The Year - 1976
The Family News..:

Matthew was born to Theresa (Jennings) & Michael Kelly on Nov. 30th, in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Afternoon DelightThe Starland Vocal Band
Boogie FeverThe Sylvers
ConvoyC.W. McCall
Disco LadyJohnnie Taylor
Don't Go Breaking My HeartElton John & Kiki Dee
Fifty Ways to Leave Your LoverPaul Simon
If You Leave Me NowChicago
I Write the SongsBarry Manilow
Kiss and Say GoodbyeThe Manhattans
Let Your Love FlowBellamy Brothers
Love HangoverDiana Ross
Oh, What a NightThe 4 Seasons
Play That Funky MusicWild Cherry
Saturday NightThe Bay City Rollers
Shake Your BootyKC & The Sunshine Band
Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings
The Theme from "Mahogany"Diana Ross
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)Rod Stewart
Welcome BackJohn Sebastian
You Should Be DancingThe Bee Gees


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - Irwin Winkler & Robert Chartoff, Rocky
Other Nominees - All the President's Men, Bound for Glory, Harold Leventhal, Network, Taxi Driver

Best Actor - Peter Finch, Network (The award was given posthumous.)
Other Nominees - William Holden, Giancarlo Giannini, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro

Best Actress - Faye Dunaway, Network
Other Nominees - Liv Ullmann, Sissy Spacek, Marie Christine Barrault, Talia Shire

Supporting Actor - Jason Robards, All the President's Men
Supporting Actress - Beatrice Straight, Network
Best Director - John G. Avildsen, Rocky
Original Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky, Network
Adapted Screenplay - William Goldman, All the President's Men
Best Song - "Evergreen" (A Star Is Born), Barbra Streisand (music), Paul Williams (lyrics)
Best Music, Adapted - Bound for Glory, Leonard Rosenman
Best Music, Original - The Omen, Jerry Goldsmith
Animated Film - Leisure, Suzanne Baker

In The News..:
Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
Nation celebrates Bicentennial (July 4).
Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda's Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers of Air France plane; one Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers killed in raid (July 4).
Mysterious disease that eventually claims 29 lives strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia (Aug. 4).
Jimmy Carter elected U.S. President (Nov. 2).

Last updated on Tuesday, April 18, 2000