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| Born : | 09/30/1976 | Adita Linares, Miami Fla, spanish actress |
| Born : | 06/02/1976 | Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) |
| Born : | 09/16/1976 | Andres Javier Blazquez, PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) |
| Born : | 07/24/1976 | Anita Nall, US, breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1992) |
| Born : | 01/22/1976 | Balthazar Getty, actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies) |
| Born : | 05/26/1976 | Benji Gregory, Encino Calif, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf) |
| Born : | 02/11/1976 | Brice Beckham, Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare) |
| Born : | 04/06/1976 | Candace H Cameron, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House) |
| Born : | 02/25/1976 | Chris Pitman |
| Born : | 02/12/1976 | Christopher Pettiet, LA Calif, actor (Young Riders) |
| Born : | 01/06/1976 | Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss?) |
| Born : | 07/09/1976 | Fred Aaron Savage, Ill, actor (Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa) |
| Born : | 11/27/1976 | Jaleel White, LA Calif, actor (Steve Urkel-Family Matters) |
| Born : | 03/29/1976 | Jennifer Capriati, tennis pro (Federation Cup-1990) |
| Born : | 10/21/1976 | Jeremy Miller, West Covina Calif, actor (Ben-Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 04/13/1976 | Jonathan Brandis, Danbury Ct, actor (Never Ending Story II) |
| Born : | 03/31/1976 | Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years) |
| Born : | 03/22/1976 | Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters) |
| Born : | 03/23/1976 | Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club) |
| Born : | 02/06/1976 | Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92) |
| Born : | 12/01/1976 | Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee Wisc, Jeffrey Dahmer's victim |
| Born : | 06/06/1976 | Lukas Haas, actor (Witness, Music Box) |
| Born : | 06/06/1976 | Lukas Hass, actor (Lady in White) |
| Born : | 05/12/1976 | Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise) |
| Born : | 05/30/1976 | Omri Hairi Katz, LA Calif, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana) |
| Born : | 07/19/1976 | R J Williams, actor (General Hospital, Full House) |
| Born : | 05/05/1976 | Sage Stallone, actor (Rocky V)/Syvester's son |
| Born : | 04/24/1976 | Shane McDermott, actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing) |
| Born : | 04/06/1976 | Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster) |
| Born : | 08/06/1976 | Soleil Moon Frye, actress (Punky Brewster) |
| Born : | 11/12/1976 | Tevin Campbell, singer |
| Born : | 11/27/1976 | Tyrone Sutton |
| Died : | 03/06/1976 | "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, lt-hvywgt box champ (1932-34), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 06/10/1976 | Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 |
| Died : | 01/12/1976 | Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 06/02/1976 | Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 11/11/1976 | Alexander Calder, US sculptor, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 10/04/1976 | Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 04/26/1976 | Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 05/11/1976 | Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 11/23/1976 | Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies |
| Died : | 08/29/1976 | Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18 |
| Died : | 10/05/1976 | Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46 |
| Died : | 12/04/1976 | Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 03/24/1976 | Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88 |
| Died : | 11/09/1976 | Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 06/07/1976 | Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 03/14/1976 | Busby Berkeley, [William B Enos], US choreographer, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 10/15/1976 | Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74 |
| Died : | 04/25/1976 | Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies |
| Died : | 01/08/1976 | Chou En-lai, China's premier, dies of cancer in Peking at 78 |
| Died : | 07/21/1976 | Christopher Ewart-Biggs, Brit ambassador to Ireland is assassinated |
| Died : | 02/12/1976 | Clifton Williams, band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 10/10/1976 | Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 09/10/1976 | Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 06/13/1976 | Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies |
| Died : | 02/18/1976 | Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 02/01/1976 | Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 02/21/1976 | Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies |
| Died : | 06/16/1976 | Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed |
| Died : | 04/01/1976 | Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 02/21/1976 | Frieda Inescort, actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 08/02/1976 | Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 02/13/1976 | General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup |
| Died : | 12/16/1976 | George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months |
| Died : | 04/15/1976 | Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 02/24/1976 | H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 04/05/1976 | Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 06/06/1976 | J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London |
| Died : | 12/12/1976 | Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She), dies at 49 |
| Died : | 03/30/1976 | Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies |
| Died : | 05/31/1976 | Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies |
| Died : | 06/09/1976 | James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 04/23/1976 | James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 03/18/1976 | James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies |
| Died : | 08/08/1976 | John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered |
| Died : | 06/25/1976 | Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 08/22/1976 | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 05/14/1976 | Keith Reif, guitarist, electrocuted tuning his guitar |
| Died : | 01/19/1976 | Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), dies at 30 |
