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Events on the year of 1976 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1976 "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 92 performances
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01 Jan 1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
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01 Jan 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
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01 Jan 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
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02 Jan 1976 The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
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03 Jan 1976 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
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04 Jan 1976 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
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04 Jan 1976 "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater, New York City
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04 Jan 1976 The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
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05 Jan 1976 "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
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05 Jan 1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
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05 Jan 1976 The Troubles: In response to the killing of six Catholics the night before, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.
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05 Jan 1976 The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
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06 Jan 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
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08 Jan 1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
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09 Jan 1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
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09 Jan 1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
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09 Jan 1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in the UK
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11 Jan 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 performances
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11 Jan 1976 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
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11 Jan 1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" premieres in New York City NY
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11 Jan 1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
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11 Jan 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 193 performances
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11 Jan 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship
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12 Jan 1976 The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
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12 Jan 1976 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
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13 Jan 1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
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14 Jan 1976 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
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14 Jan 1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
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15 Jan 1976 Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
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15 Jan 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
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15 Jan 1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
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15 Jan 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford
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16 Jan 1976 "Donny & Marie" Osmond musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
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16 Jan 1976 Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
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17 Jan 1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
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17 Jan 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
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18 Jan 1976 Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
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18 Jan 1976 Super Bowl X Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, Wide Receiver
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20 Jan 1976 29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
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21 Jan 1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
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21 Jan 1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
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22 Jan 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
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23 Jan 1976 Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat the New York Rangers 7-5
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23 Jan 1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide
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24 Jan 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 points (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
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24 Jan 1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
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25 Jan 1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland
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26 Jan 1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
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26 Jan 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
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26 Jan 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
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26 Jan 1976 6th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 23-20
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26 Jan 1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
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26 Jan 1976 David Mamet's "American Buffalo" premieres in New York City NY
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27 Jan 1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
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27 Jan 1976 9th ABA All-Star Game Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
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27 Jan 1976 Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara
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27 Jan 1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
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28 Jan 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
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28 Jan 1976 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park
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29 Jan 1976 Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
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30 Jan 1976 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg
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30 Jan 1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
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30 Jan 1976 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
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31 Jan 1976 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
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31 Jan 1976 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
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01 Feb 1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
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01 Feb 1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to
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01 Feb 1976 Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
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02 Feb 1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
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02 Feb 1976 "Rich Little Show, " debuts on NBC-TV
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02 Feb 1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
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02 Feb 1976 The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
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03 Feb 1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
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04 Feb 1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
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04 Feb 1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras
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04 Feb 1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
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05 Feb 1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
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05 Feb 1976 The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
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06 Feb 1976 In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
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07 Feb 1976 Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
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07 Feb 1976 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn NY)
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08 Feb 1976 Hua Guofeng becomes Premier of China PR
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08 Feb 1976 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
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08 Feb 1976 Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs. Washington - 21,130)
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11 Feb 1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black Secretary of Army
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13 Feb 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
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13 Feb 1976 Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
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14 Feb 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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15 Feb 1976 The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
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15 Feb 1976 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria
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15 Feb 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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17 Feb 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 7 performances
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17 Feb 1976 Organic statute makes Macao autonomous
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17 Feb 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
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17 Feb 1976 New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs India
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17 Feb 1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs India, his 1st match-winning spell
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19 Feb 1976 Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417
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19 Feb 1976 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
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20 Feb 1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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21 Feb 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances
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21 Feb 1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
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22 Feb 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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23 Feb 1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
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24 Feb 1976 Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
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24 Feb 1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
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24 Feb 1976 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock" premieres in New York NY
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24 Feb 1976 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
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26 Feb 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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27 Feb 1976 The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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27 Feb 1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
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28 Feb 1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
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28 Feb 1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
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28 Feb 1976 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win
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02 Mar 1976 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 766 performances
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02 Mar 1976 Bob Lurie becomes CEO of SF Giants
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02 Mar 1976 Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
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03 Mar 1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
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04 Mar 1976 John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
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04 Mar 1976 San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth
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04 Mar 1976 The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
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06 Mar 1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS)
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06 Mar 1976 Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS)
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06 Mar 1976 Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill
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07 Mar 1976 Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
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08 Mar 1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
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09 Mar 1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
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09 Mar 1976 Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
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12 Mar 1976 South African troops leave Angola
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14 Mar 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
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14 Mar 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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15 Mar 1976 Failed coup in Nigeria
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16 Mar 1976 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
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16 Mar 1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns
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17 Mar 1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
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17 Mar 1976 Malikov skates world record 1000 meter (1:15.76)
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17 Mar 1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
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17 Mar 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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19 Mar 1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
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20 Mar 1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1:15.70)
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20 Mar 1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
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23 Mar 1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
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24 Mar 1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.
