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# Scanned/edited by Andrew Davison, March 2025, ad@coe.psu.ac.th
# Issue: 784: 1977-01-22, p.38, 39
# Issue: 785: 1977-01-29, p.38, 39
# Period: April to Dec 1976

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# A

Aboukir Bay, battle: 7 Aug 1976
Acrobat, on plane: 3 Apr 1976
Adelaide, Australia: 31 July 1976
Admiral Grat Spee, ship: 18 Dec 1976
Advertising ideas: 12 June 1976
Aelius Bridge: 30 Oct 1976
Aerial acrobat: 3 Apr 1976
Aerial fire fighters: 17 July 1976
Aerial tram: 16 Oct 1976
Aerosols, danger from: 21 Aug 1976
Aerospace medicine: 27 Nov 1976
Africa, Boer trek: 3 July 1976
Africa, drought: 11 Sep 1976
Africa, Great Rift Valley: 10 June 1976
Africa, plane crash: 23 Oct 1976
Africa, South: 25 Sep 1976
Agincourt, Battle of: 5 June, 30 Oct 1976
Agostini, Giacomo, motor cycle racer: 21 Aug 1976
Agrippina: 31 July 1976
Aircraft:$
  Chance Vought Corsair: 3 Apr 1978
  Comet 'Yoke Peter: 3 Apr 1976
  Douglas Devastator: 17 Apr 1976
  one-man; 29 May 1976
  royal: 16 Oct 1976
  small: 11 Sep 1976
  Tempest II: 8 May 1976
  wing walker 3 Apr 1976
Aircraft carrier, helicopters: 31 July 1976
Air disaster: 18 Dec 1976
Airline commemoration, USA: 13 Nov 1976
Airline competition: 25 Sep 1976
Airliners, historical: 22 May 1976
Airliners, post war: 19 June 1976
Airports, how run: 25 Sep 1976
Air raid, sirens: 17 Apr 1976
Air raid, Wardens, duties etc: 19 June 1976
Air raids on London: 23 Oct 1976
Airships: 23 Oct 1976
Air tattoo: 31 July 1976
Alabama space and rocket centre: 3 July 1976
Alamo, siege: 28 Aug 1976
Alexandria: 10 July 1976
Alexander the Great: 10 July 1976
Alexander, king: 28 Aug 1976
Alexandra, empress of Russia: 11 Sep 1976
Amazon: 1 May 1976
Amazon source: 26 June 1976
America, railway history: 13 Nov, 4 Dec 1976
Amundsen, Roald: 7 Aug 1976
Anacondas: 24 July 1976
Andover, aircraft. 16 Oct 1976
Angelo, Saint, bridge of: 30 Oct 1976
Anglo-Saxon London: 14 Aug 1976
Animals, catching for zoos: 24 July 1976
Anne, queen: 10 Apr 1976
Antarctica: 5 June, 21 Aug 1976
Antarctic exploration: 31 July 1976
Ants: 29 May 1976
Antwerp, arms: 5 June 1976
Aphids: 1, 29 May 1976
Applegate, Jesse: 10 Apr 1976
Arabia, southern, exploration: 15 May 1976
Arachnocampa luminosa: 13 Nov 1976
Archer-Shee, Martin: 6 Nov 1976
Arctic, conquest: 26 June 1976
Arctic,  exploration: 17 Apr, 22 May, 3, 10, 17, 24 July 1976
Argentina: 24 July 1976
Arizona, gold mine: 3 Apr 1976
Ark Royal, aircraft carrier: 11 Dec 1976
Armada, Spanish: 24 Apr 1976
Armistice Day services: 13 Nov 1976
Armstrong, Police inspector: 31 July 1976
Asia: 3 Apr 1976
Assassination, begins: 24 July 1976
Astronauts: 11 Sep 1976
Astronomy, radio: 11 Sep 1976
Athletes, girls, Chinese: 29 May 1976
At Home In The Wilds, begins: 16 Oct 1976
Atlantic, cross in rowing boat: 20 Nov 1976
Atlantic ridge, spreading: 15 May 1976
Atlantic rowing, single-handed: 25 Dec 1976
Atmosphere, Earth's: 21 Aug 1976
Atoms, film of: 11 Dec 1976
Attendolo: 19 June 1976
Auctions at Sotheby's: 18 Sep 1976
Australia: 30 Oct, 25 Dec 1976
Australian Bight: 22 May 1976
Australian Gold Rush, begins: 24 July 1976
Australian gold rush: 28 Aug 1976
Australian wildlife: 23 Oct 1976
Auto Daredevils: 18 Sep 1976
Automatic pistols: 17 July 1976
Avalanches, origin and effect: 8 May 1976
Aviation, commemorative stamp: 13 Nov 1976
Aviation, pioneers: 5 June 1976
Axminster, arms: 21 Aug 1976
Ayers Rock, Australia: 15 May 1976