| Died : | 02/11/1976 | Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 02/13/1976 | Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 08/26/1976 | Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 03/17/1976 | Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Ital director (Terra Diaeresis), dies |
| Died : | 11/18/1976 | Man Ray, US artist (dada), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 09/09/1976 | Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 01/13/1976 | Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies |
| Died : | 04/24/1976 | Mark Tobey, US abstract artist, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 05/31/1976 | Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57 |
| Died : | 04/07/1976 | Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76 |
| Died : | 04/14/1976 | Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 09/10/1976 | Mordecai Johnson, 1st black president of Howard U, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 08/07/1976 | Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 04/26/1976 | Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 03/24/1976 | Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 09/21/1976 | Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies |
| Died : | 04/12/1976 | Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 01/23/1976 | Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia |
| Died : | 06/09/1976 | Paul T B Rodenko, poet/writer (No Loyality with 1 heks), dies |
| Died : | 07/15/1976 | Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 04/18/1976 | Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 04/08/1976 | Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 |
| Died : | 12/26/1976 | Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 08/10/1976 | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 07/27/1976 | Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease" |
| Died : | 04/02/1976 | Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 10/25/1976 | Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 12/20/1976 | Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 11/28/1976 | Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 05/27/1976 | Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 05/15/1976 | Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 04/23/1976 | Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 07/12/1976 | Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 05/05/1976 | Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 |
| Died : | 08/12/1976 | Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies |
| Died : | 05/08/1976 | Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies |
| Died : | 11/12/1976 | Walter Piston, US composer, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 08/26/1976 | Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 02/01/1976 | Werner C Heisenberg, German physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies |
| Died : | 08/17/1976 | William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 |
| Died : | 12/02/1976 | William Tannen, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 03/13/1976 | Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], comedian, dies at 77 |
| Special : | 01/16/1976 | "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premiers on ABC TV |
| Special : | 11/07/1976 | "Gone With the Wind" televised |
| Special : | 06/14/1976 | "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication) |
| Special : | 01/27/1976 | "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premiers on ABC TV |
| Special : | 02/01/1976 | "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premiers on ABC TV |
| Special : | 01/14/1976 | "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC) |
| Special : | 04/13/1976 | $2 bill re-introduced as US currency |
| Special : | 06/14/1976 | 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4 |
| Special : | 02/04/1976 | 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria |
| Special : | 03/08/1976 | 1774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China |
| Special : | 10/24/1976 | 1st Jewish film & TV festival |
| Special : | 04/13/1976 | 1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash |
| Special : | 08/12/1976 | 1st approach & lands test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise |
| Special : | 05/24/1976 | 1st commerial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC) |
| Special : | 10/15/1976 | 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) |
| Special : | 07/21/1976 | 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila |
| Special : | 04/06/1976 | 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" |
| Special : | 09/10/1976 | 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard |
| Special : | 12/21/1976 | 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins |
| Special : | 07/17/1976 | 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montr‚al |
| Special : | 07/28/1976 | 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake |
| Special : | 09/13/1976 | 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s) |
| Special : | 12/22/1976 | 35 Unification church couples wed in NYC |
| Special : | 07/15/1976 | 36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren & their bus driver in Calif |
| Special : | 10/12/1976 | 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & land test (ALT) flight |
| Special : | 09/10/1976 | 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, NY |
| Special : | 06/10/1976 | 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome |
| Special : | 01/26/1976 | 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20 |
| Special : | 02/04/1976 | 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras |
| Special : | 10/20/1976 | 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince |
| Special : | 03/29/1976 | 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students |
| Special : | 07/28/1976 | 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) |
| Special : | 07/27/1976 | 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese |
| Special : | 06/18/1976 | A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for œ340,000 |
| Special : | 06/17/1976 | ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA |
| Special : | 07/17/1976 | ABA merges into NBA |
| Special : | 10/04/1976 | Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke |
| Special : | 08/21/1976 | Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history |
| Special : | 12/27/1976 | Albania constitution goes into effect |
| Special : | 11/22/1976 | Algeria Constitution goes into effect |
