• Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits four consecutive home runs in a game against the Chicago Cubs on April 17. Schmidt was only the fourth player in the history of Major League Baseball to accomplish this feat.

• The punk rock group the Ramones releases its first self-titled album April 23.

• The Teton Dam collapses in southeast Idaho in the U.S., killing 11 people June 5.

• The National Basketball Association and the American Basketball Association agree on the ABA–NBA merger June 17.

• From coast to coast, the United States

Technology• The first commercial flights of the

Concorde take off Jan. 21. Service to Washington, D.C., will begin May 24.

• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak form Apple Computer Company on April 1.

• The Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars on July 20. Viking II will land Sept. 3.

• NASA unveils the first Space Shuttle, “The Enterprise,” on Sept. 17 at a Palm-dale, Calif., hangar.

• Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico on Nov. 26.

BORN THIS YEAR: Reese Witherspoon, actress (March 22). Above left: Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback (March 24); Tim Duncan, NBA star (April 25); Blake

Shelton, musician (June 18); Pat Tillman, Army ranger, NFL player (Nov. 6).celebrates the 200th anniversary of the

Declaration of Independence on July 4.• The first class of women is inducted

at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on July 6.

• President Ford edges out challenger Ronald Reagan to win the Republican nomination Aug. 19 in Kansas City.

• Frank Sinatra brings Dean Mar-tin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in more than 20 years on Sept. 6.

• “The Muppet Show” is broadcast for the first time on ITV on Sept. 13.

•  Income per year  . $16,000•  Minimum wage  .......... $2.30•  New house  .......... $43,400•  Rent  ..............................  $220•  New car ..................... $4,100•  Gallon of gas  ..................  61¢•  Dozen eggs  ....................  75¢•  Gallon of milk  .............. $1.42•  Loaf of bread  ................  30¢•  First-class stamp  ........... 13¢•  Movie ticket  ................  $2.13

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ple’s Republic of China, dies of a heart attack Sept. 9.

• Irish rock band U2 forms Sept. 25 after drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.

• The first megamouth shark is discov-ered off Oahu in Hawaii on Nov. 19.

U.S. News• The government forms Conrail on

April 1 to take control of 13 major rail-roads that filed for bankruptcy. It operates as a government-owned railroad until its sale in 1986.

• The U.S. Treasury reintroduces the $2 bill on Thomas Jefferson’s 233rd birth-day as part of the bicentennial celebration April 13.

World events• The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red

Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the So-viet Union on Jan. 11.

• The U.S. vetoes a United Nations resolution calling for an independent Pal-estinian state Jan. 27.

• A earthquake kills 22,000 in Guate-mala and Honduras on Feb. 4.

• The CN Tower in Toronto, the tallest free-standing land structure, opens to the public June 26.

• North Vietnam and South Vietnam unite July 2 to form the Socialist Repub-lic of Vietnam.

• The Tangshan earthquake flattens Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851 on July 28.

• Chairman Mao Zedong, of the Peo-

Nelson Rockefeller, 41st U.S. Vice PresidentServed Dec. 19, 1974 – Jan. 20, 1977

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1976 Toyota Celica

1976 Ford Mustang

1976 Pontiac Firebird

“The Muppet Show” first airs.

“Rocky” is released.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer Company.

Ronald Reagan nearly defeats President Ford at the Republican convention.

“Independence has to be defended as well as declared; freedom is always worth fighting for; and liberty ultimately belongs only to those willing to suffer for it.”Gerald Ford38th U.S. President.Served Aug. 9, 1974 – Jan. 20, 1977 1976

Movies• Rocky• Taxi Driver• Carrie• Logan’s Run• The Outlaw Josey Wales• The Omen• Network• King Kong• Marathon Man• The Bad News Bears

Music• “Silly Love Songs,” Wings• “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Elton John and Kiki Dee• “Disco Lady,” Johnnie Taylor• “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” The Four Seasons• “Play That Funky Music,” Wild Cherry• “Kiss and Say Goodbye,” The Manhattans• “Love Machine,” The Miracles• “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Paul Simon• “Love is Alive,” Gary Wright• “Sara Smile,” Hall & Oates

Treasury puts the $2 bill back into circulation.

The Concorde begins commercial flights.

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