January 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1976 Musical Jubilee closes at St. James Theater NYC after 92 performances
• 03 Jan 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 04 Jan 1976 Candide closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
• 05 Jan 1976 MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
• 06 Jan 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million.
• 08 Jan 1976 Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles.
• 09 Jan 1976 Ringo releases Oh My My in the UK
• 11 Jan 1976 Pacific Overtures opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 performances
• 12 Jan 1976 The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 14 Jan 1976 Bionic Woman with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC
• 15 Jan 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot US President Gerald Ford.
• 16 Jan 1976 Donny & Marie Osmond musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
• 17 Jan 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency.
• 18 Jan 1976 Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Lynn Swann, Wide Receiver.
• 19 Jan 1976 Jimmy Carter wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus.
• 20 Jan 1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 21 Jan 1976 Supersonic Concorde, first commercial flights, by Britain and France.
• 22 Jan 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut, Lebanon, nets $20-50 million (record).
• 23 Jan 1976 Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (Born 1898)
• 24 Jan 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers' biggest margin victory-43 points (beat Milwaukee Bucks 132-89).
• 25 Jan 1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India versus New Zealand Auckland.
• 26 Jan 1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
• 27 Jan 1976 Laverne & Shirley spinoff from Happy Days premieres on ABC TV
• 28 Jan 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
• 29 Jan 1976 Zeiss planetarium in Hague, Netherlands, destroyed by fire.
• 30 Jan 1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of US Central Intelligence Agency (until 1977).
• 31 Jan 1976 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308.

Famous Birthday

• Emma Bunton

  British pop singer/songwriter, actress, model and TV and radio presenter.

• Rick Ross (rapper)
• Marsha Thomason

  Actress.

• Paz Vega

  Spanish actress.

• Satya Oblet
• Raffaëla Anderson
• Renaud Capuçon
• Alisen Down

  Canadian actress.

• Marcelo Gallardo
• Eva Habermann
• Jenny Lewis

  Rock Singer.

• Jenny Lewis

  Rock Singer.

• Laure Belleville

  Miss Universe - France (1996).

• Danny Pintauro

  American actor seen as young Jonathan on the TV sitcom "Who's The Boss?".

• Silke Bodenbender
• Andy Milonakis

  American comedian.

• Michelle Stanley

  American actress who played a teenage witch opposite Winona Ryder and was cast with Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Crucible," Fall 1995.

• Michael Peña
• Belle Perez

  World Music Singer.

• Gilles Marini

  TV Actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Margaret Leighton

  British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at age 53.

• Ad Verhoeven

  Soccer player (Xerxes / Sparta), dies in auto accident.

• Mateusz Glinski

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Jan B Cammans

  Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84.

• Kevin Coughlin

  Actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30.

• Sonia Dresdel

  Actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67.

• Michael V Love

  US test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at age 37.

• Georges E Migot

  French composer, dies at age 84.

• Chester Arthur Burnett

  American blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at age 65.

• Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin

  Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 44.

• Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller

  San Francisco Blues Great, dies at age 80.

• John A Costello

  Taoiseach of Ireland (Born 1891).

• Robert Forgan

  British fascist (Born 1891).

• Michael Gwynn

  Actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59.

• Joao Branco Nuncio

  Portuguese Bullfighter (Born 1901).

• Hidetsugu Yagi

  Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976).

• Marcel Broodthaers

  Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976).

• Zhou Enlai

  Chinese politician 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976).

• Ernesto Miranda

  American criminal inspired the Miranda rights (d. 1976).

• Evert Taube

  Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
2. C. W. McCall - Convoy
3. Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
4. Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
5. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Laurel & Hardy With The Avalon Boys featuring Chill Wills - The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
3. Sailor - Glass Of Champagne
4. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
5. Abba - Mamma Mia