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.

In 1976, she signed with the Los Angeles public-relations firm Katz-Gallin-Morey, working closely with Sandy Gallin, who served as her personal manager for the next twenty-five years.

In 1976, she disbanded the Travlin ' Family Band, in order to form a new band, Gypsy Fever, composed of seasoned musicians who had more of a rock sensibility, in order to support her impending crossover.

When Jenette Kahn became DC's publisher in late 1976, she commissioned graphic designer Milton Glaser to design a new logo.

In 1976, she became an Officer of the Order of Canada and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1991.

She moved to Maine in 1976 after her marriage ended and as a result of the settlement, she received half of the couple's assets.

Their youngest daughter Luna — beaten to death in an apparent robbery in the store where she worked in 1976 at the age of 15 — became the first person to have her brain preserved by the Bay Area Cryonics Society.

Celebrated traditional Southern chef and author Edna Lewis wrote a series of books between 1972 and 2003, including A Taste of Country Cooking ( Alfred A. Knopf, 1976 ) where she weaves stories of her childhood in Freetown, Virginia into her recipes for " real Southern food ".

In 1976, she was elected from a caucus in her congressional district as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York City pledged to Senator Frank Church.

Working in the Parliament made Halonen even more interested in politics and she decided to take part in the municipal elections of 1976.

In 1976, Michael Landon asked Anderson if she would appear in his autobiographical film, The Loneliest Runner.

This was to be known as the " Pomperipossa effect " from a story she published in Expressen on 3 March 1976.

She appeared in the 1975 screen adaptation of the Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone directed by Alfred Vohrer, released in English as Everyone Dies Alone in 1976 and for which she won an award for best actress at the International Film Festival in Carlsbad, then in Czechoslovakia.

Later she choreographed Push Comes To Shove ( 1976 ), which featured Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now thought to be the best example of the crossover ballet.

In 1976 she starred in The Cassandra Crossing, a classic disaster film featuring such veteran stars as Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, and Ava Gardner.

Between 1976 and 1984, she made annual summer visits to France, which were among 22 private trips to continental Europe between 1963 and 1992.

The latter was a sort of comeback for Hawn, who had been out of the spotlight for two years since the 1976 release of The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, while she was focusing on her marriage and the birth of her son.

Tharp choreographed Push Comes To Shove for ABT and Baryshnikov in 1976 ; in 1986 she created In The Upper Room for her own company.

After Gulf Winds ( 1976 ), an album of entirely self-composed songs, and From Every Stage ( 1976 ), a live album that had Baez performing songs " from every stage " of her career, Baez again parted ways with a record label when she moved to CBS Records for Blowin ' Away ( 1977 ) and Honest Lullaby ( 1979 ).

After their divorce in 1976, she organized and ran support groups for older divorced women.

By 1976 she was head of the animal-disease-control division of D. C .' s Commission on Public Health, and in 1980 was among those named as Washingtonian of the Year.

She played supporting roles in Burnt Offerings ( 1976 ) and The Disappearance of Aimee ( 1976 ), but clashed with Karen Black and Faye Dunaway, the stars of the two respective productions, because she felt that neither extended her an appropriate degree of respect, and that their behavior on the film sets was unprofessional.

She came to international prominence for her roles as Holly Sargis in Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands, and as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie ( based on the first novel by Stephen King ) for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination.

With Hackman reprising his role as New York cop Popeye Doyle, the film was a success and got Frankenheimer his next job, Black Sunday in 1976.

In 1976, Algeria got involved directly in the conflict, but after a military confrontation at Amgala against the Moroccan Army, Algeria's role became indirect, through political and military support for the Polisario Front.

On one 1976 episode of Match Game PM, a contestant failed to win any money on either Audience Match ; the contestant then got to play a fill-in-the-blank with the entire panel for $ 100 per match as a consolation prize.

* In 1976, Peachtree City got its own telephone exchange ( 487 ).

* Danny Pintauro ( born 1976 ), actor who got started as a child actor on the television soap opera As the World Turns, and in the movie Cujo, and came to prominence on the television series Who's the Boss ?.

" In urban legend it is proposed that Ronnie Barker got the idea for Open All Hours when he visited the local Riddifords grocer's-however, Open All Hours ran from 1976, following a pilot in 1973, long before the filming and broadcast of " The Worm That Turned " in 1980.

The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art ( born 1937 ), Charles ( b. 1938 ), Aaron ( b. 1941 ), and Cyril ( b. 1948 ) got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by their uncle Big Chief Jolly.

* Al Delvecchio ( Al Molinaro )-From Seasons 4 – 10 ( 1976 – 1982 ) Al became the new owner / cook of the drive-in after Arnold got married the previous season.

Late in 1976 Snow got in trouble by wearing illegal advertising on his cricket clothing.

Patti Smith, seen here in Copenhagen in 1976, is one of the many poets, musicians and artists who got their start in the East Village

In his 1976 autobiography, Shankly stated: " I've still got the medal ".

* October 2: In his last start of the 1976 season, Fidrych got his 19th win, beating the Brewers, 4-1, giving up five hits in a game that lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.

MacGowan got his first taste of fame in 1976 at a concert by English punk band The Clash, when his earlobe was damaged by Jane Crockford, later to be a member of The Mo-dettes.

Puente got married for the fourth time in 1976 to Pedro Montalvo, who was a violent alcoholic.

On a minor note, former national soccer team coach Bruce Arena got his coaching start at Puget Sound in 1976 as head of the men's soccer team.

Bossy has harbored some animosity towards Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, stating that the Islanders got little recognition for their dynasty ( 1980 – 83 ) compared to the Canadiens ( 1976 – 79 ) or Oilers ( 1984 – 90 ).

The first stainless cast was made in May 1976, week 19, thus it has got the heat number 61901.

The 308 GT4 wore the Dino badge until May 1976, when it finally got the Ferrari " Prancing Horse " badge on the hood, wheels, and the steering wheel.

In 1976 Faido fought successfully against the fragmentation of the municipal area by the highway and got a bypass tunnel.

Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, was named after him before the Overseas Province of Mozambique became independent from Portugal in 1975 ; it got its present name on 3 February 1976.

The 101ers were supported by the Sex Pistols at the Nashville Room on 3 April 1976, and this is when Strummer claimed he saw the light and got involved in the punk scene.

GM intermediates got a facelift for 1976, giving the Century quad rectangular headlamps and a taller, flatter grille.

" In 1976 he got the golden Nobel medal and in 2007 he received Caruso prize.

During Carter's first presidential campaign in 1976, Powell was noted for his energy and for calling reporters from wayside pay telephones to make sure they got Carter's record straight.

The 1976 140-cubic inch four-cylinder engine, as used in the Vega got some refinements.