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# B

Baboons as pets: 26 June 1976
Babylon: 17 July 1976
Badger State, ship: 25 Dec 1976
Bagpipes: 24 Apr 1976
Bailey, Maurice and Marilyn 1976
Bald Eagle, ship: 3 Apr 1976
Bangkok: 9 Oct 1976
Bangladesh, disaster: 9 Oct 1976
Banks: 11 Sep 1976
Bannockburn, battle of: 26 June 1976
Barn Owl: 29 May 1976
Barnacles: 8 May 1976
Barometer, how works: 29 May 1976
Bartholomew, Saint, hospital: 15 May 1976
Barton, Admiral: 15 May 1976
Bathing, historical: 1 May 1976
Bayeux tapestry: 16 Oct 1976
Bees, killer: 11 Dec 1976
Beetle, diving: 15 May 1976
Beetle, ground: 1 May 1976
Beetle, rove: 29 May 1976
Bell casting: 3 July 1976
Ben Franklin, ship: 28 Aug 1976
Bicycle dynamo, how works: 15 May 1976
Bicycle gear, how works: 8 May 1976
Bight, Australian: 22 May 1976
Bignor, Sussex: 4 Sep 1976
Bird, Peter: 20 Nov 1976
Birds of Paradise: 16 Oct 1976
Bismarck, ship: 8 May 1976
Black Death: 28 Aug 1976
Blashford-Snell, John, explorer: 3, 10 July 1976
Blenheim Palace: 19 June 1976
Blitz, Britain: 10 July 1976
Bloodworms: 15 May 1976
Blowflies: 29 May 1976
Blue Mountains, USA: 17 Apr 1976
Boadicea: 7 Aug 1976
Boeing 707, 747 planes: 17 July 1976
Boer great trek: 3 July 1976
Bombers converted to airliners: 19 June 1976
Boots, powered: 20 Nov 1976
Boston Tea Party: 18 Dec 1976
Bosworth Field, battle: 17 Apr, 28 Aug 1976
Bourbon family, Spanish: 3 July 1976
Bormann, Martin: 27 Nov 1976
Bower bird: 16 Oct 1976
Bows, buttons, ribbons: 12 June 1976
Boy heroes, blitz: 10 July 1976
Brabham, Jack: 22 May 1976
Brands Hatch, racing circuit 18 Dec 1976
Brazil, exploration: 1 May 1976
Brazilian jungles: 24 Apr 1976
Bremen, ship; 15 May 1976
Brezet, Adolphe: 19 June 1976
Bricks, how made: 18 Sep 1976
Bridge, Paris. 11 Dec 1976
Bristol Brabazon plane: 3 July 1976
Bristol Britannia, aircraft: 22 May 1976
Bristol F2B plane: 1 May 1976
Britain, blitz, WWII: 10 July 1976
Britain, in Miniature, in park: 18 Nov 1976
Britain, wartime: 12, 19, 26 June 1976
Britannic, ship: 1 May 1976
Bruce, Robert: 26 June 1976
Budgerigar: 26 June 1976
Bugle: 3 Apr 1976
Bugs, plant: 29 May 1976
Burgess and Maclean, spies: 13 Nov 1976
Burgundy, country: 12 June 1976
Burnett, Peter: 3 Apr 1976
Burwash, Sussex: 26 June 1976
Bus, first petrol: 16 Oct 1976
Buttons and bows: 12 June 1976

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# C

Cables, undersea, laying: 28 Aug 1976
Caddis-fly: 15, 22 May 1976
Caesar, Julius: 7 Aug 1976
Calcutta, India: 2 Oct 1976
California trail: 10 Apr 1976
Camargue: 1 May 1976
Campbells, clan: 10 Apr 1976
Campbell, Sir Malcolm: 31 July 1976
Camera, computerised: 23 Oct 1976
Canada, mounted police: 18 Dec 1976
Canada, North West Territories, arms: 7 Aug 1976
Canada, 'giants': 29 May 1976
Canadair CL-215 plane: 17 July 1976
Cape of Good Hope: 25 Sep 1976
Capsid bugs: 29 May 1976 9 Oct
Car, crash detective: 6 Nov 1976
Car, Ferrari Dino 308 GT4: 10 July 1976
Car, racing: 31 July 1976
Car, rocket: 4 Sep 1976
Carp: 13 Nov 1976
Car, turbine-electric: 26 June 1976
Caracciola, Rudi, racing motorist: 24 Apr 1976
Caribbean islands: 24 Apr 1976
Carpet making: 12 June 1976
Carrier, Jean-Baptiste: 22 May 1976
Cars, lighter: 13 Nov 1976
Carson, Sir Edward: 6 Nov 1976
Casabianca, Giocomo: 7 Aug 1976
Cassowary: 16 Oct 1976
Castaway, Bozo Kucic: 13 Nov 1976
Cat, wild: 27 Nov 1976
Catapult planes: 30 Oct 1976
Catherine II, empress of Russia: 14 Aug 1976
Cats: 26 June 1976
Causeway, Giant's: 10 Apr 1976
Cavell, Edith: 16 Oct 1976
Cawnpore, massacre: 15 May 1976
Cecil, William: 27 Nov 1976
Cenis, Mont, tunnel: 18 Sep 1976
Centipedes: 29 May 1976
Central Pacific Railroad, USA: 20 Nov 1976
Ceramics, jet age: 1 May 1976
Chance Vought Corsair, plane: 3 Apr 1976
Channel shipping surveillance: 2 Oct 1976
Charcot, Jean: 31 July 1976
Charles I: 23 Oct 1976
Charles II: 18 Sep, 4 Dec 1976
Charles, Prince: 29 May 1976
Charles the Bold: 12 June 1976
Chatterton, Thomas: 5 June 1976
Cheops' pyramid: 13 Nov 1976
Chewing gum, origin: 18 Dec 1976
Cheyenne, Indians: 27 Nov 1976
Children brought up by wolves: 8 May 1976
China: 23 Oct 1976
China clippers: 11 Dec i976
China, Yangtze River: 31 July 1976
Chinese girl athletes: 29 May 1976
Christina, Queen of Sweden: 31 July 1976
Christmas at sea: 25 Dec 1976
Christmas customs: 25 Dec 1976
Churchill, Sir Winston, heraldic arms: 12 June 1976
Cinema screen, biggest: 27 Nov 1976
Circuits, radio: 4 Sep 1976
City and the Man, begins: 26 June 1976
Civil aviation, historical: 29 May 1976
Clark. Jim: 10 Apr 1976
Cleopatra: 7 Aug 1976
Clipper: 3 Apr 1976; 11 Dec 1976
Clothes, sporting: 25 Dec 1976
Coal, how formed: 15 May 1976
Coal Board, National, arms: 28 Aug 1976
Cobb, John: 24 July 1976
Cobham, Alan: 5 June 1976
Cockatoo: 16 Oct 1976
Cocos Island, gold: 10 Apr 1976
Cole, William Horace de Vere: 12 June 1976
Columbus, Christopher, conquest of Caribbean: 24 Apr 1976
Comet, plane: 10 July 1976
Comet (Yoke Peter) disaster 1976
Competition re. flying; 25 Sep 1976
Competition, results: 18 Dec 1976
Concorde, aircraft: 22 May 1976
Concorde: 17 July 1976
Conjurers: 28 Aug 1976
Conradin: 5 June 1976
Constantinople, battle: 3 July 1976
Constellation, aircraft: 19 June 1976
Cook, Captain James: 19 June 1976
Cookers, microwave: 6 Nov 1976
Collgardie, gold rush: 28 Aug 1976
Cork, how obtained: 2 Oct 1876
Couani, fictional country: 19 June 1976
Cowper, John: 15 May 1976
Crab, shore: 8 May 1976
Crayfish: 22 May 1976
Crécy, battle: 28 Aug 1976
Cresta run: 4 Dec 1976
Crime and punishment: 6 Nov 1976
Crimea: 7 Aug 1976
Crimean War: 31 July 1976
Cromwell, Oliver: 4 Sep 1976
Crows, exotic: 16 Oct 1976
Crump, Cornelius, survival: 4 Dec 1976
Cullinan diamond: 13 Nov 1976
Culloden, battle: 29 May 1976
Curacao, ship: 29 May 1976
Curie, Marie: 13 Nov 1976
Czechoslovakia, assassination: 7 Aug 1976
Czolgosz, Leon: 24 July 1976 3 Apr

