5 January 1976DesireBob Dylan
Releases Desire.
Historical records for United States of America in 1976, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Releases Desire.
Releases Hurricane, a song about Rubin Carter.
Dismissed as Director of the CIA
Death of Howard Hughes, en route by private jet to a hospital in Houston
Leaves an estate estimated at $2 billion
With Paul Davies and William Unruh, calculates the quantum stress-energy tensor near an evaporating black hole.
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty.
A congressional record notes a June 25, 1976, telephone call from Sturgis offering information he believed might relate to intelligence matters.
The Ramones, a US punk rock group managed by Danny Fields and Linda Stein hold a concert in England that sparked the young British punk scene
The Ramones, a US punk rock group managed by Danny Fields and Linda Stein hold a concert in England that sparked the young British punk scene
Kissinger oversees the evacuation of servicemen from Thailand
Becomes first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Sponsors the House resolution creating the assassination investigation committee.
Supports the new committee investigation into the Kennedy and King assassinations.
The House created the Select Committee on Assassinations to conduct a new investigation of the Kennedy and King assassinations.
The House established the Select Committee on Assassinations after sustained congressional pressure for a new inquiry, including efforts led by Downing.
Meets Vorster to discuss a resolution to the Rhodesian problem
Henry Kissinger has discussions with James Callaghan after his 10 day tour of Africa
Ian Smith announces aceptance of Kissingers 2 yr transition to black majority rule
Muhamid Ali defeats Ken Norton on points in a 15 round championship fight
Restricts reprocessing and sensitive nuclear exports.
Jimmy Carter wins 51% of the popular vote & 297 electoral college votes
Gerald Ford wins 48% of the popular vote & 247 electoral college votes
Infrared photometry provides evidence that methane frost is a dominant reflective material on Pluto's surface.
Methane-frost observations imply Pluto has a comparatively high albedo and a diameter smaller than earlier estimates.
Co-writes Hotel California and helps define the album's twin-guitar sound.
Sings lead vocals on Hotel California, the title track of the band's landmark album.
Records his final Eagles studio album with the band before leaving in 1977.
Makes his first Eagles studio album appearance on Hotel California after replacing Bernie Leadon.
Downing publicly raised the possibility that anti-Castro Cuban individuals warranted renewed scrutiny in a congressional assassination investigation.
Downing became a leading congressional advocate for reopening the Kennedy assassination investigation and examining unresolved conspiracy questions.
Winner of the 800 meters Gold Medal. Winner of the 400 meters Gold Medal
Appointed State Attorney General
Releases Coney Island Baby, returning to more melodic songwriting after Metal Machine Music.
As congressional interest in reopening the Kennedy case increased, Sturgis's anti-Castro background and public allegations concerning him received renewed scrutiny.
Weiss helps propose a satellite mission concept to measure the cosmic microwave background precisely
Kissinger is actively involved in negotiations regarding the Rhodesian Bush War. Kissinger, along with South Africas Prime Minister John Vorster, pressures Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to hasten the transition to black majority rule in Rhodesia
During a meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister C‚sar Augusto Guzzetti, Kissinger assureds him that the United States is an ally.
Publication of "The Great Train Robbery". Publication of "Eaters of the Dead"
Philip Glass completes Einstein on the Beach, first widely performed minimalist piece
Elected to Congress from Arkansas
During the campaign, Carter criticizes Kissinger, arguing he was "single-handedly" managing all of Americas foreign relations
Congressional investigators continued reviewing the Dallas FBI office's handling and destruction of Oswald's note to Hosty.
Founder Member of Foreigner
Nominates Gerald Ford for the Presidency
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford
Downing is appointed the First chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. First chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations
Downing said that he was skeptical that Lee Harvey Oswald could accurately fire a bolt-action rifle within a short span of time
Downing said that their statements raised the possibility that right-wing Cubans killed Kennedy.
He pushed for a House committee to investigate the assassination nearly two years before its formation.
Kennedy assassination and the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, Downing is the first Chairman. Downing stated before and after the HSCA's investigation that he believed there was a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy.
The House Select Committee on Assassinations concludes that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, probably as a result of a conspiracy. Established in 1976 to investigate the John F.
and he believed video footage of the assassination showed that Kennedy was struck from the front and the rear.
Serves as the committee's first chief counsel.
Receives authority to investigate the Kennedy and King assassinations.
House assassination investigators listed Frank Sturgis, also known as Frank Fiorini, among individuals whose records and activities warranted examination.
Becomes the subject of Dylan's protest song Hurricane.
Records "I Wish", reaches no 1 in the USA
but urges him to "get back to normal procedures" quickly before the US Congress reconvenes and imposes sanctions.
Plays an escaped convict hunted in Jackson County Jail
Plays guitar on Jailbreak, contributing to the twin-guitar sound that brings Thin Lizzy wider recognition.
Kissinger takes a similar line as he had toward Chile when the Argentine military, led by Jorge Videla, topple the democratic Government of Isabel Peron and consolidate power, launching brutal reprisals and "disappearances".
Begins to teach a course on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy at the University of Texas at Arlington
A one-inch-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5-millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through Kennedys neck and Connallys chest wrist and embedded itself in the Governors thigh
Carter appoints Mondale Vice Presidential candidate at the Dem National Convention
Directs "Network"
Directs, Taxi Driver
Winner of the Presidental nomination at the Democratic National Congress
Carter appoints Mondale Vice Presidential candidate at the Dem National Convention
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford
Frazier retires after defeat to Foreman
Stars in, "St. Ives". Stars in, "Raid On Entebbe"
Plays Iris, a teenage sex worker, in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
Directs, Taxi Driver
Contributes guitar to The Boys Are Back in Town, one of Thin Lizzy's signature songs.
Stars in The Cassandra Crossing
Returns as Harry Callahan in The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film.
Woody Allen stars in "The Front", directed by Martin Ritt, a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s
Woody Allen stars in "The Front", directed by Martin Ritt, a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s
Publication of "The Great Train Robbery". Publication of "Eaters of the Dead"
Directs and stars in The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of his major westerns.
Has a supporting role in The Outlaw Josey Wales as Laura Lee, a pioneer from Kansas who falls in love with the eponymous character (Clint Eastwood)
Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 TV movie directed by Irvin Kershner, based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976. Directs, "The Return of a Man Called Horse"
Stars in, "The Shootist"
Appears on Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, one of the most successful compilation albums in rock history.
Releases Zoot Allures, including extended guitar work and a more stripped-down studio sound.
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