January1976 Calendar
Historical Events
- Jan 1 "A Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 92 performances
- Jan 1 42nd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Michigan, 14-6
Paul Brown Retires
Jan 1 After 45 years of coaching, Paul Brown (Cleveland Browns; Cincinnati Bengals) announces his retirement from the National Football League
Liberty Bell
Jan 1 Liberty Bell moves to new home across the street from Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jan 1 NBC replaces "peacock" logo with large block "N"; Design of new logo approached $1M, and was subject to copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800K
- Jan 1 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
- Jan 3 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Jan 4 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
- Jan 4 "Home Sweet Homer" opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC
- Jan 4 NFC Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams, 37-7
- Jan 4 The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 coordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland
- Jan 5 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
Chappell's 182 Not Out
Jan 5 Greg Chappell scores 182* for Australia at SCG against West Indies
- Jan 5 In retaliation for the Reavey and O'Dowd killings, the South Armagh Republican Action Force shoot dead 10 Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus in County Armagh
- Jan 6 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Turner Buys Atlanta Braves
Jan 6 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
- Jan 8 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
- Jan 9 C. W. McCall CB song "Convoy" hits #1 on the country music charts
Hamill's 3rd Championship
Jan 11 Dorothy Hamill (19) wins her 3rd consecutive US national figure skating championship
- Jan 11 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
Pacific Overtures
Jan 11 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 193 performances, wins 2 Tony and 2 Drama Desk Awards
- Jan 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
- Jan 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
Kurzweil Reading Machine
Jan 13 American inventor Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind unveil the Kurzweil Reading Machine, the first omni-font optical character recognition system
- Jan 13 Future undisputed world middleweight boxing champion Marvin Hagler suffers his first career loss in a controversial 10-round majority decision to Bobby Watts at the Philadelphia Spectrum
- Jan 13 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NYC Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
- Jan 14 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
- Jan 14 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
Would-Be Ford Assassin Sentenced
Jan 15 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot US President Gerald Ford
- Jan 15 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
- Jan 15 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jan 16 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
- Jan 16 Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
"X Offender"
Jan 17 Blondie release their debut single "X Offender" written by Debbie Harry and Gary Valentine
- Jan 17 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
- Jan 18 Super Bowl X, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17; MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR
- Jan 20 29th NHL All-Star Game, Spectrum, Philadelphia: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 7-5; MVP: Peter Mahovlich, Montreal, C
- Jan 21 Supersonic Concorde has its 1st commercial flights
- Jan 22 Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
- Jan 23 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
Station to Station
Jan 23 RCA releases "Station to Station", David Bowie's 10th studio album, recorded in Los Angeles; it peaks in the U.S. charts at No.3, and No. 5 in the U.K.
- Jan 23 The Provisional Irish Republican Army truce of February 1975 is officially brought to an end
- Jan 23 The results to U.S. advice columnist Ann Landers' question (if they could do it all over, would parents still become parents) state that 70% of 10,000 responding parents were negative about being parents
- Jan 23 Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
- Jan 24 Cleveland Cavaliers score their biggest margin of victory to date (43 points), when they beat Milwaukee 132-89
Foreman vs. Lyle
Jan 24 Former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas; Foreman knocked down twice in 4th; 'The Ring' Fight of the Year
- Jan 25 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind v NZ Auckland
- Jan 26 Belgium Catholic elite starts amnesty campaign for war criminals
- Jan 26 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
- Jan 26 NFL Pro Bowl, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans: NFC beats AFC, 23-20; MVP: Billy Johnson, Houston Oilers, WR
- Jan 27 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
- Jan 27 Morocco-Algeria battles in West Sahara
- Jan 27 Revival of Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted", opens at the Playhouse Theatre, NYC; runs for 23 performances
Richards' 1st Test Century
Jan 27 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
- Jan 28 E. A. S. Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
- Jan 28 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
Event of Interest
Jan 28 New York drug lord Frank Lucas is sentenced to 40 years in prison and a $200,000 fine after being convicted on four drug charges
- Jan 29 Bombs set off in London's West End by the IRA; 1 person is injured
- Jan 29 Zeiss planetarium in the Hague destroyed by fire
- Jan 30 1st-class debut of Australian cricketer Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jan 30 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); George H. W. Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
- Jan 31 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
- Jan 31 In his final Test, West Indian cricket spin bowler Lance Gibbs dismisses Australian opener Ian Redpath for 101 in 6th Test in Melbourne; becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider (Winter X Games Moto X Best Trick gold, 2005; first to perform successful backflip), born in Medford, Oregon
- Jan 1 Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress (Project Runway: All-Stars), born in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
- Jan 2 Danilo Di Luca, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2007), born in Spoltore, Italy
- Jan 2 Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
- Jan 2 Paz Vega, Spanish actress
- Jan 3 Alisen Down, Canadian actress
- Jan 3 Angelos Basinas, Greek soccer defensive midfielder (100 caps, European Championship 2004; Panathinaikos, Mallorca), born in Chalkida, Greece
- Jan 3 Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
- Jan 3 Joko Anwar, Indonesian film director, screenwriter and actor (Siksa Kubur), born in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Jan 3 Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
- Jan 4 Benoît Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist, born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
- Jan 4 Ted Lilly, American baseball player, born in Torrance, California
- Jan 5 Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer, born in La Algaba, Spain
- Jan 5 Ivan Tomić, Serbian football manager, born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
