What Happend in September of the year we graduated - 1976

• September 1 NASA launches space vehicle S-197; New Jersey Meadowlands racetrack opens; Wayne L. Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)
• September 3 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos
• September 4 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
• September 5 "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City after 48 performances; Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic;"Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances
• September 6 Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, Dean Martin appears; Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet
• September 7 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
• September 8 Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam
• September 10 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard September 10 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York
• September 11 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins); Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977; Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
• September 12 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open;Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St. L 30, Sea 24); White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors
• September 13 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
• September 15 Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in New York City; Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
• September 16 Egypt president Sadat re-elected; Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop
• September 17 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California; Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album
• September 18 Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player; Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election; Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention
• September 19 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Portland Golf Classic; "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances ;Metroliner official opens in Brussels; Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women; Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
• September 21 Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia
• September 23 Ford-Carter TV debate; South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them; Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
• September 24 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter; "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances
• September 26 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC September 26 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland September 26 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf September 26 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
• September 28 A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion September 28 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act September 28 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• September 29 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law September 29 "Alice," debuts on CBS-TV; Boy George expelled from school; Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest ; San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0; Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon; Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager; U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

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