On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1976, the world population was approximately 4,144,246,377 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 1976, covering May 24, 1976.
The Rolling Stones
Wings
Peter Frampton
Led Zeppelin
Marvin Gaye
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
The Doobie Brothers
Elton John
Diana Ross
1976Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player[†]
Alessandro Cortini is an Italian musician best known for his work with the American industrial band Nine Inch Nails. He plays modular synthesizers, keyboards, guitar, and bass guitar.
1976Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player[†]
Catherine Anne Cox is a former Australian netball international and current netball commentator. Between 1997 and 2013, she made 108 senior appearances for Australia. She was a prominent member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 and 2011 World Netball Championships. She was also a member of the Australia teams that won silver medals at the 2003 World Netball Championships and the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Cox captained Australia on seven occasions, including when they won the 2011 Constellation Cup.
1976Silje Vige, Norwegian singer[†]
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Alle mine tankar", written by Bjørn Erik Vige, and performed by 16-year-old Silje Vige. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), selected its entry through the Melodi Grand Prix 1993.
1976Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (born 1923)[†]
Denise Pelletier, OC was a Canadian actress.
1976The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.[†]
The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, was a wine competition, to commemorate the United States Bicentennial, organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, and his American colleague, Patricia Gallagher, in which French oenophiles participated in two blind tasting comparisons: one of top-quality Chardonnays and another of red wines. A Napa County wine was rated best in each category, which caused surprise as France was generally regarded as being the foremost producer of the world's best wines. By the early 1970s, the quality of some California wines was outstanding, but few took notice, as the market favored French brands. Spurrier sold predominately French wines and believed the California wines would not be favored by the judges.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 19 — Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, the man the Central Intelligence Agency helped put in power 12 years ago to avert a Communist takeover has established the only Marxist government in South America.
correction officers at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, NY, scene of riot by 150 inmates on May 17, charge that prison adm knew that disturbance was coming but refused to add guards because of possible overtime expense; prison Supt Paul Metz acknowledges that there had been early warnings, but says that there had been nothing more than rumors and denies that overtime payments had anything to do with decision not to put extra men on duty; riot described; correction officers comment (M)
Karen Anne Quinlan has been breathing without respirator for 4 days at St Clare's Hosp, Denville, NJ, and has been moved from intensive care unit to private room; attending physicians have been 'weaning' her from respirator for last 3 wks; her med prognosis has not changed (M)
Brown wins 2 delegates at Vt state conv and 1 at Colo dist conv (S)
Panel of Govt-apptd lawyers and scientists issues rept critical of FDA Comr Alexander M Schmidt for 'serious deficiencies' in rept he made after investigating charges of mismanagement within FDA; rept detailed; says accusations concerning Schmidt involved incidents that had occurred before he became Comr and that improvements have since been made in FDA procedures; Schmidt releases statement critical of panel's rept; Rev Panel on New Drug Regulations chmn Dr Thomas C Chalmers also disagrees with panel rept (M)
NYCTA aide John G deRoos charges Franchises Bur dir Morris Tarshis discriminates against NYCTA, repeatedly awarding best bus routes to private cos; calls for probe by Mayor Beame; says bur has, since '67, denied 29 of its applications, delayed 8 for mos and yrs and awarded at least 9 contested routes to private operators; main complaint involves express bus routes; Tarshis blames auth inefficiency; dispute flared after auth surface operations chief Marcus G Gibson rept to deRoos charging discrimination was made public; rept detailed; Tarshis, responding to private charges by transit officials that franchise awards are politically influenced, holds he has recd no pol contributions; list of private cos with express routes and of auth routes; deRoos por (L)
undercover mission, called Project Scotch, was able to put law-enforcement officials on trail of possible major corruption scandals in cts and at NYS Liquor Authority (SLA); agents, who attempted to purchase reptd Mafia hangout Last Laff, were told by discotheque's owners Rubin and Howard Margolin that they would have to obtain liquor license through Mercorella and Kase law firm; lawyers said they would 'assist' agents in getting license; liquor-license bribery rept discussed (M)
Philippine jetliner, seized at Zamboanga Airport by 6 hijackers, explodes in flames in exch of gunfire between hijackers and Philippine troops; 3 hijackers and 10 hostages die; 22 other hostages and 3 remaining hijackers are wounded; John Mallett, Amer passenger, describes ordeal; Philippine officials comment; injured hijacker and burning craft illus (M)
Berry acknowledges that cheating at acad is more widespread than previously indicated; issues official statement announcing formation of internal rev panel of officers and cadets to study 'new evidence' that was recently developed by faculty members in acad's electrical engineering dept; announcement appears to confirm earlier charges by cadets involved in cheating scandal that 'hundreds' were actually involved in incident, but that acad was fearful of publicity accompanying wider inquiry; also tends to support action of Army attys, who have requested investigation of acad's handling of scandal
Pres Giscard returns to France on May 23 after 5-day visit to US in honor of US Bicentennial (S)
analysis of prospective Ford-Vorster meeting; illus (L)
Tass repts that Mozambique Pres Somora Machel has left USSR after 6-day official visit (S)