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Mich State horticulturist Dr Stanley K Ries says tests indicate that crop yields can be increased up to 63% by adding trace amts of triacontanol, substance isolated from alfalfa hay (M)
S African police officers deny under oath they assaulted Steven Biko but admit they forced him to spend 19 days naked in cell before moving him to office where they interrogated him and kept him shackled for 50 hrs, inquest hearing, Pretoria; illus (L)
illus of Koch and Beame as they begin transition talks
USAF Acad repeals its ban against pregnancy but will expel pregnant students who marry; policy bars married students from acad (M)
TRENTON, Nov. 14—Bill Bradley, the 34‐year‐old former New York Knicks basketball player, formally opened a bid today for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat held by Clifford P. Case, Republican of Rahway, whose term expires next year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 9, 1977, covering November 15, 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
Linda Ronstadt
Steely Dan
Foreigner
The Rolling Stones
1977Richard Lintner, Slovak ice hockey player[â ]
Richard Lintner is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League and current television presenter. He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators, New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1977Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland[â ]
Steven John Miles is an Australian politician who was the 40th premier of Queensland, in office for 10 months from 2023 to 2024. He is the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.
1977Sean Murray, American actor[â ]
Sean Harland Murray is an American actor known for his role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the American TV drama NCIS, Thackery Binx in Disney's Halloween film Hocus Pocus and Danny Walden in the military drama series JAG.
1977Peter Phillips, English businessman[â ]
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips is a British businessman. He is the son of Anne, Princess Royal, and Mark Phillips, and a nephew of King Charles III. At the time of his birth during the reign of his maternal grandmother Elizabeth II, he was 5th in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2025, he is 19th.
1977Robaire Smith, American football player[â ]
Robaire Fredrick Smith is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[â ]