Fairhaven High School Class of 1976

What Happend in Febraury of 1976

• February 1 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to; Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational; "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV; Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
• February 2 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV; "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV; Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
• February 3 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
• February 4 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria; 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras; Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency; U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• February 5 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies; Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath
• February 6 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
• February 7 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9; World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.)
• February 8 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR; Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic; Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
• February 9 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
• February 11 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
• February 12 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• February 13 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria; Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
• February 14 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• February 15 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria; Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
• February 17 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau); NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India; Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell; "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances
• February 19 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
• February 20 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
• February 21 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht; "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances
• February 22 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
• February 23 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
• February 24 Cuba adopts its constitution
• February 24 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York City
• February 24 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
• February 26 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• February 27 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon
• February 28 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins; Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession; Spain withdraws from Western Sahara

Figured we would share the above history as to jog our memories....