April 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
• 02 Apr 1976 Portuguese constitution assumed.
• 03 Apr 1976 Philadelphia Flyers win record-tying 20th straight NHL home game.
• 04 Apr 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin.
• 05 Apr 1976 Harold Wilson resigns, as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England.
• 07 Apr 1976 Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping.
• 09 Apr 1976 US and Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use.
• 10 Apr 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their first NBA Central Division title.
• 11 Apr 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271.
• 12 Apr 1976 India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, six wickets 7 overs spare.
• 13 Apr 1976 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
• 15 Apr 1976 Yankee Stadium reopens, New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins after trailing 4-0.
• 16 Apr 1976 As a measure to curb population growth, the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.
• 17 Apr 1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
• 18 Apr 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten - Ping Golf Open.
• 19 Apr 1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19.
• 20 Apr 1976 George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
• 21 Apr 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing.
• 22 Apr 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
• 23 Apr 1976 The punk rock group The Ramones release their first self-titled album.
• 25 Apr 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country.
• 26 Apr 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights, New York - Tokyo.
• 27 Apr 1976 So Long 174th St opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances
• 29 Apr 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water.
• 30 Apr 1976 Wings release Silly Love Songs

Famous Birthday

• Maïwenn Le Besco
• Melissa Joan Hart
• Jonathan Brandis

  American actor and director.

• Coralie Trinh Thi
• Tim Duncan

  American basketball player: center, Spurs.

• Candace Cameron Bure

  American actress.

• Qi Shu
• Susan Ward

  American actress.

• Amanda Palmer

  American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn).

• Kim Jong Kook
• Georgina Chapman

  English model actress and fashion designer co-founded Marchesa.

• Jérôme Commandeur
• Clarence Seedorf

  Surinam / Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid).

• Sean Maguire

  British young actor who started in the popular children's drama, "Grange Hill" from 1990 for three years.

• Nicolas Escudé

  French professional tennis player, winning Davis Cup for France in 2001 (defeating Leyton Hewitt).

• Doriane Vidal

  French snowboarder and Olympic medalist.

• Lukas Haas

  American actor pianist drummer and composer.

• Sally Hawkins

  English film actress.

• Joseph Lawrence
• Glenn Howerton

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Howard Hughes

  American industrialist, film producer and aviator who, at age 19, inherited $650,000, his dad's interest in Hughes Tool Co.

• Phil Ochs

  El Paso, Texas -- Anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over).

• Carol Reed

  English film producer and director (Born 1906).

• Sidney Franklin

  American bullfighter (Born 1903).

• Ruth P Thomson

  Writer.

• Mary Margaret McBride

  TV hostess (), dies at 76.

• Liam Dunn

  Dies at 59.

• Paul Ford

  Actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74.

• Maude Prickett

  Actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60.

• Frutuoso de Lima Viana

  Composer, dies at 79.

• James Flavin

  Actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69.

• Ronald Radd

  Actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47.

• Shimen Ruskin

  Actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68.

• Wilhelm Maler

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Edvard Fliflet Braein

  Composer, dies at 51.

• Neil McCallum

  Actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45.

• Sid James South African

  born British comedian (Born 1913).

• Freddie Lennon

  father of John Lennon (The Beatles), dies at age 63.

• S Constantine Timoshenko

  Russian marshal, dies at age 75.

• Jean-Jacques Gailliard

  Belgian painter, dies at age 85.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
2. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
3. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
4. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
5. Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Tina Charles - I Love To Love
2. Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
3. Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
4. Abba - Fernando
5. Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me