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# D

Dakota, aircraft: 20 Nov 1976
Dalmatia: 13 Nov 1976
Dalton, John: 11 Sep 1976
Dancing, historical: 10, 17 Apr 1976
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: 2 Oct 1976
Darts scorer, robot: 20 Nov 1976
Darwin, Charles: 5 June, 17 July 1976
Darwin, city: 17 July 1976
David, artist: 6 Nov 1976
De Havilland Comet: 22 May 1976
DH 34 aircraft: 22 May 1976
DH 60 plane, 5 June 1976
DH Moth: 18 Dec 1976
Devastator, plane: 17 Apr 1976
Devil's Backbone, USA: 17 Apr 1976
Dinosaurs: 11 Sep 1976
Doctors: 13 Nov 1976
Dog lifesavers: 14 Aug 1976
Dogs: 26 June 1976
Domesday Book: 20 Nov 1976
Domitian, Roman emperor: 21 Aug 1976
Don Juan of Austria: 9 Oct 1976
Douglas DC-7C: 3 July 1976
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator: 17 Apr 1976
Dover, heraldry: 17 July 1976
Dracula, fiction: 2 Oct 1976
Draga, queen of Serbia: 28 Aug 1976
Dragon fly: 22 May 1976
Drake, Francis: 24 Apr 1976
Drought, deaths from: 11 Sep 1976
Dumas, Alexandre: 1 May 1976
Dunecycle: 15 May 1976
'Dynamic Dan': 27 Nov 1976
Dynamo, bicycle, how works: 15 May 1976

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# E

Earth, age, how formed: 15 May 1976
Earth, constitution, evolution: 8 May 1976
Earth, crust spreading: 15 May 1976
Earth, origin 14 Aug 1976
Earth, struck by meteorites: 6 Nov 1976
Earth, studies of interior: 11 Dec 1976
Earth, atmosphere, danger to: 21 Aug 1976
Earthquake, disasters: 2 Oct 1976
Earthquake, Peru: 18 Sep 1976
Earthquake, predicting: 16 Oct 1976
Earwigs: 29 May 1976
Earthworms: 29 May 1976
Eater louse: 15 May 1976
Ecuador: 18 Dec 1976
Edinburgh Duke of, arms: 3 July 1976
Edward II: 24 July 1976
Edward III: 30 Oct 1976
Elizabeth I, queen, 29 May, 11 Sep, 27 Nov 1976
Elizabethan London: 28 Aug 1976
Erebus, ship: 3 July 1976
Ethiopia, exploration: 3 July 1976
Etoile Filante, car: 14 Aug 1976
Euphrates, river: 17 July 1976
Eureka Stockade, storming of: 14 Aug 1976
Europa, ship: 15 May 1976
Evacuation of children, wartime: 3 July 1976
Exhibition, Great, 1851: 4 Dec 1976
Exploration, modern: 10 July 1976
Exploring the Planets, begins: 18 Dec 1976
Eyre, Edward: 22 May 1976

