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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