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24 Mar 1976 Argentine President Isabel Per
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25 Mar 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 384 performances
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25 Mar 1976 "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC for 48 performances
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25 Mar 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties
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26 Mar 1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album
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26 Mar 1976 American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M
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27 Mar 1976 The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
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27 Mar 1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
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27 Mar 1976 Washington DC underground Metro opens
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29 Mar 1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
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29 Mar 1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
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30 Mar 1976 The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
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30 Mar 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
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31 Mar 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff berth
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31 Mar 1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
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01 Apr 1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
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01 Apr 1976 The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect, soon revealed as an April Fools' Day hoax, is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore.
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01 Apr 1976 Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S..
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01 Apr 1976 Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
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02 Apr 1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds Prince Sihanouk as Premier
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02 Apr 1976 Portuguese constitution assumed
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03 Apr 1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
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04 Apr 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
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04 Apr 1976 Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
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05 Apr 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England
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05 Apr 1976 In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
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06 Apr 1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
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07 Apr 1976 Chinese Politburo fires Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping
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07 Apr 1976 Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.
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09 Apr 1976 US and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
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10 Apr 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yankees win 9-7
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10 Apr 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
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11 Apr 1976 The Apple I is created.
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11 Apr 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
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12 Apr 1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, 6 wickets 7 overs spare
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13 Apr 1976 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
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13 Apr 1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
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13 Apr 1976 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington
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13 Apr 1976 Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
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15 Apr 1976 Yankee Stadium reopens, Yankees beat Twins after trailing 4-0
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17 Apr 1976 National League greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive homeruns
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18 Apr 1976 30th Tony Awards Travesties & Chorus Line win
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18 Apr 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten - Ping Golf Open
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19 Apr 1976 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wisconsin in 2:47:10
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19 Apr 1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19
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20 Apr 1976 George Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python
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21 Apr 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
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21 Apr 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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22 Apr 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
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22 Apr 1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
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25 Apr 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
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25 Apr 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
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25 Apr 1976 India all out for 97 vs West Indies
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25 Apr 1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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25 Apr 1976 Portugal adopts constitution
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26 Apr 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York-Tokyo
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27 Apr 1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances
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27 Apr 1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi
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29 Apr 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
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30 Apr 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
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30 Apr 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
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30 Apr 1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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30 Apr 1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba
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01 May 1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6
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01 May 1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
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02 May 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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03 May 1976 Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
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04 May 1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 performances
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04 May 1976 Kiss performs their 1st concert
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05 May 1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
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05 May 1976 Train collision at Schiedam Neth, kills 24
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06 May 1976 An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
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08 May 1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 performances
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08 May 1976 The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
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09 May 1976 "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 performances
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09 May 1976 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
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11 May 1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
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11 May 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
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12 May 1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
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13 May 1976 9th & final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
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14 May 1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
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14 May 1976 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
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15 May 1976 "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91
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15 May 1976 "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85
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15 May 1976 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
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15 May 1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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16 May 1976 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games
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16 May 1976 Stanley Cup: Montr
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16 May 1976 Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
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17 May 1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win
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17 May 1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
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19 May 1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
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19 May 1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
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19 May 1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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19 May 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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20 May 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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21 May 1976 The Yuba City bus disaster occurs in Martinez, California. Twenty-nine are killed making it the deadliest road accident in U.S. history.
