Today in History for June 1976

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Great-Britain & Iceland terminate codfish war
2nd - East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia
3rd - Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold
3rd - Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
3rd - US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
5th - "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
5th - 108th Belmont: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29
5th - Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
6th - 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
6th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
7th - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres
8th - Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
10th - 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy
10th - 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
11th - "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV
11th - Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
11th - Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain
11th - Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP is released in USA
12th - "Yes, Yes, Yes" by Bill Cosby hits #46
Actor/Comedian Bill Cosby 13th - 4th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Donna Caponi
13th - Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam
13th - Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04)
14th - "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
14th - 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
15th - Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman
15th - Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team & umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
16th - Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day)
17th - ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
17th - Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
18th - A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for £340,000
18th - St Louis Cards Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
18th - Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees
19th - US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
20th - 76th US Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga
Reggae Musician Bob Marley 20th - Carl Fugate, Starkweather accomplice, paroled
20th - Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
20th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
20th - River Country opens
21st - Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
22nd - "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances
22nd - SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
23rd - CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens
24th - 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany
25th - Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
26th - WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball
27th - "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 perfs
27th - Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
27th - Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
27th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Invitational
27th - Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president
28th - 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo
28th - Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
29th - Seychelles gains independence from Britain
29th - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
30th - John Walker of NZ sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 75 of 75

1st - Camille Martens, Vancouver BC, gymnist (Olympics-96)
2nd - Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
2nd - Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
2nd - Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
2nd - Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1997)
2nd - Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen consort of Lesotho
2nd - Earl Boykins, American basketball pl
2nd - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
2nd - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
3rd - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
3rd - Yuri Ruley, American drummer
3rd - Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer
5th - Ross Noble, British comedian
6th - Lukas Hass, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box)
6th - Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe (1997)
6th - aKido, Canadian musician
6th - Geoff Rowley, British skateboarder
7th - Cassidy Rae, Clarmont Fla, actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa)
7th - David Diaz, Chicago Ill, light welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
7th - Necro, Jewish American rapper
8th - Lindsay Davenport, Palos Verdes CA, tennis star (Olympics-gold-96)
8th - Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
10th - Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont (1997)
10th - Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka
10th - Freddy García, American baseball player
10th - Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
10th - Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals
11th - Scott Guyton, Tokoroa NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
11th - Tai Anderson, American musician (bass player for Third Day)
12th - Kristin Alicia Beall Ludecke, Eustis Fla, Miss America-Florida (1996)
12th - Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
13th - Kym Marsh, English singer, actress, & T.V. presenter
13th - Jason 'J' Brown, English Singer
14th - Rita Carvalho, Miss Universe-Portugal (1996)
14th - Alan Carr, British Stand-up comedian, Television presenter
14th - Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
15th - Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol)
16th - Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
17th - Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser
18th - Alana de la Garza, American actress
18th - Witte Wartena, Dutch artist
18th - Blake Shelton, American Country Singer
19th - Darnell Autry, running back (Chicago Bears)
19th - Bryan Hughes, English footballer
20th - Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
20th - Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
20th - Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
20th - Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
21st - Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera, Miss Universe-Bolivia (1996)
21st - Antonio Cochran, American football player
21st - Mike Einziger, American musician
21st - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
22nd - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
23rd - Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)
23rd - Wade Barrett, American soccer player
23rd - Joe Becker, American musician
23rd - Patrick Monahan, British comedian
23rd - Brandon Stokley, American football player
23rd - Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
23rd - Patrick Vieira, French footballer
24th - Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics-96)
24th - Louisa Leaman, English author
25th - Marina Alofagia McCartney, Miss New Zealand Universe (1997)
25th - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
25th - Dubravka Vukotić, Montenegrin female actor
26th - Ed Jovanoski, Windsor Ont, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
26th - Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996)
26th - Chad Pennington, American football player
26th - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor
27th - Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
28th - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
28th - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
29th - Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
29th - Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician
30th - Brian Rocheleleau, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-olympics-96)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 4 of 4

6th - Pittsburgh Steelers quaterback Terry Bradshaw (27) weds ice skater Jo Jo Starbuck (25) at Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles
19th - King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Renate Sommerlath in Stockholm Cathedral, Ist Swedish reigning monarch to marry since 1797
21st - Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles
25th - Actor Peter Lawford (52) weds aspiring actress Deborah Gould (25)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89
2nd - Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
2nd - Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73
2nd - Juan José Torres, former President of Bolivia, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
5th - Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
5th - Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
6th - J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
6th - Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85
7th - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestra leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
9th - James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88
9th - Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet/writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
9th - Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
10th - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103
11th - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
13th - Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies
15th - Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
16th - Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed
16th - Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies
20th - Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
Industrialist J Paul Getty (6th) 21st - Margaret Herrick, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences director (b. 1902)
25th - Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
28th - Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49
29th - Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies
30th - Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)