June 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1976 Great-Britain and Iceland terminate codfish war
• 02 Jun 1976 A car bomb fatally injures Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
• 03 Jun 1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta.
• 04 Jun 1976 The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns 128-126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Boston Garden. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.
• 05 Jun 1976 Bigfoot by Bro Smith hits #57
• 06 Jun 1976 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
• 07 Jun 1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres
• 08 Jun 1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
• 10 Jun 1976 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy
• 11 Jun 1976 Magnificent Marble Machine, last airs on NBC-TV
• 12 Jun 1976 Yes, Yes, Yes by Bill Cosby hits #46
• 13 Jun 1976 4th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Donna Caponi
• 14 Jun 1976 Gong Show premieres on TV
• 15 Jun 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
• 16 Jun 1976 The Soweto riots in South Africa begin.
• 17 Jun 1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
• 18 Jun 1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
• 19 Jun 1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
• 20 Jun 1976 76th US Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth, Georgia
• 21 Jun 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
• 22 Jun 1976 Godspell opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances
• 23 Jun 1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens
• 24 Jun 1976 1975 movie Rocky Horror Picture Show released in Germany
• 25 Jun 1976 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
• 26 Jun 1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball
• 27 Jun 1976 Pacific Overtures closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 performances
• 28 Jun 1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 30 Jun 1976 John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 metre, 4:51.4.

Famous Birthday

• Blake Shelton

  American country singer.

• Amisha Patel
• Scott Adkins

  English actor.

• Massimo Oddo

  Italian footballer and manager.

• Rambha (actress)
• Patrick Vieira

  Former French footballer (defender), he was part of the French squad in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and won the 2000 European Championship as...

• Tim Rice-Oxley

  English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Keane and Mt.

• Cassidy Rae

  Clarmont, Florida -- Actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa).

• Emmanuelle Vaugier

  Canadian actress and singer.

• Olga Potachova
• Lindsay Davenport

  Palos Verdes, California -- Tennis star (1996 Olympics - Gold Medalist).

• Sarah Lelouch

  French journalist, broadcaster and TV producer.

• Constantin Van Rijckevorsel
• Alan Carr

  British stand-up comedian and TV presenter.

• Gary Lightbody

  Northern Irish singer and songwriter (Snow Patrol).

• Paola Suárez

  Argentinian tennis player.

• Kym Marsh

  English singer, actress and T.V.

• Kasey Chambers

  Australian alternative country singer-songwriter.

• Grégory Deswarte

  French footballer who played as a defender for Calais from 1998 to 2001.

• Leigh Nash

  American singer-songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer).

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Famous Deaths

• Stanley Baker

  Actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49.

• Jean Paul Getty

  US oil magnate / billionaire, dies at 83.

• Walter Field

  Entertainer, dies at 101.

• James A Farley

  US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88.

• Paul T B Rodenko

  Dutch Poet / writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55.

• Francis E Meloy Jr

  US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed.

• Pieter Balledux

  Actor / stage manager / resistance fighter, dies at 89.

• Bartoes [Albertus J Wijstma]

  Cabaret performer / comic, dies at 73.

• Don Bolles

  US journalist (against Arizona).

• Leonora Summers

  Entertainer.

• J Paul Getty

  American industrialist (Born 1892).

• Margaret Herrick

  American director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Born 1902).

• Juan Jose Torres

  former President of Bolivia (Born 1920).

• Violet Wilkey

  American actress (Born 1903).

• Adolph Zukor

  Hungarian-American film producer co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976).

• Jim Konstanty

  baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1950).

• Victor Varconi

  Hungarian-American actor and director (d. 1976).

• Imogen Cunningham

  American photographer and educator (d. 1976).

• Kenneth Mason

  English soldier and geographer (d. 1976).

• Lou Klein

  American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1976).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
2. Wings - Silly Love Songs
3. Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)
4. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
5. Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Abba - Fernando
2. The Wurzels - Combine Harvester
3. Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
4. The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything
5. JJ Barrie - No Charge