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October 12, 1977

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Headlines from October 12, 1977

Jeweler's Body Believed Found

By Selwyn Raab

badly charred body of murder victim resembling missing diamond dealer Abraham Shafizadeh is found in Puerto Rico; body was found July 29 by Puerto Rican police but they apparently did not investigate if it was Shafizadeh until newspaper reporter Manuel Suarez noticed coincidence between date of dealers disappearance and finding of body; por of Shafizadeh (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 12, 1977, covering October 12, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  2. 2
    Album cover for Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt

    Simple Dreams

    Linda Ronstadt

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Shaun Cassidy by Shaun Cassidy

    Shaun Cassidy

    Shaun Cassidy

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    17
  4. 4
    Album cover for Moody Blue by Elvis Presley

    Moody Blue

    Elvis Presley

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Foreigner by Foreigner

    Foreigner

    Foreigner

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    30

Notable Births

Cristie Kerr

1977Cristie Kerr, American golfer[†]

Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three time periods in 2010. She is naturally left handed but plays golf right handed.

Bode Miller

1977Bode Miller, American skier[†]

Samuel Bode Miller is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.

1977Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer[†]

Javier Eduardo Toyo Bárcenas is a Venezuelan football goalkeeper. He was a member of the Venezuela national football team.

Historical Events

Hua Guofeng

1977Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China.[†]

Hua Guofeng was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the 2nd premier of China. The designated successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of supreme power by a coalition of party leaders between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002.

Historical Context for October 12, 1977

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