Page 2: Historical Events In 1976

Jan 17   Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident.   

Jan 17   Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency   

Jan 18   Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17].   

Jan 19   Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit- and -run at 30.   

Jan 20   29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia   

Jan 21   England and France place the supersonic jetliner Concorde into regular service.   

Jan 21   The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' begins regular commercial service   

Jan 21   The supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.   

Jan 23   Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44   

Jan 23   Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide.   

Jan 23   Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5.   

Jan 24   George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest   

Jan 25   Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland   

Jan 26   Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals.   

Jan 26   Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon.   

Jan 27   "Laverne and Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV.   

Jan 27   Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara   

Jan 27   Viv Richards scores his inaugural Test century against Australia.   

Jan 28   Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies   

Jan 29   Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59.   

Jan 29   Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire.   

Jan 30   George Bush is recorded as becoming 11th director of CIA (until 1977)   

Jan 30   Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80.   

Jan 30   William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA.   

Jan 31   "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1.   

Jan 31   Lance Gibbs is recorded as becoming highest Test wicket-taker at 308   

Feb 01   "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV.   

Feb 01   Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66.   

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

Feb 02   "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV   

Feb 02   "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV.   

Feb 02   Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies   

Feb 03   Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies.   

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

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Jan 02   Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta)   

Jan 18   In the year 1976 birth of vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)   

Jan 18   In the year 1976 birth of damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006   

Feb 29   Bryan Gillooly, Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1976.   

Feb 29   In the year 1976 birth of ja Rule, American rapper and actor   

Feb 29   Emma Barton, English actress was born in the year 1976.   

Feb 29   In the year 1976 birth of terrence Long, American baseball player   

Jan 03   Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies in the year 1976.   

Jan 04   Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65   

Jan 11   Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies in the year 1976.   

Jan 12   Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 in the year 1976.   

Jan 13   Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 in the year 1976.