November 1976 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule
• 02 Nov 1976 Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for President
• 03 Nov 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA / Japan Mizuno Golf
• 04 Nov 1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
• 05 Nov 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
• 06 Nov 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
• 07 Nov 1976 Gone With the Wind televised
• 08 Nov 1976 A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
• 09 Nov 1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career
• 10 Nov 1976 Utah Supreme Court authorizes execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
• 14 Nov 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
• 15 Nov 1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
• 16 Nov 1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco Warriors), ends then longest NBA free-throw streak of 60.
• 19 Nov 1976 George Harrison releases This Song
• 20 Nov 1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
• 22 Nov 1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
• 23 Nov 1976 Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
• 24 Nov 1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
• 25 Nov 1976 OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit
• 26 Nov 1976 German DR deprives singer / Poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
• 27 Nov 1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship
• 28 Nov 1976 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
• 29 Nov 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees
• 30 Nov 1976 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh

Famous Birthday

• Ville Valo

  Finnish singer (HIM).

• Anna Faris

  American actress.

• Virginie Ledoyen

  French actress of Spanish descent, she chose the name of one of her grandmothers as stage name.

• Gaby Espino
• Tiziana Lodato

  Italian actress and star of Guisseppe Tornatore’s critically acclaimed film "The Star Maker," 1995, a powerful story about the endurance of...

• Melyssa Ford

  Canadian model and actress.

• Ryan Kwanten

  Australian actor.

• Thierry Omeyer

  French handball goalkeeper who currently plays for THW Kiel.

• Laura Harris

  Canadian actress and producer.

• Jack Dorsey

  Entrepreneur.

• Mark Philippoussis

  Australia -- Tennis star (140 mph serve).

• Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
• Joe Sumner

  British musician, singer and songwriter.

• Kenza Braïga
• Kelly Sotherton

  English sprinter and long jumper.

• Regina Halmich

  German boxer and businesswoman.

• Pat Tillman

  American athlete, a pro football player who gave up a lucrative pro football contract to join the military.

• Cédric Jandau

  French footballer, who played as a midfielder mainly for Calais (1994-2002).

• Chad Lindberg

  Actor.

• Tusshar Kapoor

  Indian actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Jean Gabin

  French actor, distinguished and handsome, internationally known.

• Rosalind Russell

  American actress noted for her 23 crisp, sophisticated career-girl roles.

• Walter Hamor Piston

  US composer, dies at 82.

• Victor Alessandro

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Rupert Davies

  Actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59.

• Niles Welch

  Actor (Cornered), dies at 88.

• Judith Lowry

  Actress (Effect of Gamma Rays .

• Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich

  Russian aircraft designer (Born 1893).

• Sir Basil Spence

  British architect (Born 1907).

• Alexander Calder

  American sculptor and educator (d. 1945).

• Walter Piston

  American composer theorist and academic (d. 1976).

• Billy Halop

  NYC, New York -- Actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family).

• Man Ray

  American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976).

• Trofim Lysenko

  Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976).

• Fritz Rasp

  Actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85.

• Robert Fleming

  Composer, dies at 55.

• Godfrey Cambridge

  Actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43.

• Oscar Beregi Jr

  Actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
2. Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
3. Rick Dees - Disco Duck (Part 1)
4. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
5. Bee Gees - Love So Right

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
2. Pussycat - Mississippi
3. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
4. Tavares - Don't Take Away The Music
5. Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love