Fairhaven High School Class of 1976

What Happend in May of the year we graduated - 1976

• May 1 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6; Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
• May 2 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
• May 3 Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26); Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
• May 4 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 7 performances; Rock band Kiss performs their 1st concert
• May 5 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II; Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
• May 8 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 7 performances
• May 9 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament; "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 16 performances
• May 11 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation; Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
• May 12 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
• May 13 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
• May 14 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter; Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
• May 15 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55; Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation; Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91; Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
• May 16 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games; Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
• May 17 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned; Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
• May 19 Gold ownership legalized in Australia; Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge; Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
• May 20 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
• May 22 NASA launches space vehicle S-179; St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
• May 23 Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
• May 24 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington D.C.); Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
• May 27 "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 61 performances
• May 29 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29; Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
• May 30 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt; Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
• May 31 Loudest Pennsylvania (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London

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