August 1976 - Legionnaires' Disease, Anissa Jones, Alice

Keep on Truckin' in August 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in August 1976 was 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' by Kiki Dee and Elton John.

August 1 – The Seattle Seahawks play their first football game.  In this pre-season game, Seattle lost to the San Francisco 49ers 20-27.

August 2 – A gunman murders Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr and injures Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's estranged husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found not guilty in 1977.

August 4 – The first recognized outbreak of Legionnaires' disease kills 29 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

August 4 - The Return of a Man Called Horse movie premieres.

August 5 - What's Happening!! tv series debuts.

August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.

August 18 – At Panmunjom, North Korea, 2 United States soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone which had obscured their view.

August 19 – U.S. President Gerald Ford edges out challenger Ronald Reagan to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City.

August 25 - Gator movie premieres.

August 28 - Anissa Jones, TV child actress who played 'Buffy Davis' in the late 60s-early 70s sitcom Family Affair dies. (born 1958)

August 28 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports a team led by Dr. Har Gobind Khorana is the first to synthesize a complete, functioning gene.  This is a major step toward understanding how genes regulate the growth and functioning of living things.  

August 30 - New Howdy Doody Show premieres in syndication.

August 31 - Alice tv series, based on the 1974 movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, premieres on CBS.

Kiss in-store appearance at Peaches Records & Tapes in Atlanta, GA.

Albums released in August (album / artist):

What a Lemon / Gasolin'

Good Singin', Good Playin' / Grand Funk Railroad

All I Can Do / Dolly Parton

My Name Is Jermaine / Jermaine Jackson

Man in the Hills / Burning Spear

Coming Out / The Manhattan Transfer

Boston / Boston

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music / Hawkwind

No Reason to Cry / Eric Clapton

The Roaring Silence / Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Nielson top 20 shows for August 23-29:

All in the Family, Maude and MA-S-H (all CBS); Happy Days and Starsky and Hutch (both ABC); The Graduate, Phyllis and Johnny Cash (all CBS); Baretta and What's Happening (both ABC); Jigsaw John (NBC); Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back, Kotter, Bionic Woman and Rosemary's Baby (all ABC); Joe Forrester (NBC); Kojak and Rhoda (both CBS); Six Million Dollar Man and Streets of San Francisco (both ABC)

1976 Toyota Celica:

Playboy playmate of the month, Linda Beatty, and Playgirl man for August, Greg Anderson:

Justice League comic for August:

Outdoor Life magazine for August:

Mademoiselle for August:

Movie Life magazine for August:

Six Million Dollar Man Venus Space Probe (released in 1976):

Peanuts comic strip from August 1976:

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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

September 1978 - Camp David Accords, Mork and Mindy

So Greasy in September 1978!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in September 1978 was 'Grease' by Frankie Valli.

September 7 - Grandpa Goes to Washington tv series debuts on NBC.  Starring Jack Albertson as a U.S. senator, 10 episodes were broadcast, 11 were filmed.  

September 8 - The Eddie Capra Mysteries tv series debuts on NBC.

September 9 - Fabulous Funnies, Fantastic Four, Godzilla and Yogi's Space Race debut on NBC.  Fangface  debuts on ABC.  The All New Popeye Hour, The Paper Chase and Tarzan and the Super 7 debut on CBS.

September 10 - Kaz debuts on CBS.  Sword of Justice debuts on NBC.

September 12 - Taxi debuts on ABC.  Battle of the Planets debuts in syndication.

September 13 - W.E.B. debuts on NBC.

September 13 - Days of Heaven movie premieres.

September 14 - Mork and Mindy debuts on ABC.

September 15 - Up in Smoke movie premieres.

September 17 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

September 17 - The 30th Primetime Emmy Awards were held.  All in the Family won best comedy series.  Rockford Files won best drama series.  Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family) won best comedy actor, Jean Stapleton (All in the Family) won best comedy actress, Edward Asner (Lou Grant) won best drama actor and Sada Thompson (Family) won best drama actress.

September 17 - Battlestar Galactica debuts on ABC.  Lifeline debuts on NBC.

September 18 - WKRP in Cincinnati debuts on CBS.  David Cassidy was offered the role of Dr. Johnny Fever, but turned it down.

September 19 - The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of the CBS comedy All in the Family are presented to the Smithsonian Institution.

September 22 - The Waverly Wonders and Who's Watching the Kids debut on NBC.

September 23 - Apple Pie debuts on ABC.  The American Girls debuts on CBS.

September 23 – Lyman Bostock, baseball player, dies. (born 1950)

September 24 – Ruth Etting, singer, dies. (born 1897)

September 24 - Mary debuts on CBS.

September 25 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California; 144 are killed.

September 29 - Somebody Killed Her Husband and Death on the Nile movies premiere.

September 30 – Edgar Bergen, actor and ventriloquist, dies. (born 1903)

1978 Chevrolet Impala:

 Spiderman comic for September:

Star Trek Magic Slate (released 1978):

Montgomery Ward Fall and Winter 1978 catalog:

Huggies was a new product introduced in 1978.

Great YouTube video of intros for the new tv shows of fall 1978:  
New Shows of Fall 1978

Playboy playmate of the month, Rosanne Katon, and Playgirl man for September, Stephen Taylor:

Albums released in September 1978 (album / artist):
The Bride Stripped Bare / Bryan Ferry
Pieces of Eight / Styx
Molly Hatchet / Molly Hatchet
Feel the Need / Leif Garrett
Ross / Diana Ross
Blue Valentine / Tom Waits
Studio Tan / Frank Zappa
Wet Dream / Rick Wright
Ace Frehley / Ace Frehley
Gene Simmons / Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley / Paul Stanley
Peter Criss / Peter Criss
All Fly Home / Al Jarreau
Living in the USA / Linda Ronstadt
Tormato / Yes
Road to Ruin / Ramones
The Man / Barry White
One Nation Under a Groove / Funkadelic
Cruisin' / Village People
Never Say Die! / Black Sabbath

Nielsen top 10 for the week ending September 24:  1 Laverne and Shirley; 2 Three's Company; 3 Charlie's Angels; 4 Happy Days; 5 M-A-S-H; 6 One Day At a Time; 7 Taxi; 8 All in the Family; 9 Love Boat; 10 Alice.

Kylene Barker from Virginia is crowned Miss America:

Good Housekeeping for September:

Mad magazine for September:

Tiger Beat for September:

Peanuts comic strip from September 1978:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in September 1978, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com