Fairhaven High School Class of 1976

What Happend in January of the year we graduated - 1976

• January 1 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall; "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances; NBC replaces the peacock logo; Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
• January 3 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• January 4 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances;"Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City
• January 5 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea";Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies;MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
• January 6 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC;Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
• January 8 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
• January 9 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot;CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts;Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
• January 11 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions;Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves;"Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances ;Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in New York City;U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill;U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
• January 12 U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org
• January 13 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
• January 14 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC);Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
• January 15 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford;U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.;US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
• January 16 "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV; Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
• January 17 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency; "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
• January 18 Superbowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR
• January 20 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Phila
• January 21 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France
• January 22 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million
• January 23 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide; Washington Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5
• January 24 Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89); George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
• January 25 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind vs. NZ Auckland
• January 26 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20; Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals; David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon; NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20
• January 27 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver; "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV; Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara; Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
• January 28 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park; NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
• January 29 Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
• January 30 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg; George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977); William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
• January 31 Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308; "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1

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