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What Happend in April of the year we graduated - 1976
November 1 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule; "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances; West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis
November 2 Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president; New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City; San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
November 3 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
November 4 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
November 5 Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award; New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters; Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner;
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
November 6 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP; Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
November 7 "Gone With the Wind" televised
November 9 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career; U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
November 10 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
November 14 Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks; "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances; War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
November 15 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
November 16 Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec; November 16 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
November 17 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
November 18 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship;Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
November 19 George Harrison releases "This Song"; Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
November 20 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
November 20 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
November 22 Algeria Constitution goes into effect; Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
November 23 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site; U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
November 24 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak; Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
November 25 O. J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit; The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom; Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity
November 26 German DR deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship; Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single; Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"; Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International
November 27 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship; Miss Teenage America Pageant