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# F

Faberge, Carl, jeweler: 4 Dec 1976
Faerie Queen, poem: 3 Apr 1976
Fairfax, John: 25 Dec 1976
Falconry: 26 June 1976
Falkirk, battle: 19 June 1976
Fall of the House of Usher: 29 May, 5 June 1976
Fastenings for clothes: 12, 19 June 1976
Fawcett, Colonel: 24 Apr 1976
Fawkes, Guy: 6 Nov 1976
Federal Reserve Bank, USA: 15 May 1976
Ferdinand, Archduke, assassination: 14 Aug 1976
Fernihough, Eric, racing motorcyclist: 7 Aug 1976
Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 car: 10 July 1976
Fighter planes, mini: 26 June 1976
Figureheads: 7 Aug 1976
Film, King Kong: 23 Oct 1976
Finland, railways: 2 Oct 1976
Fiords, Norwegian: 3 July 1976
Fire fighting, aircraft: 17 July 1976
Fire services: 27 Nov 1976
Fire sprinkler: 5 June 1976
Firth of Forth bridge: 4 Dec 1976
Fishbourne, Sussex: 4 Sep 1976
Fittleton, ship, sinking of: 11 Dec 1976
Flea, water: 15 May 1976
Flodden, battle: 15, 22 May, 11 Sep 1976
Flying, civil, in wartime: 12 June 1976
Flying competition: 25 Sep 1976
Flying Dutchman: 16 Oct 1976
Flying, historical: 29 May 1976;
Flying in the 'fifties: 3 July 1976
Flying, fire fighters: 17 July 1976
Flying, STOL: 25 Sep 1976
Focke-Wulf fighter planes: 12 June 1976
Football, World Cup: 4, 11, 18 Dec 1976
Footballs, how made: 11 Dec 1976
Forbus, Rosita: 29 May 1976
Foreign correspondents: 11 Dec 1976
Forest wildlife: 1 May 1976
Forester, C.S., author: 17 Apr 1976
Forgery detector: 16 Oct 1976
Formula One girl: 9 Oct 1976
Four wheel drive grand prix: 31 July 1976
Fox: 1 May 1976
Fram, ship: 14 Aug 1976
France, Pont-Neuf: 11 Dec 1976
Frankenstein, literary origin: 18 Sep 1976
Franklin, Sir John: 3 July 1976
Frederick II: 5 June 1976
Fremantle, Australia: 30 Oct 1976
French Revolution: 22 May 1976
Front Line Civilians: 12 June 1976
Fuel cell: 20 Nov 1976

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# G

Galapagos Islands: 5 June 1976
Galica, Divina: 9 Oct 1976
Galway Blazer, ship: 30 Oct 1976
Gandhi, Mahatma: 4 Sep 1976; 2 Oct 1976
Ganges Delta disaster: 9 Oct 1976
Garfield, President James: 25 Sep 1976
Gas lighting, streets: 21 Aug 1976
Gas masks for civilians: 12 June 1976
Gauchos: 24 July 1976
Gear, bicycle, how works: 8 May 1976
George I: 2 Oct 1976
George, Prince of Hanover: 2 Oct 1976
German ships: 8, 15 May 1976
Germany, Ludendorff bridge: 13 Nov 1976
Giants, Canadian: 29 May 1976
Giant's Causeway: 10 Apr 1976
Gilpin, John: 15 May 1976
Glass, float, how made: 28 Aug 1976
Glencoe massacre: 10 Apr 1976
Gloves, historical; 8 May 1976
Gobi desert: 26 June 1976
Gogh, Vincent Van: 13 Nov 1976
Gold, on Cocos Island: 10 Apr 1976
Gold mine, Lost Dutchman: 3 Apr 1976
Gold mine, Australia: 21 Aug 1976
Gold rush, Australian: 24, 31 July 1976
Golden Gate Bridge: 27 Nov 1976
Golden Touch, fiction: 19 June 1976
Gold rush, rebellion: 7 Aug 1976
Gold storage, USA: 15 May 1976
Good Hope, Cape: 25 Sep 1976
Gordon riots, London: 25 Sep 1976
Goya, artist: 30 Oct 1976
Grasshopper: 29 May 1976
Great Barrier Reef, Australia: 11 Dec 1976
Great Eastern, ship: 10 Apr 1976
Great Exhibition, 1851: 4 Dec 1976
Great Expectations, begins: 16 Oct 1976
Great Lakes: 12 June 1976
Great Rift Valley: 10 July 1976
Great Steamers, begins: 10 Apr 1976
Greenwich: 31 July 1976
Guatemala City, earthquake: 2 Oct 1976
Guise, Duc de: 9 Oct 1976; 16 Oct 1976
Gull, herring: 8 May 1976
Gulliver's Travels, fiction: 10 Apr 1976
Gunpowder plot: 6 Nov 1976
Gyrocopter: 8 May 1976
Gyrokopter: 24 July 1976

