9th February 1976:

# You were born on a Monday.
# Your star sign is Aquarius.
# Your birthstone is Amethyst.
# The season was Winter.
# You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.
# The US President was Gerald Ford (Republican).
# The UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour).
# You are 32 years 8 months 27 days old.
# It is 94 days until your next birthday.
# In dog years you are 224 years old.
# You are 11,960 days old.
# You are approximately 287,061 hours old.
# You are approximately 1,033,418,192 seconds old.

1825 - The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.

1861 - The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis as its president.

1870 - The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS).

1884 - Thomas Edison and Patrick Kenny executed a patent application for a chemical recording stock quotation telegraph (U.S. Pat. 314,115).

1885 - The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii.

1895 - Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan.

1895 - The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3.

1900 - Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds.

1909 - The first forestry school was incorporated in Kent, Ohio.

1932 - America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY.

1942 - The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.

1942 - Daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the U.S.

1943 - During World War II, the battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

1950 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. This was the beginning of "McCarthyism."

1953 - The movie "Superman" premiered.

1958 - CBS radio debuted "Frontier Gentleman".

1960 - A verbal agreement was reached between representatives of the American and National Football Leagues. Both agreed not to tamper with player contracts.

1960 - The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward.

1969 - The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.

1971 - The San Fernando Valley experienced the Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale.

1971 - The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind's third landing on the moon.

1975 - The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth.

1984 - NBC Entertainment president, Brandon Tartikoff, gave an interviewer the "10 Commandments for TV Programmers."

1989 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. completed the $25 billion purchase of RJR Nabisco, Inc.

1997 - "The Simpsons" became the longest-running prime-time animated series. "The Flintstones" held the record previously.

2001 - "Hannibal," the sequel to "Silence of the Lambs", opened in theaters.

Monday, February 09, 1976
Top News Headlines This Week:
Feb 9 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
Top Songs for 1976
December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) by Four Seasons
Silly Love Songs by Wings
Play The Funky Music by Wild Cherry
Kiss and Say Goodbye by Manhattans
Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
Tonight's the Night by Rod Stewart
Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
Love Hangover by Diana Ross

US President: Gerald R. Ford
US Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller

1976 Prices

Bread: $0.30/loaf
Milk: $1.42/gal
Eggs: $1.28/doz
Car: $5,418
Gas: $0.60/gal
House: $48,000
Stamp: $0.13/ea
Avg Income: $16,870/yr
Min Wage: $2.30/hr
DOW Avg: 1,005

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: Rocky
Directed By John G. Avildsen
Best Actor: Peter Finch
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway

On TV in 1976

The Rockford Files
Emergency
Columbo
Happy Days
Charlie's Angels
Little House on the Prairie
M*A*S*H
Mork & Mindy


Hot New Toys in 1976

The Bionic Woman
Othello
Evel Knievel Stunt World
Mr. Mouth
Stretch Armstrong
Barbie glamour head
Marie Osmond TV Makeup center
Atari
Little People
Little Professor Calculator
Muhammad Ali Action Figure

Top Books in 1976

The Face of Battle by John Keegan
The Grey King by Susan Cooper


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