19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s: Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith , New York Times, for his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years.
1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar:George F. Will, Washington Post Writers Group, for distinguished commentary on a variety of topics.
1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.:William SafireWilliam L. Safire (born December 17, 1929), columnist for The New York Times and author of fifteen books, writes syndicated op-ed pieces, generally with a conservative viewpoint. Since 1979, he has written "On Language," a weekly column in the New York Ti, New York Times, for commentary on the Bert Lance affair.
1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.: Russell Baker , New York Times
19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He: Ellen H. Goodman , Boston Globe
1993: Liz Balmaseda , Miami Herald, for her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
1994: William Raspberry , Washington Post, for his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.
1995: Jim Dwyer , Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City.
1996: E.R. Shipp , New York Daily News, for her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.
2003: Colbert I. King , Washington Post, for his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom.
2004: Leonard Pitts Jr. , Miami Herald, for his fresh, vibrant columns that spoke, with both passion and compassion, to ordinary people on often divisive issues.