- Jan 5 Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars, 2001-07 - "A Beautiful Lie"; Angels & Airwaves. 2007-19), born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- Jan 6 Danny Pintauro, American actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss), born in Milltown, New Jersey
- Jan 6 Richard Zednik, Slovak NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash), born in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
- Jan 7 Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player, born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Jan 7 Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 2003), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jan 7 Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model, born in Barcelona, Spain
- Jan 8 Carl Pavano, American baseball player, born in New Britain, Connecticut
- Jan 8 Jenny Lewis, American actress (Becky-Life With Lucy), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jan 9 Radek Bonk, Czech NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czech), born in Krnov, Czech Republic
- Jan 9 Svitlana Azarova, Ukrainian-Dutch contemporary classical music composer (Momo and the Time Thieves), born in the Ukrainian SSR
- Jan 9 Todd Grisham, American sportscaster (DAZN, Glory kickboxing, ESPN, WWE, UFC), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Jan 10 Adam Kennedy, American MLB second baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Angels), born in Riverside, California
- Jan 11 Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player, born in Trikala, Greece
- Jan 12 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jan 13 Michael Peña, American actor (Crash; End of Watch, American Hustle; César Chávez), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jan 15 Corey Chavous, American football player, born in Aiken, South Carolina
- Jan 15 Dorian Missick, American actor, born in East Orange, New Jersey
- Jan 16 Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver, born in Surgut, RSFSR, Soviet Union
- Jan 17 Aga Zaryan [Agnieszka Skrzypek], Polish jazz singer (A Book of Luminous Things), born in Warsaw, Poland
- Jan 18 Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol, 2006), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 19 Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver, born in Paraná, Brazil
- Jan 22 Balthazar Getty, American actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 22 James Dearth, American football player, born in Fort Ord National Monument, California
- Jan 23 Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer, born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
- Jan 23 Byron Hanspard, American NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jan 23 Nigel McGuinness, English pro wrestler and broadcaster (ROH World Champion 2003-06; NXT UK), born in London, England
- Jan 24 Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist, born in Veurne, Belgium
- Jan 24 Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian pairs skater (Bourne & Kraatz, 1994 World Champs-4th), born in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
- Jan 26 Ebru Ceylan, Turkish writer and actress known for "Winter Sleep", born in Ankara, Turkey
- Jan 26 Frankie Rayder, American model, born in River Falls, Wisconsin,
- Jan 26 Willie Adler, American rock guitar player (Lamb Of God), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Jan 27 Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
- Jan 27 Clint Ford, American voice actor
- Jan 27 Jeremy Hansen, Canadian astronaut (Artemis II), born in London, Ontario [1]
- Jan 27 Rhett Warrener, Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- Jan 27 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress (My Fair Princess), singer, and television producer, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Jan 28 Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- Jan 28 Jarrod Montague, American rock drummer (Taproot), born in Linden, Michigan
- Jan 28 Lee Ingleby, British actor
- Jan 28 Mark Madsen, American basketball forward (NBA C'ship 2001, 02 LA Lakers) and coach (Uni of California Berkeley), born in Walnut Creek, California
- Jan 28 Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
- Jan 28 Rick Ross [William Leonard Roberts II] American rapper and songwriter (Port Of Miami; "Aston Martin Music"), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi
- Jan 29 Charles Divins, American model and actor, born in Dallas, Texas
- Jan 29 Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Russian-Soviet model, born in Saratov, Russia
- Jan 30 Andy Milonakis, American comedian and actor, born in Katonah, New York
- Jan 31 Buddy Rice, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2004, 24 Hours of Daytona 2009), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Jan 31 Traianos Dellas, Greek football player, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Famous Weddings
Famous Deaths
- Jan 3 Mateusz Gliński, Polish conductor, musicologist (Scriabin, Chopin), composer, and pedagogue (Winsdor University), dies at 83
- Jan 3 Michael V. Love, American test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at 37
- Jan 4 Jan Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
- Jan 5 Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L'Arche), dies at 84
- Jan 5 John A. Costello, 3rd Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, dies at 84
- Jan 5 Mal Evans, British Beatles roadie and personal assistant, dies in a confrontation with police at his Los Angeles home at 40
- Jan 6 Albert Rice Leventhal, American publisher (Little Golden Books), dies at 68
- Jan 8 Herman van der Horst, Dutch cinematographer (Faja Lobbi), dies at 75
- Jan 8 Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891)
- Jan 10 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), dies of complications during kidney surgery at 65
- Jan 11 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
- Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53
- Jan 14 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, Malaysian politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
- Jan 17 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
- Jan 18 Ad Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash at 42 [or 1/17]
- Jan 18 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
- Jan 19 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
- Jan 19 Kevin Coughlin, American actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in a hit and run at 30
- Jan 23 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
- Jan 23 Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (The Fortress; Passport to Pimlico), dies at 62
- Jan 26 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
- Jan 28 Chris Kenner, American R&B singer-songwriter (I Like it Like That), dies at 46
- Jan 29 Jesse Fuller, American one-man blues band ("San Francisco Bay Blues"), dies of heart disease at 80
- Jan 29 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Jan 30 Beau De Glen "Mance" Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), dies of a stroke at 80
- Jan 30 Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, South African cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies at 91
- Jan 31 Buster Brown, American blues singer and harmonica player (Fannie Mae), dies at 64
- Jan 31 Ernesto Miranda, American litigant, conviction on kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery charges, stabbed to death at 34
- Jan 31 Evert Axel Taube, Swedish ballad singer and composer, dies at 85
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