Kong escapes and climbs the Empire State Building ( the World Trade Center in the 1976 remake ) as Denham comments, " It was beauty that killed the beast ," for he climbs the building in the first place only in an attempt to protect Ann Darrow, an actress originally offered up to Kong as a sacrifice ( in the 1976 remake, the character is named Dwan ).

Visiting Lagos, Nigeria, in 1976 for the Festival of African Culture ( FESTAC ), Gil met fellow musicians Fela Kuti and Stevie Wonder.

After the war, he served as Chancellor of Lagos University from 1972 to 1976.

Murtala Mohammed was killed along with his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa, on February 13, 1976 in an abortive coup attempt led by Lt. Col Buka Suka Dimka, when his car was ambushed while en route to his office at Dodan Barracks, Lagos.

The first McDonnell Douglas DC-9s were delivered to the airline in 1975, and in 1976 the airline added Lagos as a stopover on its route from Accra to Cotonou.

However, with the creation of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja in 1976, Lagos Island ceased to be the capital of the State which was moved to Ikeja.

He did, nevertheless, win tournaments at Torremolinos ( 1976 – 77 ), Harare ( 1983 ), and Lagos ( 1993 ).

Bidding for the XII Commonwealth Games was held in Montreal at the 1976 Summer Olympics: Lagos ( Nigeria ), Brisbane ( Australia ), Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia ) and Birmingham ( England ).

The Territory was established in 1976, and the capital was formally moved from Lagos ( the historic capital ) in 1991.

It was carved out of the old Lagos Mainland local government which was created in 1977 as a separate Local government following the national reform of Local government in September 1976.

After Seven, Edmonton and McJohn formed Manbeast with Rod Prince and Roy Cox of Bubble Puppy before Steppenwolf reconvened in 1974 for three albums before breaking up again in 1976.

In 1976 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) revised the definition of the AU for greater precision, defining it as that length for which the Gaussian gravitational constant ( k ) takes the value when the units of measurement are the astronomical units of length, mass and time.

The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

On the 2007 deluxe edition release, it is revealed that parts of this tape were used for the 1976 Griffith Park Planetarium launch of the original album, the 1987 remix, and various radio spots, all of which were included as bonus material.

The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of, because Wozniak " liked repeating digits " and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $ 500 plus a one-third markup.

The early 1960s and 1970s ( up until his death in 1976 ) were marked by key works in Helsinki, in particular the huge town plan for the void in centre of Helsinki adjacent to Töölö Bay and the vast railway yards, and marked on the edges by significant buildings such as the National Museum and the main railway station, both by Eliel Saarinen.

Only two fragments of the overall plan were ever realized: the Finlandia Hall concert hall ( 1976 ) fronting Töölö Bay, and an office building in the Kamppi district for the Helsinki Electricity Company ( 1975 ).

This was the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona and the first for a team ( in the four major North American professional sports leagues ) owned or controlled by Colangelo, whose basketball Suns made it to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 but lost both times.

* 1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and ¡ All-Time Quarterback!

* The city in the 1976 film Logan's Run is entirely self-contained for all resources, except power, which is said to be supplied by water moved by the tides.

From 1976 to 1978, Widdecombe was a councillor for Runnymede District in Surrey.

The Pilgrim's reference is a basis for the Church of Zion, Jerusalem thesis of Bagatti ( 1976 ) and Testa, though the archeological evidence may suggest only a later Crusader church.

During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ( WHOCC ), and was first published in 1976.

The AIM-7F, which entered service in 1976, had a dual-stage rocket motor for longer range, solid-state electronics for greatly improved reliability, and a larger warhead.

When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 season and appointed Bill " Tiger " Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned and served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

The synthesis of bohrium was first attempted in 1976 by scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna using this cold fusion reaction.

According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

Seating stands for viewing the American Bicentennial " Operation Sail " flotilla parade were set up on the completed landfill in July 1976.

Freed for a US $ 60 million ransom ( the largest on record at that time ), the ordeal triggered the company headquarters ' relocation to São Paolo, Brazil, and contributed to the March 1976 coup.

Robert G. Bailey almost developed a biogeographical classification system for the United States in a map published in 1976.

In 1976, the Town of Little Mountain and the Ruritan Club decided to renew the reunion as a bicentennial project.

At one point in the spring of 1976 in Miami the album promised to be the third attempt at a CSNY reunion, but when Crosby and Nash were bound to return to LA to finish Whistling Down the Wire, Stills and Young wiped the vocal contributions of the other pair off the master tape.

The reunion of the group in 1976 came about after Elektra Records expressed interest in another Bread album.

Herrmann, who had a full schedule of films planned for 1976, including DePalma ’ s Carrie, The Seven Per Cent Solution and Larry Cohen ’ s God Told Me To, was reportedly happy to be in a position to ignore Hitchcock ’ s reunion offer.

For the first five seasons, from 1976 to 1980, the show was set in Milwaukee ( executive producer Thomas L. Miller's home town ), taking place from roughly 1959 ( one early episode involves the girls ' three-year high school reunion of the Fillmore High Class of 1956 ) through the early 1960s.

Returning to England, he worked as road manager for the progressive rock band Curved Air's 1974 reunion tour, and then assumed drumming duties for the band during 1975 and 1976.

In 1975 Bolam appeared alongside the original cast in a further BBC Radio series adapted from the 1973 TV series and in 1976 there was a further reunion in a feature film spin-off from the series, simply entitled The Likely Lads.

In the backup story " Snapshot: Remembrance " in the retrospective mini-series DC Universe: Legacies # 4, set during a reunion on July 4, 1976, it is implied that the Soldier did survive the war, when the bartender at the reunion vanishes leaving behind a mask.

After 1976, the group members still did reunion concerts occasionally.

Its title was used for a film Two of Us about a fictional 1976 reunion between McCartney and Lennon.

Motown 25 was a showcase for the highly anticipated reunion of the Supremes: Diana Ross, Mary Wilson ( original member Florence Ballard had died in 1976 ), and Supremes replacement Cindy Birdsong.

In the backup story " Snapshot: Remembrance " in the retrospective mini-series DC Universe: Legacies # 4, set during a reunion on July 4, 1976, it is revealed that the Losers did survive the end of the war.

On 27 November 2007, a Harmonia reunion concert was announced for Berlin, where they performed together live for the first time since 1976.

" Deuce " has been a staple at the band's concerts, opening their shows from 1973 – 1976 and again for their 1996 reunion.

Jeremy James Miller ( born October 21, 1976 ) is an American actor and singer best known for his portrayal of Ben Seaver on Growing Pains and its two reunion movies.

During the Academy centennial in 1976, several reunion attendees and other Idlers living nearby performed at a black tie dinner held at the Norwich Sheraton-arguably the first reunion of past and present members on the same stage.

The " classic " Dave Brubeck Quartet broke up in 1967, except for a 25th anniversary reunion in 1976.

; ( 1976 ) Classic quartet reunion – 25th anniversary

It originally appeared on a 1976 album, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, recorded during a reunion of Jones and Dolenz with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who were the band's first writers and producers.