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# H

Hair dryers: 3 Apr 1976
Halidon Hill, battle: 24 July 1976
Hall, Anthony William: 15 May 1976
Hampden, John: 23 Oct 1976
Harbour, safety: 17 July 1976
Harbours, how run: 25 Sep 1976
Harold, king: 12 June 1976
Harrier aircraft: § June 1976
Hastings, battle of: 12 June, 16 Oct 1976
Hauser, Kaspar: 22 May 1976
Hawker Tempest, aircraft: 8 May 1976
Hawthorn, Mike: 5 June 1976
Head-hunters of New Guinea: 19 June 1976
Hebert, Jean, racing driver: 1976
Hedgehog: 1 May 1976
Hedin, Sven, explorer: 12 June 1976
Helicopter, carrier ship: 31 July 1976
Helicopter, mountain rescues: 10 July 1976
Helicopter, one person: 24 July, 23 Oct 1976
Hemingway, Ernest: 8 May 1976
Henri III of France: 9, 16 Oct 1976
Henry V: 5, 12 June, 30 Oct 1976
Herbert, Wally, explorer: 22 May 1976
Heron, Grey: 15 May 1976
High Sierras: 6 Nov 1976
Hill, Graham: 12 June 1976
Himalayas, hovercraft over: 24 July 1976
Hitler, Adolf: 27 Nov, 18 Dec 1976
Hogarth, William: 20 Nov 1976
Hohenstaufen, German house of: 5 June 7
Hohenzollerns, Counts: 10 July 1976
Holidays, historical: 24 Apr 1976
Home Guard, wartime Britain: 26 June 1976
Hong Kong (pictures): 4 Dec 1976
Hornblower, fictional character: 7 Apr 1976
Horse, exploration on: 8 May 1976
Hospital, St. Bartholomew's: 15 May 1976
House of rubbish: 28 Aug 1976
Houston, Sam: 26 June 1976
Houston, Texas: 26 June 1976
Hovercraft, how work; one-man: 17 Apr 1976
over the Himalayas: 24 July 1976
Hugo, Victor: 25 Sep 1976
Hunchback of Notre-Dame, book: 25 Sep 1976
Hunt, James, racing motorist: 8 May 1976
Hurricanes: 28 Aug 1976
Hydrofoil boat: 28 Aug 1976
Hydroplane, record breaker: 11 Sep 1976

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# I

Ice speedway racing: 22 May 1976
Icebergs: 29 May 1976
Icebergs, as water supply: 6 Nov 1976
Iceland; 13, 20 Nov 1976
Imperator, ship: 8 May 1976
India: 3 Apr 1976
Indian wildlife: 6 Nov 1976
Indianapolis '500': 10 Apr 1976
Indians, Sioux: 8 Apr 1976
Inflated school: 28 Aug 1976
Inkerman, battle: 31 July 1976
Invention, eccentric: 5 June 1976
Invention, unusual: 26 June 1976
Inverewe Garden: 14 Aug 1976
Irving, Sir Henry: 16 Oct 1976
Isabella, queen: 24 July 1976
Island castaway: 13 Nov 1976
Israel, origin: 30 Oct 1976

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# J

Jaguar, racing: 12 June 1976
Jaguar, XJ1C coupe: 12 June 1976
Japanese gyrocopter: 8 May 1976
Japanese soldier, found in jungle: 27 Nov 1976
Jerusalem: 18 Sep 1976
Jet cars: 28 Aug 1976
Jet engines, first: 26 June 1976
Jet plane, Harrier: 5 June 1976
Jewish-Roman conflict: 1 May 1976
Jews, home for: 30 Oct 1976
Joan of Arc: 12 June 1976
Jodha, prince: 21 Aug 1976
Jodphur, city, India: 21 Aug 1976
John Gilpin's Ride: 15 May 1976
John, king: 25 Dec 1976
John the Fearless: 12 June 1976
Joyce, William, traitor: 11 Dec 1976
Jumbo jet planes: 17 July 1976

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# K

Kaiser Wilhelm, ship: 17 Apr 1976
Kaiser Friedrich, ship: 17 Apr 1976
Kali the Destroyer, goddess: 2 Oct 1976
Karloff, Boris: 18 Sep 1976
Kay, John: 17 July 1976
Kazian, John: 3 Apr 1976
Kea: 13 Nov 1976
Keats, John: 12 June 1976
Kedleston Hall: 12 June 1976
Kestrel: 29 May 1976
King, Commander Bill: 30 Oct 1976
King, Derek: 20 Nov 1976
Kingfisher: 22 May 1976
King (impostor): 15 May 1976
King Kong, film: 23 Oct 1976
Kipling, Rudyard: 26 June 1976
Kites, history, varies uses: 17 Apr 1976
Kiwi: 18 Nov 1976
Knight, Laura: 9 Oct 1976
Kondor, plane: 30 Oct 1976
Konigsmarck. Philip, assassination: 2 Oct 1976
Kopenick, captain from: 5 June 1976
Korean war: 31 July 1976
Kreugar, Ivar: 4 Dec 1976
Kucic, Bozo, survival: 13 Nov 1976

