June 1976 - Teton Dam, J. Paul Getty, The Omen

Get Up and Boogie, it's June 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in June 1976 was 'Get Up and Boogie' by Silver Convention.

June 2 – A car bomb fatally injures Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.  The murder was linked to his coverage of the mafia.

June 2 - Breaking Point movie premieres.

June 3 - British parliamentarians came to the U.S. Capitol to present lawmakers with a one-year loan of the oldest known copy of the Magna Carta, one of only four that survive.  It was later displayed for public viewing in the Rotunda of the Capital.

June 4 - CBS broadcasts Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. This triple-overtime contest has since been heralded as the greatest NBA game ever played.

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

June 6 – J. Paul Getty, industrialist dies. (born 1892)

June 7 - After several years providing commentaries for the show, David Brinkley joins John Chancellor as co-anchor of NBC Nightly News.

June 13 – Severe thunderstorms pass through Iowa, spawning several tornadoes, including an F-5 tornado that destroys the town of Jordan.

June 14 - The Gong Show tv series premieres on NBC.

June 16 – Francis E. Meloy, Jr., the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Lebanon, is assassinated in Beirut.

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

June 18 - Midway movie premieres.

June 20 – Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the U.S. military, following the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon.

June 23 - The Big Bus, Logan's Run and Murder by Death movies premiere.

June 25 - The Omen movie premieres.

June 26 - Bugsy Malone movie premieres.

June 30 - The Outlaw Josey Wales movie premieres.

1976 Toyota Land Cruiser:

Playboy playmate of the month, Debra Peterson, and Playgirl man for June, Greg Hamilton:

Esquire magazine for June:

MAD magazine for June:

New York magazine for June 7 (cover story was inspiration for Saturday Night Fever movie):

Scooby Doo comic for June:

Albums released in June (Album / Artist):

The Runaways / The Runaways

All Things in Time / Lou Rawls

Rock 'n' Roll Music / The Beatles

Beautiful Noise / Neil Diamond

Chicago X / Chicago

A Night on the Town / Rod Stewart

Unorthodox Behaviour / Brand X

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell / Alice Cooper

Whistling Down the Wire / Crosby & Nash

Steal Your Face / Grateful Dead

Two for the Show / Trooper

Nielsen top 20 shows for the week of June 21-28:

McMillan and Wife (NBC), All in the Family (CBS), Starsky and Hutch (ABC), M-A-S-H (CBS), The Rookies (ABC), Maude (CBS), One Day at a Time (CBS), Happv Days (ABC), Baretta (ABC), Medical Center (CBS), Laverne and Shirley (ABC), Jigsaw John (NBC), Bob Newhart (CBS), Barnaby Jones (CBS), HawaiiFive-0 (CBS), Phyllis (CBS), Bionic Woman (ABC), Joe Forrester (NBC), Six Million Dollar Man (ABC), and Rhoda (CBS).

Fun YouTube video featuring some commercials from June 1976: 
1976 Commercials

Evel Knievel Super Jet Cycle toy (released in 1976):

'Trinity' by Leon Uris moves to the top of the New York Times fiction best seller list.

Peanuts comic strip from June 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in June 1976, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com

May 1976 - Concorde, Gerald Ford

Coming Down with Boogie Fever in May 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in May 1976 was 'Boogie Fever' by The Sylvers.

May 11 – U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act.

May 15 - City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.

May 15 - Hundreds march and smoke in Marijuana Day parade in New York.

May 17 - The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were held.  Police Story (NBC) won best drama series.  Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) won best comedy series.  Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man) won comedy best actor, Mary Tyler Moore won comedy best actress, Peter Falk (Columbo) won drama best actor and Michael Learned (Waltons) won drama best actress.

May 19 - The Missouri Breaks movie premieres.

May 21 - 1900 and Embryo movies premiere.

May 24 – Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.

May 25 – U.S. President Gerald Ford defeats challenger Ronald Reagan in three Republican presidential primaries: Kentucky, Tennessee and Oregon.