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22 May 1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-179
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22 May 1976 St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 homeruns
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23 May 1976 Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
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24 May 1976 The London to Washington, D.C., Concorde service begins.
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24 May 1976 The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
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24 May 1976 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)
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24 May 1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 May 1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
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27 May 1976 "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 61 performances
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29 May 1976 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
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29 May 1976 Only homerun of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
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30 May 1976 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt
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30 May 1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
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31 May 1976 Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London
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01 Jun 1976 Great-Britain and Iceland terminate codfish war
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03 Jun 1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
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05 Jun 1976 "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
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05 Jun 1976 108th Belmont: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29
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05 Jun 1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
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05 Jun 1976 The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapases.
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06 Jun 1976 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
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06 Jun 1976 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
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07 Jun 1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres
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08 Jun 1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
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10 Jun 1976 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy
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10 Jun 1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
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11 Jun 1976 "Magnificent Marble Machine, " last airs on NBC-TV
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11 Jun 1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
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11 Jun 1976 Australian band AC / DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain
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11 Jun 1976 Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP is released in USA
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12 Jun 1976 "Yes, Yes, Yes" by Bill Cosby hits #46
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13 Jun 1976 4th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Donna Caponi
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13 Jun 1976 Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam
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13 Jun 1976 Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04)
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14 Jun 1976 "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
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14 Jun 1976 "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
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14 Jun 1976 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
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15 Jun 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
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15 Jun 1976 Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman
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15 Jun 1976 Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore
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16 Jun 1976 Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
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16 Jun 1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day)
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17 Jun 1976 Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
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17 Jun 1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into the NBA
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18 Jun 1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
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18 Jun 1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
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19 Jun 1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
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19 Jun 1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
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20 Jun 1976 76th US Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth, Georgia
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20 Jun 1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
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20 Jun 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
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20 Jun 1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled
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20 Jun 1976 River Country opens
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21 Jun 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
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22 Jun 1976 "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances
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22 Jun 1976 SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
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23 Jun 1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens
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24 Jun 1976 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany
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25 Jun 1976 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
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25 Jun 1976 Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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26 Jun 1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball
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27 Jun 1976 "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 performances
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27 Jun 1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
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27 Jun 1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
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27 Jun 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Invitational
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27 Jun 1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected President
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27 Jun 1976 Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
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28 Jun 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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28 Jun 1976 Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
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28 Jun 1976 The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
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29 Jun 1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
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29 Jun 1976 The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin
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29 Jun 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain
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30 Jun 1976 John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4
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01 Jul 1976 Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black President of US Conference of Mayors
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01 Jul 1976 Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
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02 Jul 1976 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86)
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02 Jul 1976 Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam
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02 Jul 1976 Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
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02 Jul 1976 Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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03 Jul 1976 Adolfo Suarez becomes Premier of Spain
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03 Jul 1976 After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
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03 Jul 1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
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04 Jul 1976 Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt, New York
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04 Jul 1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
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04 Jul 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Bloomington Golf Classic Bicentennial
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04 Jul 1976 Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
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06 Jul 1976 Soyuz 21 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station
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07 Jul 1976 E Henry Knoche, becomes Deputy Director of CIA
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07 Jul 1976 Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
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07 Jul 1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
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08 Jul 1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
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09 Jul 1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5
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09 Jul 1976 Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0
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09 Jul 1976 Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
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10 Jul 1976 105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale
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10 Jul 1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud)
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10 Jul 1976 The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
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10 Jul 1976 One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
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11 Jul 1976 1st US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American)
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11 Jul 1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks & Wedlocks"
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12 Jul 1976 Ian Dury and Kilburns disband
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13 Jul 1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
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13 Jul 1976 All star MVP: George Foster (Cin Reds)
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13 Jul 1976 Court martial begins in the USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct)
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13 Jul 1976 NL beats AL 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium Phila)
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14 Jul 1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic Presidential Nomination in New York City
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14 Jul 1976 USSR banishes dissident Andrei Amalrik to the Netherlands
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14 Jul 1976 Capital punishment is abolished in Canada.
