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| October 1975 01: Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Phillipines. 11: Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the guest host. 11: Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham, whom he met at Yale Law School. His wife will remain known by her maiden name for a few years. 22: Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, is given a general discharge after appearing in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual." November 1975 03: The television breakfast show Good Morning America premieres with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussaulton. 06: The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London. 21: The rock group Queen releases the album A Night at the Opera, including their hit single "Bohemian Rhapsody." 29: The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen for the first time. December 1975 01: The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS. 21: Left-wing terrorists, including Carlos (the Jackal), kidnap delegates of an OPEC conference in Vienna. They kill 3 hostages, extort $5 million ransom and escape into the Middle East. 30: born, Tiger Woods, American golfer January 1976 The Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is released by Seymour Cray's Cray Research. 6: Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive! 15: Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. 18: Pittsburgh defeats Dallas 27-17 in Super Bowl X at the Orange Bowl, Miami February 1976 04: 1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria. 11: Clifford Alexander Jr. is confirmed as the first African-American Secretary of the U.S. Army. March 1976 03: Fleetwood Mac records Rumours, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977. 24: US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority 15: Rock group KISS releases the legendary album Destroyer. 20: Patty Hearst is found guilty of the armed robbery of a San Francisco, California bank. 22: born, Reese Witherspoon, American actress 22: Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights 24: born, Peyton Manning, American football player 31: The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that coma patient Karen Ann Quinlan can be disconnected from her ventilator. She remains comatose and dies in 1985. April 1976 01: Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. 24: Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. On May 22, he raises his offer from $3000 to $3,200. May 1976 03: Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park. 11: The last episode of the TV medical drama Marcus Welby, M.D. is aired. 13: The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets and win the American Basketball Association championship, 112-106, in the final ABA game ever played. June 1976 14: The Gong Show debuts on NBC. July 1976 02: North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 04: The citizens of the United States celebrate their country's bicentennial. 18: Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, scores first ever perfect 10 at the Olympics. August 1976 02: An intruder breaks into Priscilla Davis's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas and kills Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr. 1976 Top Grossing Films 1. Rocky 2. A Star Is Born 3. King Kong 4. Silver Streak 5. All the President's Men 6. The Omen 7. The Bad News Bears 8. The Enforcer 9. In Search of Noah's Ark 10. Midway 11. To Fly! 12. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 13. Murder by Death 14. Marathon Man Top Ten Songs of 1975 1. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith 4. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin 5. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan 6. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 7. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen 8. One of These Nights - Eagles 9. Low Rider - War 10. I'm Not in Love - 10cc Top Ten Songs of 1976 1. Hotel California - The Eagles 2. More Than a Feeling - Boston> 3. Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols 4. Dancing Queen - Abba 5. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 6. Night Moves - Bob Seger 7. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones 8. The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy 9. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 10. Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk) - Parliament
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