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# L

Lacewings: 1 May 1976
Ladybird: 1 May 1976
Lafayette, ship: 22 May 1976
Laidlow, Piper Daniel: 24 Apr 1976
Lake District, survival: 4 Dec 1976
Lakes, Great, American: 12 June 1976
Land speed records: 28 Aug 1976
Landing helicopter assault craft: 31 July 1976
Landseer, Edwin: 18 Sep 1976
Laramie: 10 Apr 1976
Laser cutter: 27 Nov 1976
Lauda, Niki: 29 May 1976
Lavoisier, Antoine: 28 Aug 1976
Lawn mower, motorised, how works: 22 May 1976
Lawrence, T.E.: 21 Aug 1976
Leech: 22 May 1976
Legends, series begins: 25 Dec 1976
Leonowens, Anna: 21 Aug 1976
Leiopeima frog: 13 Nov 1976
Lepanto, battle: 9 Oct 1976
Letter writers, historical: 3 July 1976
Letters, historical: 10 July 1976
Level crossing gates, how work: 26 June 1976
Leviathan, ship: 8 May 1976
Liberté, ship: 15 May 1976
Libraries, historical: 18 Dec 1976
Lifeboats in space: 18 Sep 1976
Lifesaving dogs: 14 Aug 1976
Limpets: 8 May 1976
Lindbergh, Charles: 5 June 1976
Liners, ships: 24 Apr 1976, 1 May 1976
Little Crow, Indian: 3 Apr 1976
Livingstone, David: 31 July 1976
Livingstone, Zambia: 31 July 1976
Lockheed Constellation, aircraft: 19 June 1976
Lockheed Hercules: 10 Apr 1976
Lockheed Vega: 5 June 1976
Locusts, plague: 24 Apr 1976
Lollipop, rich in food: 16 Oct 1976
London, 17th century: 11 Sep 1976
London, 19-20th century: 9 Oct 1976
London, in First World War: 16 Oct 1976
London, between the wars: 16 Oct 1976
London Bridge: 28 Aug, 6 Nov 1976
London, Dark Ages: 14 Aug 1976
London Dungeon: 7 Aug 1976
London, Gordon riots: 25 Sep 1976
London, Pageant of, begins: 7 Aug 1976
London, post-war era: 30 Oct 1976
London, rebuilding after the fire: 18 Sep 1976
London, Roman times: 7 Aug 1976
London, Victorian times: 2 Oct 1976
London, world war two: 23 Oct 1976
Looking at Legends, begins: 25 Dec 1976
Lopez, president of Paraguay: 8 May 1976
Loudspeaker systems: 1 May 1976
Louis, Spiridon: 7 Aug 1976
Louse, water: 15 May 1976
Ludendorff bridge, Germany: 1976
Lusitania, ship: 24 Apr 1976
Luigi, Prince of Savoy: 17 July 1976

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# M

MacDonald, clan: 10 Apr 1976
Mcindoe, Archibald, Dr.: 25 Dec 1976
McKinley, President, USA assassination: 24 July 1976
Maclean, D.D.: 13 Nov 1976
McParland, James: 17 Apr 1976
Magicians: 28 Aug 1976
Malaysia, wildlife: 30 Oct 1976
Malplaquet, battle: 1 May 1976
Man, Isle, TT races: 21 Aug 1976
Marble: 15 May 1976
Margaret of Anjou: 26 June 1976
Marlborough, Duke: 1 May 1976
Marlowe, Christopher: 29 May 1976
Mars exploration: 22 May, 18, 25 Dec 1976
Marseilles: 4 Sep 1976
Marston Moor, battle: 10 July 1976
Masada, heroes of: 1 May 1976
Masaryk, Jan: 7 Aug 1976
Match king: 4 Dec 1976
Matto Grosso: 24 Apr 1976
Mauretania, ship: 24 Apr 1976
Mawson, Douglas: 5 June 1976
Mayflower, ship: 11 Sep 1976
May fly: 22 May 1976
Mayenne, Duke of: 16 Oct 1976
Mays, Raymond, racing driver: 15 May 1976
Mechanical robots: 11 Sep 1976
Medical profession, historical: 13 Nov 1976
Meissonier, Jean: 25 Sep 1976
Mellitus, bishop: 14 Aug 1976
Mercury, map of: 11 Dec 1976
Mesopotamia: 17 July 1976
Meteorites, striking Earth: 6 Nov 1976
Mexico: 11 Sep 1976
Midas, fiction: 19 June 1976 13 Nov
Midshipman Hornblower, fiction: 17 Apr 1976
Millais, John Everett: 2 Oct 1976
Millipedes: 29 May 1976
Mine, gold, Lost Dutchman: 3 Apr 1976
Miners, American, historical 17 Apr 1976
Miners, coal: 6 Nov 1976
Mini-flyer: 29 May 1976
Minnow: 22 May 1976
Missiles, nuclear: 24 Apr 1976
Moa: 13 Nov 1976
Modern Adventurers, begins 1976
Mole: 29 May 1976
Molly Magquires: 17 Apr 1976
Monsoons: 3 Apr 1976
Mont Blanc, ascent of: 14 Aug 1976
Mont Blanc, road tunnel: 27 Nov 1976
Montcalm, General: 24 July 1976
Mont Cenis tunnel: 18 Sep 1976
Moon craft, laser-powered: 27 Nov 1976
Moon trip, imaginary: 3 July 1976
Morland, George: 23 Oct 1976
Moscow, Napoleon's retreat: 24 Apr 1976
Mosquito: 15 May 1976
Mosquitoes, planes: 12 June 1976
Moss, Stirling: 8 May 1976
Moth, De Havilland, plane: 18 Dec 1976
Motor-Birds: 7 Aug 1976
Motor cycle TT races: 21 Aug 1976:
Motor cycle stunt girls: 7 Aug 1976
Motor cycle veterans: 30 Oct 1976
Motor mower, how works: 22 May 1976
Motor racing: 8 May 1976
Motor, do-it-yourself: 12 June 1976
Motor driver, girl: 9 Oct 1976
Motoring, cheaper: 13 Nov 1976
Motoring, rallycross: 10 Apr 1976
'Mounties: 18 Dec 1976 17 Apr 24 Apr
Moyne, Lord, assassination: 18 Sep 1976
Murdock, William: 21 Aug 1976
Mussels: 8, 22 May 1976
Myrick, Andrew: 3 Apr 1976
Mystacina bat: 13 Nov 1976