May 26 - Mother, Jugs and Speed movie premieres.  Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) executive produced this comedy, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel.

May 30 – Indianapolis 500-Mile Race: Johnny Rutherford wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or 255 miles (408 km).

Sears Spring/Summer 1976 catalog

Better Homes and Gardens for May:

Ebony for May:

Sport magazine for May:

1976 Ford F100 Explorer:

Playboy playmate of the month, Patricia Margot McClain and Playgirl man for May, Rock Pamplin.

Albums released in May (Album / Artist)

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee / Elvis Presley

Rocks / Aerosmith

Harvest for the World / The Isley Brothers

1st Round / Pino Presti

Rising / Rainbow

Warren Zevon / Warren Zevon

Turnstiles / Billy Joel

Changesonebowie / David Bowie

Agents of Fortune / Blue Öyster Cult

Sparkle / Aretha Franklin

Rose of Cimarron / Poco

The top 20 shows as listed by A.C. Nielsen for the week of May 10-16: 1 Parent Trap (NBC); 2 Miss U.S.A. Pageant (CBS); 3 All In the Family (CBS); 4 M.A.S.H. (CBS); 5 Starsky and Hutch (ABC); 6 Quest (NBC); 7 Joe Forrester (NBC); 8 Happy Days (ABC); 9 Laverne and Shirley (ABC); 10 Baretta (ABC); 11 Maude (CBS); 12 One Day At A Time (CBS); 13 Columbo (NBC); 14 Police Story (NBC); 15 Junior Miss Pageant (CBS); 16 Bionic Woman (ABC); 17 Saturday Night Movie 'White Lightning', (NBC); 18 Rockford Files (NBC); 19 Gemini Man (NBC); 20 Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS). 

Avengers comic for May:

Fonzie doll (released in 1976):

Peanuts comic strip from May 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in May 1976, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com

April 1976 - Conrail, Helter Skelter, 2 Dollar Bill

Be a Disco Lady in April 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in April 1976 was 'Disco Lady' by Johnnie Taylor.

April 1 - Conrail (Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that had filed for bankruptcy protection. Conrail takes control at midnight, as a government-owned and operated railroad until 1986, when it is sold to the public.

April 1 - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

April 1 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village in New York City.

April 1 - The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox movie is released.

April 1–2 Helter Skelter, a two-part adaptation of Vincent Bugliosi's book about the Charles Manson case, airs on CBS, with Steve Railsback portraying Manson.

April 5 - Howard Hughes, business magnate, aviator pilot and film producer dies. (born 1905)

April 5 - The Blue Bird movie is released.

April 7 - The Bad News Bears  and Sparkle movies are released.

April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.

April 9 - All the President's Men movie is released.

April 11 - The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea movie is released.

April 12 - ABC airs its first Monday Night Baseball broadcast, taking over the package from NBC.

April 13 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

April 18 - The 30th Tony Awards is held.  Travesties wins Best Play.  A Chorus Line wins Best Musical.

April 23 - Stay Hungry movie is released.

April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York City and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. Michaels would raise his offer to $3,200 on SNL's May 22 episode.

April 30 - Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight title with 15-round, unanimous decision on points over Jimmy Young.

Playboy playmate of the month, Denise Michele, and Playgirl man for April, Dennis Ward.  Denise also appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's Some People Can Do What They Like, which was released in October 1976.

