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June 11, 1978

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Proposition 13 Is But the Tip Of the Iceberg

By Unknown Author

Call it, for want of a better label, The Cantankerous Factor. It crystallized with Vietnam and Watergate and has been a political force ever since. Its principal symptom is an acute skepticism, at times unchanneled, and voter assertiveness that says “no” —no to incumbents, no to familiar faces, no to government doing business as usual. Last week, in the busiest week so far of this election year, with primaries in eight states, the no's were louder than ever, and they have a potential for altering government at every level.

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State's Siren Song: Still Off‐Key

By Matthew L. Wald

Disorganized state of Fairfield County ambulance services described; illus; Conn Office of Emergency Med Services, formed in '74, has been unable to wrest control from profit-making ambulance services and local volunteer corps which jealously guard perogatives; Conn Health Dir Douglas Lloyd, other officials describe varying quality of services in towns (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1978, covering June 11, 1978.

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    Album cover for Saturday Night Fever by Soundtrack

    Saturday Night Fever

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    1
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    42
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    Album cover for London Town by Wings

    London Town

    Wings

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    Peak
    2
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    9
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    Album cover for Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione

    Feels So Good

    Chuck Mangione

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    3
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    33
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    Album cover for Showdown by The Isley Brothers

    Showdown

    The Isley Brothers

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    8
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    Album cover for Earth by Jefferson Starship

    Earth

    Jefferson Starship

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    13

Notable Births

Joshua Jackson

1978Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor[†]

Joshua Carter Jackson is an American and Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayals of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), a troubled married man on Showtime's The Affair (2014–2018), and Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. Death (2021-present). For the last of these, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor. His other credits include When They See Us (2019), Little Fires Everywhere (2020), and Doctor Odyssey (2024).

Daryl Tuffey

1978Daryl Tuffey, New Zealand cricketer[†]

Daryl Raymond Tuffey is a former New Zealand cricketer who represented New Zealand in all formats internationally. Tuffey was born in Milton, Otago, and played domestic first-class cricket for Northern Districts Knights. Tuffey retired from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2012.

Historical Events

Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)

1978Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.[†]

Altaf Hussain is a British Pakistani politician who is known as the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and has been living in exile in the UK since the start of Operation Clean-up. Since 2015, he has been a fugitive from the Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan on the charges of 'murder, targeted killing, treason, inciting violence and hate speech'. He went on trial in the UK in January 2022 for 'promoting terrorism and unrest through hate speech in Pakistan', and was acquitted the next month. He had fled the country in 1992 after a crackdown against his party was launched.

Historical Context for June 11, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]