| Special : | 10/21/1976 | American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Special : | 12/16/1976 | Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN |
| Special : | 03/24/1976 | Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military |
| Special : | 07/23/1976 | Balt Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game |
| Special : | 01/22/1976 | Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record) |
| Special : | 04/22/1976 | Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor |
| Special : | 11/06/1976 | Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP |
| Special : | 10/28/1976 | Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees) |
| Special : | 03/02/1976 | Bob Lurie becomes CEO of SF Giants |
| Special : | 05/30/1976 | Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) |
| Special : | 06/05/1976 | Bold Forbes wins Belmont Stakes |
| Special : | 05/01/1976 | Bold Forbes wins Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 04/10/1976 | Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7 |
| Special : | 03/05/1976 | British œ fell below $2 for 1st time |
| Special : | 01/09/1976 | Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot |
| Special : | 12/24/1976 | C Kowal discovers asteroid #2134 Dennispalm |
| Special : | 10/22/1976 | C Kowal discovers asteroid #2340 Hathor |
| Special : | 04/19/1976 | C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist |
| Special : | 03/02/1976 | C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2274 Ehrsson |
| Special : | 06/23/1976 | CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens |
| Special : | 04/--/1976 | Canucks 1-Isles 3-Preliminaries-Isles sweep 2-0 |
| Special : | 04/--/1976 | Canucks 3-Isles 5-Preliminaries-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
| Special : | 06/20/1976 | Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled |
| Special : | 06/06/1976 | Celtics beat Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2 |
| Special : | 02/28/1976 | Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession |
| Special : | 07/10/1976 | Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud) |
| Special : | 10/14/1976 | Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives Yanks pennant #30 |
| Special : | 10/21/1976 | Cin Reds sweep NY Yankees, in 73rd World Series |
| Special : | 01/24/1976 | Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89) |
| Special : | 03/31/1976 | Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth |
| Special : | 04/10/1976 | Cleve Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title |
| Special : | 02/11/1976 | Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army |
| Special : | 03/31/1976 | Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator |
| Special : | 07/13/1976 | Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct) |
| Special : | 02/24/1976 | Cuba adopts its constitution |
| Special : | 02/07/1976 | Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game |
| Special : | 02/13/1976 | Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria |
| Special : | 01/11/1976 | Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions |
| Special : | 03/06/1976 | Dorothy Hamill wins world figure skating chamiponship |
| Special : | 12/03/1976 | Dr Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq |
| Special : | 01/07/1976 | E F Helin discovers asteroid #2062 Aten |
| Special : | 08/30/1976 | E F Helin discovers asteroid #2645 Daphne Plane |
| Special : | 07/28/1976 | Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph |
| Special : | 09/16/1976 | Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop |
| Special : | 09/11/1976 | Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins) |
| Special : | 09/25/1976 | Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park |
| Special : | 02/07/1976 | FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY) |
| Special : | 04/13/1976 | Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes |
| Special : | 01/03/1976 | Felix Aguilar Obs discovers asteroids #2381 Landi & #2490 Bussolini |
| Special : | 11/18/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2507 Bobone |
| Special : | 10/21/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2550 Houssay |
| Special : | 09/25/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2745 |
| Special : | 04/23/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2808 |
| Special : | 04/05/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 |
| Special : | 04/26/1976 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3649 |
| Special : | 09/23/1976 | Ford-Carter TV debate |
| Special : | 07/02/1976 | Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam |
| Special : | 11/02/1976 | Former Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford |
| Special : | 01/08/1976 | Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles |
| Special : | 11/29/1976 | Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with Yankees |
| Special : | 01/30/1976 | George Bush becomes director of the CIA (until 1977) |
| Special : | 01/24/1976 | George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest |
| Special : | 11/20/1976 | George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live |
| Special : | 02/06/1976 | George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" |
| Special : | 11/19/1976 | George Harrison releases "This Song" |
| Special : | 04/20/1976 | George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python |
| Special : | 11/01/1976 | Gilbert Is (Kiribati) obtains internal self-gov't from Britain |
| Special : | 05/19/1976 | Gold ownership legalized in Australia |
| Special : | 12/13/1976 | Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur |
| Special : | 10/22/1976 | H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroids #2271 Kiso & #2470 Agematsu |
| Special : | 10/15/1976 | H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2313 |
| Special : | 02/29/1976 | H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2105 Gudy |
| Special : | 11/19/1976 | H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2329 Orthos |
| Special : | 04/05/1976 | Harold Wilson resigns as PM of England |
| Special : | 02/23/1976 | Harvard College discovers asteroid #2079 Jacchia |
| Special : | 11/20/1976 | Harvard College discovers asteroid #2133 Franceswright |
| Special : | 08/25/1976 | Harvard College discovers asteroid #2221 Chilton |
| Special : | 10/23/1976 | Harvard College discovers asteroids #2051 Chang & #2549 Baker |
| Special : | 04/30/1976 | Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Jimmy Young in Landover Md |
| Special : | 05/25/1976 | Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich |
