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WORLD NEWS ● January – The Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is released by Seymour Cray's Cray Research. ● January 5 – The Khmer Republic is officially renamed Democratic Kampuchea as a new constitution is proclaimed by the rising Pol Pot regime. ● January 8 – Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai dies at age 77 from bladder cancer. ● January 11 – The Philadelphia Flyers play the Soviet Red Army team, the Red Army left the ice for a portion of the game and the Flyers won 4–1 ● January 15 – Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison. ● January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction begins in Stuttgart, West Germany. ● January 18 → Super Bowl X: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21–17 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. → Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. → The Scottish Labour Party is formed. ● January 19 – Jimmy Carter wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus. ● January 21 – The first commercial Concorde flight takes off. ● January 27 – The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ● January 29 – Twelve Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs explode in the West End of London. ● January 30 – Live from Lincoln Center debuts on PBS. [source] MUSIC The follow albums were released throughout the month of January 1976 ● Desire by Bob Dylan ● Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton ● Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol. 2 by Elvis Presley ● Songs for the New Depression by Bette Midler ● Wanted! The Outlaws by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter & Tompall Glaser ● Schoolboys in Disgrace The Kinks ● Station to Station by David Bowie ● Futuristic Dragon by T.Rex ● Born to Die by Grand Funk Railroad ● Havaña Daydreamin' by Jimmy Buffet ● How Dare You! by 10cc ● Look into the Future by Journey ● M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull by Jethro Tull [source] TELEVISION ● January 1 - NBC replaced the peacock logo with a modern N made up of two trapezoids, similar to the Nebraska Educational Television's one. ● January 17 - The Blues Brothers made their debut on NBC's Saturday Night Live singing Slim Harpo's song "I'm a King Bee" in their Killer Bees costumes. Their first appearance as The Blues Brother proper occurred in 1978. ● MID-SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE [source] MOVIES ● January 1 → Adios Amigo → C. B. Hustler → The Commitment → The Revenge of the Patriots (Zhong yuan biao ju) ● January 16 → Proud and Damned → Snuff ● January 31 - Grindhouse [source] THE ECONOMY ● President: Gerald R. Ford ● Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller ● Population: 218,035,164 ● Life expectancy: 72.9 years ● Federal spending: $371.79 billion ● Federal debt: $629.0 billion ● Inflation: 8.7% ● Unemployment: 8.5% ● Cost of a new home: $48,000.00 ● Median Household Income: $12,686.00 ● Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 ● Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.59 ● Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.84 ● Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.65 MISC ● President: Gerald R. Ford; Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller ● Magazine Covers!!! ● A more complete January Calendar! ● SO MUCH 70s! (Thanks, Jon!) ● Sub-link: Fashion AAAh HA HA HAA HA! ● New cars, anyone (Ooh la la!) |