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14 Jul 1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic pres nomination in NY
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15 Jul 1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California
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16 Jul 1976 Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years
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17 Jul 1976 Indonesian President Suharto annexes East Timor
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17 Jul 1976 East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
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17 Jul 1976 The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
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17 Jul 1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montr
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17 Jul 1976 ABA merges into the NBA
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18 Jul 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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18 Jul 1976 Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
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18 Jul 1976 Stockhausens "Sirius, " premieres in New York City
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18 Jul 1976 Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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18 Jul 1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
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19 Jul 1976 Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
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19 Jul 1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands
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20 Jul 1976 Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Jerry Augustine
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20 Jul 1976 Last US troops leave Thailand
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20 Jul 1976 The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
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20 Jul 1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing
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21 Jul 1976 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances
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21 Jul 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
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21 Jul 1976 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila
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22 Jul 1976 "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 106 performances
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22 Jul 1976 Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
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23 Jul 1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)
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23 Jul 1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game
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23 Jul 1976 Wings release "Let 'em In"
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24 Jul 1976 John Naber is 1st to swin 200m backstroke under 2 minutes
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25 Jul 1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m (11.01)
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25 Jul 1976 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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25 Jul 1976 Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
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27 Jul 1976 Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair)
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27 Jul 1976 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
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28 Jul 1976 8.2 and 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)
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28 Jul 1976 Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 km/h
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28 Jul 1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
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28 Jul 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's
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29 Jul 1976 In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
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30 Jul 1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as Premier of Italy
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30 Jul 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
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31 Jul 1976 Seychelles Independence (Independence day)
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31 Jul 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0)
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01 Aug 1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
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01 Aug 1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colo on Route 34, kills 139
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01 Aug 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st (preseason) game (SF 27, Seattle 20)
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06 Aug 1976 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
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07 Aug 1976 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Colgate-European Golf Open
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07 Aug 1976 Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars
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07 Aug 1976 US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
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07 Aug 1976 Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
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08 Aug 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts
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09 Aug 1976 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI vs. Glamorgan
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09 Aug 1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0
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09 Aug 1976 USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
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11 Aug 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
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11 Aug 1976 Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami
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12 Aug 1976 Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
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12 Aug 1976 1st approach & lands test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise
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14 Aug 1976 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
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15 Aug 1976 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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16 Aug 1976 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional, Maryland
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16 Aug 1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
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17 Aug 1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000
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17 Aug 1976 Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match
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18 Aug 1976 USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
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19 Aug 1976 President Gerald R Ford won Republican Presidential nomination at Kansas City convention
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21 Aug 1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
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21 Aug 1976 Al Bumbry hits the 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
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22 Aug 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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23 Aug 1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
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24 Aug 1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
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25 Aug 1976 Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
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25 Aug 1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
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27 Aug 1976 Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
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28 Aug 1976 New York Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
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29 Aug 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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30 Aug 1976 Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution
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30 Aug 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show
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31 Aug 1976 George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord"
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31 Aug 1976 Mexican peso devalued
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31 Aug 1976 Trinidad and Tobago adopts constitution
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31 Aug 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0)
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01 Sep 1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-197
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01 Sep 1976 New Jersey Meadowlands racetrack opens
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01 Sep 1976 Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)
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03 Sep 1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
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03 Sep 1976 Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
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04 Sep 1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
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05 Sep 1976 "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC after 48 performances
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05 Sep 1976 "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances
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05 Sep 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
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06 Sep 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
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06 Sep 1976 Cold War: Soviet Air Force pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
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10 Sep 1976 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York
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10 Sep 1976 A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
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10 Sep 1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
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11 Sep 1976 90th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
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11 Sep 1976 Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977
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11 Sep 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
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11 Sep 1976 A group of Croatian nationalists plant a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they reveal the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation are not executed properly and the bomb explodes, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
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11 Sep 1976 Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
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12 Sep 1976 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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12 Sep 1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors
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12 Sep 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24)
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12 Sep 1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso at age 53 hits a single
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13 Sep 1976 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s)
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15 Sep 1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
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16 Sep 1976 Egypt President Sadat re-elected
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16 Sep 1976 Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Yerevan reservoir.