1976 Ford LTD Landau

Albums released in April (Name / Artist)

2112 / Rush

Hideaway / America

Live Bullet / Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Steppin' Out / Neil Sedaka

Still Life / Van der Graaf Generator

Moondawn / Klaus Schulze

Welcome Back / John Sebastian

Blow Your Face Out / The J. Geils Band

Black and Blue / The Rolling Stones

Garvey's Ghost / Burning Spear

Blind Dog at St.Dunstans / Caravan

Greatest Stories Live / Harry Chapin

Ramones / Ramones

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! / Jethro Tull

Here and There / Elton John

High Voltage / AC/DC

Rastaman Vibration / Bob Marley & The Wailers

Nielsen's top 20 programs for week ending April 11, 1976:

Five Easy Pieces, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley (all ABC); M-A-S-H (CBS): Welcome Back, Kotter, Barney Miller and Six Million Dollar Man (all ABC); Kojak (CBS): Baretta and Bionic Woman (both ABC); One Day at a Time' (CBS); Streets of San Francisco and Good Heavens (both ABC) All in the Family (CBS); Starsky and Hutch (ABC); Hawaii Five-0 and Sonny and Cher (both CBS): Story of David Part II (ABC); The Jeffersons (CBS): and The Story of David. Part I (ABC).

Thor comic for April:

National Lampoon for April:

Time magazine for April 26th:

Rona Barrett's Hollywood magazine for April:

Spirograph toy from 1976:

'1876' by Gore Vidal moves to the top of the New York Times fiction best seller list.

Peanuts comic strip from April 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in April 1976, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com

March 1976 - Patty Hearst, Kiss, Family

Dig it, Man, it's March 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in March 1976 was 'Dream Weaver' by Gary Wright.

March 1 – Bradford Bishop allegedly murders five of his family members in Bethesda, Maryland. The crime goes undiscovered for 10 days and the suspect is never caught. In 2014, he is placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

March 9 - Family tv show premieres on ABC.

March 9–11 – Two coal mine explosions claim 26 lives at the Blue Diamond Coal Co. Scotia Mine in Letcher County, Kentucky.

March 11 - Gable and Lombard, Robin and Marian movies are released.

March 12 - I Will, I Will... for Now movie released.

March 14 - Buzby Berkley (director/choreographer) dies.

March 16 - Harold Wilson announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Great Britain.  He had been Labour leader for 13 years and Prime Minister for nearly 8 years.

March 18 - The Man Who Fell to Earth movie released.  Filmed mostly in New Mexico, it starred David Bowie, who's stated he was using cocaine at the time.

March 20 – Patty Hearst is found guilty of armed robbery of a bank.

March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.

March 26 - Ride a Wild Pony and Sky Riders movies released.

March 29 - At the 48th Academy Awards, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest wins best picture.  Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher win best actor and actress for their work in that movie.  George Burns wins best supporting actor for The Sunshine Boys.  Lee Grant wins best supporting actress for Shampoo.

March 31 – The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that persistent vegetative state patient in the Karen Ann Quinlan case can be disconnected from her ventilator. She remains comatose and dies in 1985.

March 31 - W.C. Fields and Me movie released.

Albums released in March (album / artist):
A Love Trilogy / Donna Summer
Nobody's Fools / Slade
Wings of Love / The Temptations
Destroyer / Kiss
I Want You / Marvin Gaye
Takin' It to the Streets / The Doobie Brothers
The Sun Sessions / Elvis Presley (recorded 1954–55)
Sad Wings of Destiny / Judas Priest
Wings at the Speed of Sound / Wings
Amigos / Santana
Jailbreak / Thin Lizzy
Moonmadness / Camel
Presence / Led Zeppelin

Nielsen top 10 for the week of March 14: 1 Rich Man, Poor Man 2 Welcome Back, Kotter 3 The Wizard of Oz 4 All In The Family 5 Happy Days 6 ABC Sunday Movie (High Plains Drifter) 7 (tie) M-A-S-H and Laverne and Shirley 9 (tie) Barney Miller and Police Woman

National Geographic for March:

McCall's for March:

People magazine for March 29th:

Playboy playmate of the month, Ann Pennington and Playgirl man for March, Marc Rodriguez:

1976 Volkswagen Beetle:

Incredible Hulk comic for March:

Sonny and Cher dolls (released in 1976):

Peanuts comic strip from March 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in March 1976, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com