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June 16, 1977

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U. S. Orders Home General Who Called A MajorWar Likely

By Bernard Weinraub Special to The New York Times

Army Sec Clifford L Alexander orders Lt Gen Donn A Starry, comdr of US V Corps in W Ger, to rept to him to discuss speech Starry made in Ger saying that US would probably become involved in Chinese-Soviet war in future; Starry also condemned 'liberals' and 'liberal press' in his speech at Frankfurt Amer High School graduation on June 10; Col Ralph E Ropp, chief of Army's Public Information Div, says Starry is being called to Pentagon by Alexander and Army C/S Gen Bernard W Rogers to discuss speech; Starry illus (M)

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House Panel Rejects Heating‐Oil Rebate

By Edward Cowan Special to The New York Times

HR Banking subcom, in response to requests from NY apartment house landlords, votes to provide Fed ins on loans for installation of individual elec and natural gas meters in apartment bldgs that now have master metering (S)

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Spanish nuns casting their votes in Madrid yesterday, as Spain held its first free elections in 41 years

By James M. Markham Special to The New York Times

Prime Min Adolfo Suarez's rightist coalition apparently emerges as largest party as some 80% of electorate vote in 1st free election since '36; Juan Carlos does not vote to show impartiality; names Antonio Hernandez Gil as Parliament pres; names 41 relatively liberal Sens, including Torcuato Fernandez Miranda; illus (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 15, 1977, covering June 16, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by The Beatles

    The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Commodores by Commodores

    Commodores

    Commodores

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    12
  4. 4
    Album cover for Rocky by Soundtrack

    Rocky

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    16
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hotel California by Eagles

    Hotel California

    Eagles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26

Notable Births

Craig Fitzgibbon

1977Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]

Craig Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

Duncan Hames

1977Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician[†]

Duncan John Hames is a Director of Policy at Transparency International UK and a former Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire from 2010 to 2015. Between 2012 and 2015, he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Clegg when he was Deputy Prime Minister.

Kerry Wood

1977Kerry Wood, American baseball player[†]

Kerry Lee Wood is an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a 20-year-old rookie, when he recorded 20 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against the Houston Astros, which some have argued may be the greatest single-game pitching performance in MLB history. The game also made Wood the co-holder of the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game (20) and earned Wood the nickname "Kid K". He was later named the 1998 National League Rookie of the Year.

Notable Deaths

Wernher von Braun

1977Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (born 1912)[†]

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German–American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, and later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.

Historical Events

Oracle Corporation

1977Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.[†]

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in 1977 in Santa Clara, California, by Larry Ellison, who remains executive chairman, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world in 2020 by revenue and market capitalization. The company's 2023 ranking in the Forbes Global 2000 was 80.

Historical Context for June 16, 1977

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