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CAIRO, July 25—A precarious ceasefire appeared to be taking hold in the Libyan‐Egyptian border region today as the Government of Col. Muammar el‐Qaddaft studied a set of Egyptian conditions Put to it through Algerian and Palestinian mediators.
New York City's major banks and municipal employee pension funds have agreed to the refinancing of $2.5 billion in debt issued by the city and the Municipal Assistance Corporation. This ‘will clear the way for the city to sell its own securities to the public, possibly as soon as September.
WASHINGTON, July 25—A Senate committee accepted today Budget Director Bert Lance's content:sc that there was “nothing improper” in his personal or ‘business finances and decided not to investigate them further.
WASHINGTON. July 25 — President Carter charged today that criticism of his Administration's record on blacks and the poor damaged “the hopes and aspirations of those poor people.”
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. July 25—Diplomatic sources said today that Albania had asked China to pull out its technical experts in a move that could lead to break in the 16‐year‐old allince.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 20, 1977, covering July 26, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Peter Frampton
Barry Manilow
Barbra Streisand
Kiss
1977Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player[†]
Joaquín Antonio Benoit Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Washington Nationals.
1977Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager[†]
Martin Laursen is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the centre-back position. He played three seasons for Italian club A.C. Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A championship. He also played for Italian clubs Hellas Verona and Parma, and was the team captain of English club Aston Villa. He was most recently the manager of Søllerød-Vedbæk.
1977Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater[†]
Tanja Szewczenko is a German former figure skater. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World Junior bronze medalist.
1977The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.[†]
Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]