* 1915 – Dean Dixon, American conductor ( d. 1976 )

Other Yale alumni who made serious bids for the Presidency during this period include Hillary Rodham Clinton ( 2008 ), Howard Dean ( 2004 ), Gary Hart ( 1984 and 1988 ), Paul Tsongas ( 1992 ), Pat Robertson ( 1988 ) and Jerry Brown ( 1976, 1980, 1992 ).

** Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada, reuniting the comedy team for the first ( and only ) time in over 20 years.

The 1976 play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and its 1982 film adaptation, were set in and around Marfa.

Salvatore " Sal " Mineo, Jr. ( January 10, 1939February 12, 1976 ), was an American film and theatre actor, best known for his performance as John " Plato " Crawford opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause.

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association inducted Dean into its Hall of Fame in 1976.

* CBS Evening News with Morton Dean ( 1976 – 1984 )

* CBS Sunday Night News with Morton Dean ( 1975 – 1976 )

* Blondie ( No. 1 ) by Dean Young and Jim Raymond ( 1976 ) Tempo

Wine served as the rabbi of the Birmingham Temple until his retirement in 2003, at which time he began devoting most of his efforts to his work as Dean for North America and Provost of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism as well as to lecturing on a wide range of topics under the auspices of the Center for New Thinking, which he had founded in 1976.

In January 1976 Tony Pond and D. Richards won Group 1 in the Tour of Dean Rally.

* Dean Butterworth ( born 1976 ), English professional drummer

Dean chronicled his White House experiences, with a focus on Watergate, in the memoirs Blind Ambition ( 1976 ) and Lost Honor ( 1982 ).

In 1973 he became Vice-Dean of the Faculty on Advocates and from 1976 until 1979 served as its Dean, the leader of the Scots bar.

Since 1976, Brooks has been married to Vicki Lenora Brooks, Assistant Dean for Transfer and Nontraditional Students in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University ( where she has worked for more than 30 years ).

* The film was followed in 1976 with a theatrical sequel, The Shaggy D. A., starring Dean Jones as a 45-year-old Wilby Daniels.

* 1976 Dean Combs

He has had spells at London Business School from 1974 – 1976, 1979 – 1993 and since 2004 ; including the positions of Founding Director of the Executive MBA Programme, Professor of Accounting and Financial Control, Acting Dean in 2007 and Dean since January 2009

* 1976: Cruel But Fair ( with Elton Dean, Keith Tippett, Joe Gallivan )

In his 1976 article, " Detesters, Phasers and Dean Drives ", Stine claimed they were able to reliably create and reproduce a 3-degree phase angle.

* R. W. Butcher: Acting Dean, February 21, 1975 – January 28, 1976

* Roger J. Bulger: Dean, January 29, 1976 – November 30, 1978

Nonetheless, self-government was achieved in January 1976 and after July 1976, Sir Peter Kenilorea became the Chief Minister who would lead the country to independence.

By 1976, 60 Minutes became the top-rated show on Sunday nights in the U. S. By 1979, it had achieved the number-one Nielsen rating for all television programs, unheard of before for a news broadcast in prime time.

In the UK the term glitter rock was most often used to refer to the extreme version of glam pursued by Gary Glitter and his support musicians the Glitter Band, who between them achieved eighteen top ten singles in the UK between 1972 and 1976.

Two years later, in 1976, Rankin achieved his ambition to walk the stock route.

At the 16K density, the cost advantage increased ; the Mostek MK4116 16K DRAM, introduced in 1976, achieved greater than 75 % worldwide DRAM market share.

Although China's economy in 1976 was three times its 1949 size, this was not an impressive figure considering the rate of growth achieved since the 1990s.

Exceptions came in the elections of 1976, when every former Confederate state but Virginia voted for Georgia native Jimmy Carter, and 1992 and 1996, when the Democratic ticket of southerners Bill Clinton ( Arkansas ) and Al Gore ( Tennessee ) achieved a split of the region's electoral votes.

From 1976 it was led by songwriter / vocalist Danny Elfman, who has since achieved success as a composer for film and television.

As the Libertarian presidential nominee in 1976, he achieved ballot access in 32 states ; he and his running mate, David Bergland, received 172, 553 ( 0. 21 %) popular votes by official count, and no electoral votes.

A higher attendance may have been achieved in 1976 in a match against Odd Grenland, but no precise figure exists for this match because the gates broke down after around 9500 spectators had shown up.

After being relegated to cookbooks and autobiographies for most of the 20th century, Asian American literature achieved widespread notice through Maxine Hong Kingston's fictional memoir, The Woman Warrior ( 1976 ), and her novels China Men ( 1980 ) and Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book.

Romania: The Romanian team first achieved wide-scale success at the 1976 Summer Olympics with the tremendous success of Nadia Comăneci.

Further major tournament victories were achieved at Hastings 1953 – 54, Belgrade 1954, Gotha 1957, Moscow 1959, Szombathely 1966, East Berlin 1968, Dnepropetrovsk 1970, Sarajevo 1971, Sandomierz 1976, Iwonicz Zdrój 1976, Budapest 1977, and Jūrmala 1978.

He broke Ben Hogan's 72-hole scoring record of 274 from 1953 by compiling a new aggregate of 271 in the 1965 Masters Tournament, which while tied by Raymond Floyd in 1976, lasted until Tiger Woods shot 270 in 1997 ; Woods's score of 270 was achieved with significantly improved golf equipment on essentially the same-length golf course over which Nicklaus and Floyd scored 271.

Benson was followed by Jim Lawson & the Mayor's Dance Band, who achieved national fame in the mid -' 70s, ending with Lawson's death in 1976.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves.

With the reverse take-over of the Compton agency in 1976 they achieved a Public company listing and were thereafter able to make Rights issues to raise the capital required for their acquisition drive.

It was not before the arrival of Gojko Zec in 1976 that the club achieved stability and soon Red Star celebrated winning the national championship at the " Marakana ".

After having lost in 1976, 1979 general elections and 1977 Upper House election, Kan finally achieved a seat in the lower house in 1980 as a member of the Socialist Democratic Federation.

It achieved its greatest notability in April 1976 when it was joined by the Member of Parliament John Stonehouse, who had formerly represented the Labour Party and at the time was on remand for fraud.

He joined Ipswich Town in 1976, where he achieved domestic and European success under the guidance of Bobby Robson.

The Icelandic singer Björk appeared for the first time in 1976 on Radio One, an Icelandic radio station, singing " I Love to Love " and achieved a deal with a record company through which she released in 1977 her first solo album entitled Björk.