On this day
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US Amb to USSR Malcolm Toon is not permitted to deliver traditional July 4th speech over Soviet TV after he declines to delete sec alluding to Carter Adm's human rights policy (M)
Article on increasing popularity of soccer in US; illus (M)
HR Ways and Means Com decision to drop proposal to offer rebate to purchasers of fuel-efficient autos, and its 1-yr postponement of penalties for purchasers of wasteful cars noted (S)
Author Vladimir Nabokov dies; was 78; career revd; illus (L)
gunman hijacks Vermont-bound bus from Port Auth Bus terminal to airport, where he surrenders to police after killing bus driver and passenger; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 1977, covering July 5, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
The Steve Miller Band
Commodores
Barry Manilow
Peter Frampton
1977Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player[†]
Nicolas Kiefer is a German former professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of the 2006 Australian Open and won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Kiefer's career-high singles ranking was world No. 4, achieved in January 2000.
1977The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.[†]
The Pakistan Armed Forces are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backed by several paramilitary forces such as the National Guard and the Civil Armed Forces. A critical component to the armed forces' structure is the Strategic Plans Division Force, which is responsible for the maintenance and safeguarding of Pakistan's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile and assets. The president of Pakistan is the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces and the chain of command is organized under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) alongside the respective chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. All branches are systemically coordinated during joint operations and missions under the Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ).
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]