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16 Sep 1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
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17 Sep 1976 Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize
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17 Sep 1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California
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17 Sep 1976 The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
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17 Sep 1976 Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album
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18 Sep 1976 Cleveland manager Frank Robinson last game as a player
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18 Sep 1976 Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention
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18 Sep 1976 Rock Music Award
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19 Sep 1976 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 49 performances
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19 Sep 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Portland Golf Classic
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19 Sep 1976 Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
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19 Sep 1976 Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
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20 Sep 1976 Metroliner official opens in Brussels
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20 Sep 1976 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women
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20 Sep 1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
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21 Sep 1976 Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
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21 Sep 1976 Seychelles joins the United Nations.
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21 Sep 1976 Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia
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23 Sep 1976 South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them
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23 Sep 1976 Ford-Carter TV debate
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23 Sep 1976 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
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24 Sep 1976 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 5959 performances
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24 Sep 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter
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25 Sep 1976 "Porgy & Bess" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 122 performances
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25 Sep 1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park
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26 Sep 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf
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26 Sep 1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
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28 Sep 1976 A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
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28 Sep 1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
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28 Sep 1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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28 Sep 1976 Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium
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29 Sep 1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals / social democratic abortion law
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29 Sep 1976 Boy George expelled from school
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29 Sep 1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
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29 Sep 1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon
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29 Sep 1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager
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29 Sep 1976 SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
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01 Oct 1976 1st Dutch casino opens
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02 Oct 1976 "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 106 performances
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03 Oct 1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
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04 Oct 1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
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04 Oct 1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
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04 Oct 1976 Official launch of the InterCity 125 high speed train.
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05 Oct 1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
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06 Oct 1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
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06 Oct 1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
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06 Oct 1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
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06 Oct 1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
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06 Oct 1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.
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06 Oct 1976 New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
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06 Oct 1976 Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
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07 Oct 1976 Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong's successor as chairman of Communist Party of China, following the latter's death barely a month earlier.
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08 Oct 1976 Sex Pistols sign with EMI
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09 Oct 1976 "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 145 performances
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09 Oct 1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pakistan Javed 1st wkt
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09 Oct 1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
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10 Oct 1976 NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
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10 Oct 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
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11 Oct 1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
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11 Oct 1976 George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
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12 Oct 1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & land test (ALT) flight
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12 Oct 1976 Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
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13 Oct 1976 A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
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13 Oct 1976 The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.
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14 Oct 1976 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
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14 Oct 1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives Yanks pennant #30
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14 Oct 1976 Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking
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15 Oct 1976 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)
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15 Oct 1976 Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
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16 Oct 1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
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16 Oct 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec
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18 Oct 1976 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr
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19 Oct 1976 Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
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20 Oct 1976 New York Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers
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20 Oct 1976 The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
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20 Oct 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
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20 Oct 1976 NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to the Phila 76ers
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21 Oct 1976 55th weaapon accord signed
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21 Oct 1976 Cin Reds sweep New York Yankees, in 73rd World Series
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21 Oct 1976 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Saul Bellow
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21 Oct 1976 New York Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed
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21 Oct 1976 New York Yankee Thurman Munson ties World Series mark of 6 straight singles
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21 Oct 1976 American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature
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22 Oct 1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
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22 Oct 1976 Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.
