What Happend in April of the year we graduated - 1976

• November 1 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule; "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances; West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis
• November 2 Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president; New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City; San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
• November 3 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
• November 4 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
• November 5 Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award; New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters; Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner; U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
• November 6 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP; Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
• November 7 "Gone With the Wind" televised
• November 9 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career; U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
• November 10 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
• November 14 Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks; "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances; War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
• November 15 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
• November 16 Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec; November 16 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
• November 17 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
• November 18 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship;Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
• November 19 George Harrison releases "This Song"; Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
• November 20 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live November 20 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
• November 22 Algeria Constitution goes into effect; Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
• November 23 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site; U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
• November 24 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak; Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
• November 25 O. J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit; The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom; Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity
• November 26 German DR deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship; Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single; Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"; Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International
• November 27 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship; Miss Teenage America Pageant
• November 28 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
• November 29 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees; New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
• November 30 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)

Figured we would share the above history as to jog our memories....