom Takata , known professionally as Brian Tee, is an American actor. Born in Okinawa, Tee immigrated with his family to California when he was 2 years old. He attended the University of California and began pursuing his television career. His first appearance on the small screen came in 2000 when he had a small role on the television series The Pretender. He went on to appear in the television series Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, and had a recurring role on Zoey 101. From 2015 to 2022, Tee starred in the first eight seasons of NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi.

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

1977Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (died 2008)[†]

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC was an Indian Army officer, who was serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guard on deputation. He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks and was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, on 26 January 2009.

Notable Deaths

Hubert Aquin

1977Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (born 1929)[†]

Hubert Aquin was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode. He is also an important figure in the history of the Quebec independence movement, to which he contributed both as an activist and as an essayist. Tempted by suicide for a great part of his existence, he ended his life in 1977 in the gardens of Villa Maria College.

Antonino Rocca

1977Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (born 1921)[†]

Antonino Rocca was an Italian naturalized Argentinian professional wrestler. He tag teamed with partner Miguel Pérez. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 1995 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.

Historical Context for March 15, 1977

In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]