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24 Oct 1976 7th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10
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24 Oct 1976 1st Jewish film & TV festival
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25 Oct 1976 5th Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight
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25 Oct 1976 Gov Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape
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26 Oct 1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
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26 Oct 1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
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28 Oct 1976 Train collision at Goes Neth, 7 die
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28 Oct 1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (NY Yankees)
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30 Oct 1976 "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 49 performances
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30 Oct 1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
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30 Oct 1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of the United Church of Christ
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31 Oct 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
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01 Nov 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule
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01 Nov 1976 W German Gens Krupinski / Franke admit to being Nazis
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02 Nov 1976 Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for President
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02 Nov 1976 New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City
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02 Nov 1976 SD Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
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03 Nov 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA / Japan Mizuno Golf
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04 Nov 1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
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05 Nov 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
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06 Nov 1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of NAACP
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06 Nov 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
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07 Nov 1976 "Gone With the Wind" televised
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09 Nov 1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career
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09 Nov 1976 UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
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10 Nov 1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
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14 Nov 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
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15 Nov 1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
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16 Nov 1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
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18 Nov 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
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18 Nov 1976 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
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19 Nov 1976 George Harrison releases "This Song"
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19 Nov 1976 Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
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19 Nov 1976 George Harrison releases "This Song"
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20 Nov 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
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20 Nov 1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
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22 Nov 1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
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22 Nov 1976 Comic strip "Cathy, " by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
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24 Nov 1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
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24 Nov 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
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25 Nov 1976 OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
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25 Nov 1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity
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26 Nov 1976 German DR deprives singer / Poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
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26 Nov 1976 Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
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26 Nov 1976 Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
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26 Nov 1976 Willy Burns elected Chairman of Social International
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26 Nov 1976 Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
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27 Nov 1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship
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27 Nov 1976 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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28 Nov 1976 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
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29 Nov 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees
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29 Nov 1976 New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
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30 Nov 1976 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)
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01 Dec 1976 Angola admitted to UN
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01 Dec 1976 Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself President
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01 Dec 1976 Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
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01 Dec 1976 Angola joins the United Nations.
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02 Dec 1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
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03 Dec 1976 Dr Patrick J Hillery elected President of Iraq
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03 Dec 1976 An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.
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05 Dec 1976 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
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06 Dec 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
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07 Dec 1976 UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General for 2nd 5yr term
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08 Dec 1976 UN General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim Secretary General
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10 Dec 1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"
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10 Dec 1976 The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
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12 Dec 1976 QB Joe Namath's last game as a New York Jet
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13 Dec 1976 Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to SF 13h14m)
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13 Dec 1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
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13 Dec 1976 Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13 hours 14 minutes)
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14 Dec 1976 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social-democratic abortion laws
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15 Dec 1976 Western Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.
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15 Dec 1976 The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history.
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15 Dec 1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 million gallons of crude when the ship runs aground
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15 Dec 1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections
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16 Dec 1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination production following reports of paralysis
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16 Dec 1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
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16 Dec 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
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16 Dec 1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
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17 Dec 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national
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18 Dec 1976 "A Star is Born, " with Barbra Striesand, premieres
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18 Dec 1976 "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC
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18 Dec 1976 "A Star is Born", with Barbra Streisand, premieres
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18 Dec 1976 "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC
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18 Dec 1976 Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovski exchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan
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19 Dec 1976 Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez win Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
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19 Dec 1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs India Delhi
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19 Dec 1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers; No one seriously hurt
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19 Dec 1976 President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
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20 Dec 1976 "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 8 performances
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20 Dec 1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
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21 Dec 1976 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
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21 Dec 1976 Patricia R Harris named Secretary of HUD
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21 Dec 1976 UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
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21 Dec 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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22 Dec 1976 German DR banishes singer Nina Hagen
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22 Dec 1976 35 Unification church couples wed in New York NY
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22 Dec 1976 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God" opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
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22 Dec 1976 German Democratic Republic banishes singer Nina Hagen
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25 Dec 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
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25 Dec 1976 Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier
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26 Dec 1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 8 performances
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26 Dec 1976 The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded.
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27 Dec 1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
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28 Dec 1976 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 167 performances
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28 Dec 1976 Genie Francis joind "General Hospital" as Laura Vining
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28 Dec 1976 Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa
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30 Dec 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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31 Dec 1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run
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31 Dec 1976 The Cars play their 1st gig
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