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# N

Nansen, Fridtjof: 14 Aug 1976
Nantucket, ship: 1 May 1976
Napoleon: 17 July 1976
Napoleon, retreat from Moscow: 24 Apr 1976
National Coal Board, arms: 28 Aug 1976
National four-wheel-drive grand prix: 31 July 1976
Nature's Fury begins: 28 Aug 1976
Nautilus, submarine: 21 Aug 1976
Navajo' car: 6 Nov 1976
Nelson, Horatio: 17 July 1976
Nero, emperor: 31 July 1976
New Guinea: 19 June 1976
New Guinea, wildlife: 16 Oct 1976
News reporting: 11 Dec 1976
New York: 9 Oct 1976
New York opera: 23 Oct 1976
New Zealand wildlife: 13 Nov 1976
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia: 11 Sep 1976
Nigerian fishing: 28 Aug 1976
Norman London: 21 Aug 1976
Normandie, ship: 22 May 1976
Northamptonshire: 25 Sep 1976
North Pole exploration: 14 Aug 1976
North Pole, under the ice: 21 Aug 1976
North West Territories, Canada, arms: 7 Aug 1976
Norway, fiords: 3 July 1976
Nuvolari, Tazio, racing motorist: 1 May 1976
Nymphs: 22 May 1976

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# O

Ocean exploration: 28 Aug 1976
Ocean floor studies: 15 May 1976
Old Man of the Sea, story: 8 May 1976
Olympic, ship: 1 May 1976
Olympics, begins: 24 July 1976
Olympics, men stars: 31 July 1976
Onoda, Lieutenant: 27 Nov 1976
Opera, phantom at: 4 Sep 1976
Oregon trail 3 Apr 1976 - 24 Apr 1976
Osborne Naval College, theft: 6 Nov 1976
Our Restless Planet, begins: 8 May 1976
Owen, Wilfred: 19 June 1976
Owens, Jesse: 18 Dec 1976
Owl, barn: 29 May 1976
Owl, Tawny: 1 May 1976

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# P

Pacific, exploration: 19 June 1976;
Pacific, fighter: 27 Nov 1976
Pacific, ship wreck: 16 Oct 1976
Pageant of London, begins: 7 Aug 1976
Paine, Thomas: 18 Dec 1976
Pakistan: 9 Oct 1976
Palestine: 18 Sep 1976
Pampas: 24 July 1976
Paper manufacture: 21 Aug 1976
Parachuting: 1 May 1976
Paraguay: 8 May 1976
Paris, bridge: 11 Dec 1976
Parry, Lieut., William: 26 June 1976
Pearl Harbour, attack: 11 Dec 1976
Peary, Robert: 24 July 1976
Peasants' Revolt: 28 Aug 1976
Peru, earthquake: 18 Sep 1976
Peterloo, massacre: 21 Aug 1976
Phantom at the opera: 4 Sep 1976
Philby, John: 15 May 1976
Piano, how works: 12 June 1976
Pietermaritzburg: 3 July 1976
Pilgrim Fathers: 25 Dec 1976
Pillar boxes: 17 July 1976; 24 July 1976
Pilot competition: 25 Sep 1976
Pilots, how trained: 25 Sep 1976
Piper Apache plane: 2 Oct 1976
Pisa, tower: 6 Nov 1976
Pisces III, submarines: 14 Aug 1976
Pistols, automatic: 17 July 1976
Plague of London: 28 Aug 1976
Plane crash, Africa: 23 Oct 1976;
Plane crash, California: 6 Nov 1976
Planes, small: 11 Sep 1976
Planes, without pilots: 7 Aug 1976
Plankton, plant and animal: 8 May 1976
Plastic surgery: 25 Dec 1976
Platte, river, treachery: 10 Apr 1976
Ploughing, historical: 13 Nov 1976
Pochee, Ahmed: 23 Oct 1976
Poe, Edgar Allan: 29 May 1976
Poet-soldier: 19 June 1976
Polar exploration, submarine: 21 Aug 1976
Polesden Lacey: 21 Aug 1976
Police, historical: 30 Oct 1976
Police, origin: 2 Oct 1976
'Policemen' of the skies: 2 Oct 1976
Pompadour, Madame de: 3 July 1976
Pond life: 15 May 1976
Ponte Sant' Angelo: 30 Oct 1976
Porquoi Pas?, ship: 31 July 1976
Portugal, explorers: 27 Nov 1976
Post, Wiley: 5 June 1976
Postal service, historical: 17, 24 July 1976
Pottery, craft: 4 Sep 1976
Pottery, early origins: 24 Apr 1976
Power, by satellite: 24 July 1976
Power, from the sun: 3 Apr 1976
Powerboat race, Mexico: 11 Sep 1976
Practical joker: 12 June 1976
Prams, history of: 29 May, 5 June 1976
President, USA, assassination: 24 July 1976
Prince and the Pauper, begins: 24 July 1976
Princess Victoria, ferry boat: 4 Sep 1976
Princip, Gavrilo: 14 Aug 1976
Printed circuits: 4 Sep 1976
Propaganda, German, war-time: 11 Dec 1976
Propeller, ship's, how made: 9 Oct 1976
Pterosaur: 11 Sep 1976
Public address systems: 1 May 1976
Puget Sound bridge: 18 Dec 1976
Punishment for crimes: 6 Nov 1976
Puppets and puppeteers: 3 Apr 1976
Purses, historical: 15 May 1976
Pyramid, how built: 13 Nov 1976

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# Q

Quasimodo: 25 Sep 1976
Quebec, fall of: 24 July 1976
Queen Elizabeth, ship: 29 May 1976
Queen Mary, ship: 29 May 1976
Queensland: 28 Aug 1976

