December 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1976 Angola admitted to United Nations.
• 02 Dec 1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado.
• 03 Dec 1976 Dr Patrick J Hillery elected President of Iraq.
• 05 Dec 1976 Buffalo Bill's OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards.
• 06 Dec 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich, Switzerland.
• 08 Dec 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 10 Dec 1976 Wings release triple album Wings Over America
• 12 Dec 1976 QB Joe Namath last game as a New York Jet
• 13 Dec 1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur, California.
• 15 Dec 1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections.
• 16 Dec 1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
• 17 Dec 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta goes national.
• 18 Dec 1976 A Star is Born, with Barbra Striesand, premieres
• 19 Dec 1976 President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
• 20 Dec 1976 Music Is opens at St. James Theater NYC for 8 performances
• 21 Dec 1976 Patricia R Harris is named Secretary of HUD.
• 22 Dec 1976 35 Unification church couples wed in New York City
• 23 Dec 1976 A new volcano, Murara, erupts in eastern Zaire.
• 25 Dec 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
• 26 Dec 1976 Music Is closes at St. James Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 27 Dec 1976 Albania constitution goes into effect.
• 28 Dec 1976 Fiddler on the Roof opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 167 performances
• 31 Dec 1976 The Cars played their 1st gig

Famous Birthday

• Booba (rapper)
• Joe Manganiello

  TV Actor.

• Rama Yade

  Senegalese-French politician.

• Estelle Denis

  French journalist and TV presenter, and amateur poker player.

• Tuomas Holopainen

  Finnish keyboard player songwriter and producer (Nightwish and For My Pain.

• Dominic Monaghan

  Movie Actor.

• Koyuki Kato
• Camille Raymond
• Death of John Lennon
• Amy Acker

  American actress.

• Véronic Dicaire
• Lindsay Price

  American actress and singer.

• Xavier Garbajosa

  French rugby union footballer.

• Danny McBride (actor)
• Giovanna Zacarías
• Armin van Buuren

  Dutch DJ & Producer.

• Noémie Elbaz
• Jana Ina
• Vanessa Lorenzo

  Spanish fashion model.

• Colleen Haskell

  American television personality.

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Famous Deaths

• Benjamin Britten

  British foremost composer who helped revive interest in opera through his "Peter Grimes," 1945 and other works, including compositions for...

• Richard J Daley

  American politician (Born 1902).

• Freddie King

  American blues guitarist and singer, nicknamed "The Texas Cannonball".

• Tommy Bolin

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple Zephyr and James Gang) (d. 1976).

• Walter Bauer

  Writer, dies at 72.

• Frankie Darro

  Actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58.

• Walter Fitzgerald

  Actor (Adventures of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80.

• Mary Nash

  Actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91.

• Victor Stanitsin

  Actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79.

• Ivo van Damme

  Belgian 800 / 1500 m sprinter (1976 Olympics - Silver Medalist), dies at 22.

• Vinko Zganec

  Croatian ethnomusicologist (Born 1890).

• Philip A Hart

  American politician (Senator-Democrat-Michigan), dies at age 64.

• W F McCoy

  Northern Irish politician (Born 1886).

• Joao Goulart

  President of Brazil (Born 1918).

• Brian Lieberman

  Miami Beach Restauranteurl (Born 1979).

• Real Caouette

  French-Canadian politician (Born 1917).

• George

  Greek royalty, the eldest son of King Constantine who ruled 1922-1923 and 1935-1947 with a government in exile in London in WW II.

• Duarte Nuno

  Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (Born 1907).

• Danny Murtaugh

  baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at age 59.

• Katharine Byron

  American lawyer and politician (d. 1976).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
2. Spinners - The Rubberband Man
3. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
4. Bee Gees - Love So Right
5. Captain and Tennille - Muskrat Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
2. David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
3. Pussycat - Mississippi
4. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
5. Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born