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PR Criminal Investigation Bur Dir Col Hector Lugo announces beginning of 'new and concentrated' probe into murders and disappearances of diamond dealers Shafizadeh, Block and Dershowitz following finding of charred body believed to be Shafizadeh; other developments noted (M)
Carter decides to delay introducing his tax reform pkg to avoid further dilution of his energy pkg that includes tax elements; delay may jeopardize prospects for enacting reforms in '78 (M)
State's Atty Dennis A Santore rejects request from state police to reopen murder case against Peter Reilly; State Police Comr Edward P Leonard Jr scores decision; says police may release 'complete file' on case; Reilly por (L)
Burt Hooton, who pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers back to even terms with the Yankees last night in the strugged for the baseball championship of North America, could have been an employee of the Mets if the tenants of Shea Stadium had had a proper respect for higher education.
Sup Ct hears Univ of Calif v Bakke case on Oct 12; Bakke lawyer Reynold H Colvin, Univ of Calif lawyer Archibald Cox and Justice Dept Solicitor Gen Wade H McCree Jr present arguments; outcome of case remains in doubt, although several Justices hint that they might favor sending case back to Calif cts for further examination; Assoc Justices Byron R White, Potter Stewart and Harry A Blackmun comment; case revd; small group demonstrates outside for ruling against Bakke; drawing of Ct proceedings; illus of spectators lining up for session (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 12, 1977, covering October 13, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Linda Ronstadt
Shaun Cassidy
Elvis Presley
Foreigner
1977Gareth Batty, English cricketer[†]
Gareth Jon Batty is an English former cricketer who is best known as a spin-bowler. He has represented England in all formats and was the captain of Surrey County Cricket Club between 2015 and 2017. In October 2021, Batty retired from playing cricket and became a member of the coaching team at Surrey. He is the younger brother of former Yorkshire and Somerset off-spinner Jeremy Batty.
1977Benjamin Clapp, American drummer[†]
Benjamin Clapp is an American musician from Boise, Idaho. He has performed, composed, and recorded music with numerous artists, most notably Erik Sanko and Skeleton Key, Tom Marshall (Phish) and Amfibian, Anthony Krizan, Jim Breuer, Kronos Quartet, Jesse Blaze Snider and Baptized By Fire, Dee Snider, Billy Martin, David Peel, and White Trash.
1977Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer[†]
Antonio Di Natale is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a striker.
1977Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor[†]
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band and musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew Whiteman (guitar) and Charles Spearin (guitar).
1977Paul Pierce, American basketball player[†]
Paul Anthony Pierce is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics. As of September 2024, he is a contributor to the FS1 sports talk show Speak.
1977Kiele Sanchez, American actress[†]
Kiele Sanchez is an American actress who starred in the A&E Network drama The Glades. Previously, she had starred as Anne Sorelli in The WB comedy-drama Related and as Nikki Fernandez on the main cast in the third season of the ABC television drama series Lost. She also starred in the DirecTV drama series Kingdom on the Audience Network.
1977Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.[†]
Lufthansa Flight 181, a Boeing 737-230C jet airliner named Landshut, was hijacked on 13 October 1977 by four militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine while en route from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to Frankfurt am Main, West Germany. The hijacking aimed to secure the release of eleven notorious Red Army Faction leaders held in West German prisons and two Palestinians held in Turkey. This event was part of the so-called German Autumn, intended to increase pressure on the West German government. The hijackers diverted the flight to several locations before ending in Mogadishu, Somalia, where the crisis concluded in the early morning hours of 18 October 1977 under the cover of darkness. The West German counter-terrorism unit GSG 9, with ground support from the Somali Armed Forces, stormed the aircraft, rescuing all 87 passengers and four crew members. The captain of the flight was killed by the hijackers earlier in the ordeal.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]