| Special : | 01/17/1976 | Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency |
| Special : | 07/09/1976 | Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0 |
| Special : | 10/12/1976 | Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party |
| Special : | 03/09/1976 | Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0 |
| Special : | 03/30/1976 | Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation |
| Special : | 01/26/1976 | Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon |
| Special : | 12/20/1976 | Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns |
| Special : | 06/27/1976 | Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda |
| Special : | 10/30/1976 | Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show |
| Special : | 07/30/1976 | Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball |
| Special : | 06/20/1976 | Jerry Pate wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 11/02/1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) beats Pres Gerald Ford (R) for presidency |
| Special : | 03/14/1976 | Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins hias 7,000th race |
| Special : | 03/04/1976 | John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio |
| Special : | 06/30/1976 | John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 |
| Special : | 05/01/1976 | Jos Hermens, Netherlands sets record for 20,000 m, 57:24.2 |
| Special : | 08/11/1976 | Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami |
| Special : | 07/01/1976 | Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors |
| Special : | 06/19/1976 | King Charles XVI Gustaaf of Sweden marries German FR Silvia Sommerlath |
| Special : | 06/19/1976 | King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath |
| Special : | 05/04/1976 | Kiss performs their 1st concert |
| Special : | 10/28/1976 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2188 Orlenok |
| Special : | 02/08/1976 | Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130) |
| Special : | 07/20/1976 | Last US troops leave Thailand |
| Special : | 08/01/1976 | Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton) |
| Special : | 12/04/1976 | Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner) |
| Special : | 12/13/1976 | Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to SF 13h14m) |
| Special : | 05/31/1976 | Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London |
| Special : | 05/14/1976 | Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter |
| Special : | 02/17/1976 | Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) |
| Special : | 05/16/1976 | Mont Canadiens sweeps Phila Flyers for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 02/20/1976 | Muhammad Ali KOs Jean-Pierre Coopman |
| Special : | 04/04/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2369 Chekhov |
| Special : | 05/26/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2426 Simonov |
| Special : | 12/20/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2427 Kobzar & #2700 Baikonur |
| Special : | 09/25/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2776 Baikal |
| Special : | 04/03/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3493 |
| Special : | 04/02/1976 | N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia |
| Special : | 05/22/1976 | NASA launches space vehicle S-179 |
| Special : | 09/01/1976 | NASA launches space vehicle S-197 |
| Special : | 09/17/1976 | NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif |
| Special : | 06/18/1976 | NBA & ABA agree to merge |
| Special : | 01/28/1976 | NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak |
| Special : | 11/24/1976 | NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak |
| Special : | 01/01/1976 | NBC replaces the peacock logo |
| Special : | 09/01/1976 | NJ Meadowlands racetrack opens |
| Special : | 07/13/1976 | NL beats AL 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium Phila) |
| Special : | 08/28/1976 | NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup |
| Special : | 10/21/1976 | NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed |
| Special : | 10/20/1976 | NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Phila 76ers |
| Special : | 05/13/1976 | NY Nets beat Denver Nuggets in 9th & final ABA championship, 4 to 2 |
| Special : | 10/18/1976 | Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr |
| Special : | 10/14/1976 | Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman |
| Special : | 10/21/1976 | Nobel prize for literature awarded to Saul Bellow |
| Special : | 11/25/1976 | OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit |
| Special : | 02/17/1976 | Organic statute makes Macao autonomous |
| Special : | 02/27/1976 | P Wild discovers asteroids #2080 Jihlava, #2081 Sazava & #2088 Sahlia |
| Special : | 10/22/1976 | P Wild discovers asteroids #2337 & #2989 |
| Special : | 05/03/1976 | Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26) |
| Special : | 03/20/1976 | Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery |
| Special : | 12/21/1976 | Patricia R Harris named secretary of HUD |
| Special : | 02/13/1976 | Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes |
| Special : | 04/03/1976 | Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game |
| Special : | 09/26/1976 | Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title |
| Special : | 08/09/1976 | Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0 |
| Special : | 01/18/1976 | Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in Super Bowl X |
| Special : | 09/20/1976 | Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women |
| Special : | 08/19/1976 | Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention |
| Special : | 03/19/1976 | Princess Margaret seperates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years |
| Special : | 05/03/1976 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) |
| Special : | 12/12/1976 | QB Joe Namath last game as a NY Jet |
| Special : | 06/03/1976 | Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold |
| Special : | 02/27/1976 | R M West discovers asteroid #3004 |
| Special : | 08/11/1976 | Race riot in Cape Town, South-Africa; 17 die |
| Special : | 07/04/1976 | Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers |
| Special : | 10/30/1976 | Rev Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ |
| Special : | 09/18/1976 | Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention |
| Special : | 10/22/1976 | Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 |
| Special : | 11/16/1976 | Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 |
