Historical Events In 1976
Jan 05 "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
Jan 26 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
Jan 31 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
Jan 30 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
Jan 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
Jan 03 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 23 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide
Jan 05 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
Jan 09 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
Jan 06 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Republic of China
Jan 27 Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara
Jan 27 Viv Richards scores his first Test century against Australia
Jan 17 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
Jan 31 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
Jan 23 Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5
Jan 14 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
Jan 21 The supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.
Jan 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
Jan 20 29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
Jan 14 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
Jan 05 "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
Feb 01 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
Feb 04 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala &Honduras
Feb 04 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 02 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
Feb 05 Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs &Ian Redpath
Feb 28 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
Feb 07 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
Feb 26 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 13 Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
Feb 11 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as first black Secretary of Army
Feb 09 In Los Angeles conductor arranger Percy Faith dies at age 67
Feb 24 Cuba adopts its constitution
Feb 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 21 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
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