Today in History for May 1976

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 44 of 44

1st - 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6
1st - Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
2nd - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
3rd - Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
3rd - Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
4th - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 perfs
5th - Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
5th - Train collision at Schiedam Neth, kills 24
6th - An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
8th - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
8th - The rollercoaster Revolution (roller coaster), the first steel coaster with a vertical flip, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain
9th - "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
9th - Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
11th - Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
11th - Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
12th - Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
13th - 9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
14th - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
14th - Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
15th - 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
15th - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
15th - Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
15th - Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
16th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Phila Flyers in 4 games
16th - Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
Actress Mary Tyler Moore 17th - 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & M Learned
17th - Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
19th - Gold ownership legalized in Australia
19th - Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
19th - Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
19th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
20th - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
22nd - NASA launches space vehicle S-179
22nd - St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
23rd - Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
24th - 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC)
24th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title in Munich
24th - In the Judgment of Paris, wine testers rate wines from California higher than their French counterparts, challenging the notion of France being the foremost producer of the world's best wines.
27th - "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 61 performances
29th - "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
Country Singer Johnny Cash 29th - Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
30th - 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt
30th - Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
31st - Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 69 of 69

1st - Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
2nd - Ailleen Damiles, Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996)
2nd - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
3rd - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
4th - Heather Kozar, Akron OH, playmate (Jan, 1998)
4th - Ben Grieve, American baseball player
4th - Jason Michaels, American baseball player
5th - Sage Stallone, Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V)
5th - Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
5th - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
6th - Lindsay Page, Madison Wis, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd)
7th - Nicholas Butcher, LA Ca, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
8th - Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
8th - Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
8th - Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
9th - Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
10th - Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
10th - Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
10th - Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
10th - Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
12th - Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
13th - Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
14th - Terrance Cauthen, Trenton NJ, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
14th - Hunter Burgan, American musician (AFI)
14th - Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
14th - Martine McCutcheon, British actress
15th - Eric DuBose, Bradenton Fl, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
15th - Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
15th - Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
15th - Ryan Leaf, American football player
17th - Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
17th - Daniel Komen, Nyaru Kenya, 5k runner
17th - Peter Devine, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
17th - José Guillén, Dominican baseball player
17th - Lee-Hom Wang, American-born Taiwanese musician and composer
18th - Ron Mercer, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
19th - Kevin Garnett, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)
20th - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
20th - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
21st - Deron Miller, American rock musician
21st - Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
22nd - Christian Vande Velde, Chicago Ill, cyclist (Olympics-96)
23rd - Kelly Marie Monaco, Phila PA, playmate (April, 1997)
23rd - Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey (1997)
23rd - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
24th - Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician
24th - Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
24th - Bob Maesen, Belgian flatwater canoer
25th - Tarik Glenn, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
25th - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
25th - Ethan Suplee, American actor
25th - Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
26th - Benji Gregory, Encino California, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
26th - Markus Wieland, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
26th - Scott Humphries, Greely Colo, tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton)
26th - Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
27th - Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
27th - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
28th - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
28th - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
28th - Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
29th - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
29th - Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
29th - Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
29th - Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
30th - Omri Hairi Katz, LA California, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana)
30th - Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
Actor Colin Farrell (31st) 31st - Colin Farrell, Dublin, Irish actor (In Bruges, Minority Report)
31st - Matt Harpring, American basketball player

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

10th - "KISS" former lead guitarist Ace Frehley (25) weds Janette Trerotola

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

1st - Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75
1st - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939)
1st - T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
3rd - David Bruce, dies at 62
3rd - Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72
5th - Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
6th - Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
8th - Alan Baxter, dies at 67
8th - Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
9th - Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
9th - Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
9th - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
10th - George Curzon, dies at 77
10th - Elias Aslaksen, Leader of Smith's Friends (b. 1888)
11th - Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
11th - Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
11th - J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
14th - Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
15th - Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
20th - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
20th - Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz "disappeared"
21st - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
24th - Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
24th - Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65
26th - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
26th - Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared"
27th - Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
28th - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
30th - Max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)
31st - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
31st - Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57