Historical Events In 1976

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

Feb 27 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon

Feb 21 Florence Ballard, member of Diana Ross and the Supremes, dies in Detroit at age 32.

Feb 04 A 7.5 earthquake was centered about 160 kilometers northeast of Guatemala City. Over 23,000 deaths

Feb 19 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara

Feb 15 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria

Feb 19 Iceland breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain over the 'cod war'

Feb 07 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)

Feb 24 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU

Feb 25 India announces plans to take action against parents who had more than two children

Feb 21 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances

Feb 24 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY

Feb 23 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract

Feb 28 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win

Feb 01 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce

Feb 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 02 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV

Feb 13 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria

Feb 04 12th Winter Olympics games opens in Innsbruck, Austria

Feb 08 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR

Feb 06 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"

Feb 05 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies

Apr 01 Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63

Apr 01 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,

Apr 01 Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour.

Apr 09 Phil Ochs rock producer, dies

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