| Special : | 10/15/1976 | Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" |
| Special : | 11/26/1976 | Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single |
| Special : | 01/09/1976 | Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK |
| Special : | 09/17/1976 | Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album |
| Special : | 06/20/1976 | River Country opens |
| Special : | 07/16/1976 | Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years |
| Special : | 07/19/1976 | Rock group Deep Purple disbands |
| Special : | 03/17/1976 | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried |
| Special : | 09/06/1976 | Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet |
| Special : | 08/27/1976 | S J Bus discovers asteroid #2285 Ron Helin |
| Special : | 09/29/1976 | SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0 |
| Special : | 01/15/1976 | Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot Pres Ford |
| Special : | 08/01/1976 | Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20) |
| Special : | 09/12/1976 | Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24) |
| Special : | 07/31/1976 | Seychelle Independence (Independence day) |
| Special : | 06/29/1976 | Seychelles gains independence from Britain |
| Special : | 09/20/1976 | Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion |
| Special : | 02/01/1976 | Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce |
| Special : | 07/06/1976 | Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station |
| Special : | 08/24/1976 | Soyuz 21 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 09/15/1976 | Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days |
| Special : | 09/23/1976 | Soyuz 22 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 10/14/1976 | Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking |
| Special : | 10/16/1976 | Soyuz 23 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 02/28/1976 | Spain withdraws from Western Sahara |
| Special : | 11/18/1976 | Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship |
| Special : | 05/22/1976 | St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR |
| Special : | 08/16/1976 | St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo) |
| Special : | 06/16/1976 | Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day) |
| Special : | 01/21/1976 | Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France |
| Special : | 07/02/1976 | Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual |
| Special : | 04/21/1976 | Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing |
| Special : | 10/26/1976 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3159 Prokof'ev |
| Special : | 12/31/1976 | TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run |
| Special : | 01/14/1976 | Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves |
| Special : | 01/06/1976 | Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million |
| Special : | 06/05/1976 | Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die) |
| Special : | 07/18/1976 | Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut |
| Special : | 08/30/1976 | Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show |
| Special : | 10/16/1976 | Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec |
| Special : | 05/05/1976 | Train crash at Schiedam, kills 24 |
| Special : | 10/28/1976 | Train crashes at Goes, 7 die |
| Special : | 10/26/1976 | Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa |
| Special : | 08/27/1976 | Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open |
| Special : | 08/31/1976 | Trinidad & Tobago adopts constitution |
| Special : | 10/26/1976 | Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic |
| Special : | 08/30/1976 | Turks & Caicos Islands adopts constitution |
| Special : | 11/09/1976 | UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa |
| Special : | 12/21/1976 | UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child |
| Special : | 12/08/1976 | UN General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General |
| Special : | 12/07/1976 | UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term |
| Special : | 01/12/1976 | UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org |
| Special : | 06/19/1976 | US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth |
| Special : | 07/20/1976 | US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing |
| Special : | 09/07/1976 | US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine) |
| Special : | 06/03/1976 | US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta |
| Special : | 01/15/1976 | US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit |
| Special : | 08/09/1976 | USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth |
| Special : | 08/18/1976 | USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon |
| Special : | 07/09/1976 | Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe |
| Special : | 11/10/1976 | Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore |
| Special : | 11/25/1976 | Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity |
| Special : | 07/07/1976 | Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars |
| Special : | 09/03/1976 | Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos |
| Special : | 06/26/1976 | WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball |
| Special : | 03/02/1976 | Walt Disney World's 50-millionth guest |
| Special : | 01/23/1976 | Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5 |
| Special : | 09/01/1976 | Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) |
| Special : | 07/28/1976 | White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's |
| Special : | 09/12/1976 | White Sox Minnie Minoso at age 53 hits a single |
| Special : | 09/21/1976 | Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia |
| Special : | 07/23/1976 | Wings release "Let 'em In" |
| Special : | 04/30/1976 | Wings release "Silly Love Songs" |
| Special : | 03/26/1976 | Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album |
| Special : | 12/10/1976 | Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" |
| Special : | 02/07/1976 | World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR) |
| Special : | 04/15/1976 | Yankee stadium reopened, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0 |
| Special : | 10/09/1976 | Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1 |
| Special : | 08/25/1976 | Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings |
| Special : | 11/18/1976 | Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett |
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