Jón Þór Birgisson eli Jónsi (s. 23. huhtikuuta 1975) on islantilaisen post-rock yhtye Sigur Rósin laulaja-kitaristi. Hänen tavaramerkkinsä on ”jousikitara”, eli hän soittaa sähkökitaraansa sellon jousella luodakseen hyvin kaikupohjaisen, mutta melodisen soinnin. Jón laulaa yleensä falsetista.
Lue lisää...23. huhtikuuta 1975 oli keskiviikkona tähtimerkin ♉ alla. Se oli 112 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli Gerald R. Ford.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 50 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli keskiviikkona 23. huhtikuuta 2025, 149 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on torstaina 23. huhtikuuta 2026, 215 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 18 412 päivää tai noin 441 910 tuntia tai noin 26 514 653 minuuttia tai noin 1 590 879 180 sekuntia.
Date: 24 April 1975
White House press sec Ron Nessen repts Pres Ford's 1st action upon rising is reading Washington Post, even before reading overnight news summary and intelligence repts prepared by White House aides, CIA and others, then reads NY Times; last paper he reads is Washington Star, after reading about 12 others during day; papers noted (S)
Date: 24 April 1975
By LAWRENCE FELLOWS Special to The New York Times
Lawrence Special
Kingsley Gillespie, publisher of Stamford, Conn, Advocate and Greenwich Time and pres of WSTC radio, insists during FCC hearing that he had not used his power to suppress news or to deny forum for aspiring politicians who failed to win his personal approval; says there is no communication among news depts of his papers and radio station; is applying for renewal of broadcasting license for WSTC and was challenged by group, Radio Stamford, which made competing application for WSTC's license; group, headed by Alphonsus J Donohue Jr, contends that Gillespie's newspapers and station constitute 'undue concentration of mass media power; Advocate's defense James F Bingham comments
Date: 23 April 1975
Bklyn Sup Ct Justice M Michael Potoker issues ruling that reporter has right to protect confidentiality of news sources; issues ruling in quashing subpoena for Thomas Raftery, NY Daily News reporter; Raftery had been subpoenaed Feb 27 by attys for Henry Marahan and son Henry, who has been arrested 1 yr ago on charges of illegal possession of weapons; Raftery, in article published in News on Apr 26, '74, had written that police had acted on anonymous phone tip; defendants' attys issued subpoena to get Raftery to disclose who in Police Dept had told him of tip; Potoker held that defendants were not seeking information dealing directly with criminal act (S)
Date: 24 April 1975
Opposition members of S Korean Natl Assembly on Apr 23 clash with riot police in several parts of Seoul as they defy police ban on selling their party newspaper, which is severely critical of Pres Park Chung Hee's Govt (S)
Date: 24 April 1975
HR Judiciary subcom headed by Repr Robert W Kastenmeier hears testimony from Justice Dept and from Reporters Com for Freedom of press on proposed newsman's shield law; Asst Atty Gen Antonin Scalia contends that law enforcement could not be maintained under restrictions against questioning of reporters contained in bill; Reporters Com argues that only absolute privilege of keeping confidentiality would provide adequate protection and that qualified measure is worse than no measure at all; reporter, under Kastenmeier bill, could refuse to disclose to any govt investigation any information he had recd as newsman and its source; at trial could be required to reveal information if it had not been given to him in confidence or if ct found it indispensible and not obtainable elsewhere; Scalia repts that from mid-1970 through early '73, dept approved subpoenas for 13 reporters; Repr Robert F Drinan calls figure 'explosive bombshell'; Jack Nelson of reporters com says group had discovered 46 cases in '74 in which reporters were served with subpoenas, 26 of them in Fed cases of which only 3 had been approved by Justice Dept (M)
Date: 23 April 1975
NY Times repts consolidated net income for qr ended Mar 31 fell to $3.81-million, while consolidated revenues rose to record $97.58-million; repts most of earnings decrease was caused by Times newspaper, which earned 6c a share in 1st qr; Cyrus R Vance is named new dir; shareholder Wilma Soss nominates Sally Reston as dir and Evelyn Y Davis nominates Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Reed J Irvine, chmn of Accuracy in Media, accuses Times of practicing advocacy journalism; Times pres and publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger acknowledges that Times is studying 6-column format; shareholders vote to ratify apptmt of Haskins & Sells as co's auditors; 1st-qr ad and circulation revenues rose 6% while ad linage declined by about 10%; pre-tax income from magazines fell to $1.63-million; equity in earnings of co's 3 Canadian newsprint associates rose to $1.81-million; Vance por (M)
Date: 23 April 1975
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ Special to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZ
Gov Carey warns unless NYS fiscal '75-76 budget deficit is erased state will be unable to help Mayor Beame eliminate $641.5-million deficit in city's fiscal '76 expense budget, special budget message to Legis (S)