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# R

Rabbit: 1 May 1976
Radio telescopes: 11 Sep 1976
Ragley Hall, Warwickshire: 28 Aug 1976
Railship 1, vessel: 4 Dec 1976
Rails Across the West, begins: 13 Nov 1976 - 4 Dec 1976
Railway, first: 18 Sep 1976
Railway, heavy load: 28 Aug 1976
Railway, level crossing gates, how work: 26 June 1976
Railway, sea ferry: 4 Dec 1976
Rainfall, importance in Asia: 3 Apr 1976
Rallycross, car rallying: 10 Apr 1976
Rat, brown: 8 May 1976
Rebellion on gold fields: 7 Aug 1976
Record, how it's made: 11 Sep 1976
Recycled refuse: 28 Aug 1976
Reefs, made from tyres: 16 Oct 1976
Refuse disposal, reclamation: 1 May 1976
Refuse recycled: 28 Aug 1976
Revolution, Russian: 11 Sep 1976
Richard II: 2 Oct 1976
Richard III: 17 Apr 1976
Richthofen, Manfred: 23 Oct 1976
Rickenbacker, E., flying ace: 24 Apr 1976
Rings, finger, how made: 25 Sep 1976
Rio de Janeiro: 18 Sep 1976
Riots in London: 25 Sep 1976
Robertson, Dougal and Linda: 16 Oct 1976
Robot machines: 11 Sep 1976
Robins: 25 Dec 1976
Robot planes: 7 Aug 1976
Rock, how formed: 15 May 1976
Rocket car: 4 Sep 1976
Rocky Mountains, railway through: 20 Nov 1976
Rolls, Charles Stewart: 16 Oct 1976
Rolls-Royce cars: 16 Oct 1976
Roman Britain: 4 Sep 1976
Roman-Jewish conflict: 1 May 1976
Roman London: 7 Aug 1976
Rome, bridge: 30 Oct 1976
Roosevelt, ship: 24 July 1976
Roosevelt, Theodore, President: 1 May 1976
Roses, Wars of: 8 May 1976
Ross, Captain John: 26 June 1976
Rousseau, Henri: 27 Nov 1976
Rowing across Atlantic: 20 Nov 1976
Royal Air Force, history: 4 Dec 1976
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: 18 Dec 1976
Royal planes: 16 Oct 1976
Royal Scot, locomotive: 6 Nov 1976
Royal Society, origin: 4 Dec 1976
Royal train: 18 Sep 1976
Royal trains: 4 Sep 1976
Royce, Henry: 16 Oct 1976
Rubbish, house of: 28 Aug 1976
Rug making: 12 June 1976
Russian revolution: 11 Sep 1976
Russian space exploration: 22 May 1976

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# S

Safety at sea: 17 July 1976
Sahara desert: 24 Apr, 29 May 1976
Sahara, speed of: 11 Sep 1976
Sailing around the world: 2 - 30 Oct 1976
St. Albans, city: 7 Aug 1976
St. Bartholomew's Hospital: 15 May 1976
St. Fagan's, Wales: 3 July 1976
St. Moritz: 4 Dec 1976
Saint Swithin: 17 July 1976
Salvaging, Comet plane: 3 Apr 1976
Sandhopper: 8 May 1976
San Francisco: 11 Sep 1976
San Francisco bridges: 27 Nov 1976
Sasquatch animals: 29 May 1976
Satellite, artificial, first: 9 Oct 1976
Satellite power stations: 24 July 1976
School, inflated: 28 Aug 1976
Scotland, Highlands; wildlife: 27 Nov 1976
Scott, Robert Falcon: 7 Aug 1976
Sea Anemone: 8 May 1976
Sea disaster: 3 Apr, 25 Dec 1976
Sea Harrier, aircraft: 5 June 1976
Sea Hurricane, plane: 30 Oct 1976
Sea shore creatures: 8 May 1976
Sea Slater: 8 May 1976
Sea snakes: 20 Nov 1976
Sea plough, cable layer: 28 Aug 1976
Sea, safety: 17 July 1976
Sebastapol, siege of: 7 Aug 1976
Seremet, Vincent: 24 July 1976
Seven Years' War: 7 Aug 1976
Sewing machines, how work: 24 Apr 1976
Sforza family: 19 June 1976
Shah Jahan: 30 Oct 1976
Shakespeare, William: 3 Apr, 25 Dec 1976
Shaver, electric, how works: 19 June 1976
Shelley, Mary: 18 Sep 1976
Shelley, Percy: 22 May 1976
Sheppard, Jack, highwayman: 20 Nov 1976
Ship money: 23 Oct 1976
Ship on rollers: 10 July 1976
Shipwrecked, by a whale: 9 Oct 1976;
Pacific: 16 Oct 1976
Ships, German: 8 May 1976
Ships, historical: 31 July 1976
Ships, vanishing: 3 July 1976
Ships, figureheads: 7 Aug 1976
Ships, propeller, how made: 9 Oct 1976
'Shooting Star', car: 14 Aug 1976
Shrimps: 22 May 1976
Shuttle, space: 13 Nov 1976
Siam, royal governess: 21 Aug 1976
Siberia, resources: 19 June 1976
Siege of Syracuse: 10 Apr 1976
Sierra Leone: 10 July 1976
Silver from film: 6 Nov 1976
Singapore: 6 Nov 1976
Singh. Rev. J.A.L.: 8 May 1976
Sioux Indians: 3 Apr 1978
Siren, air raid warning: 17 Apr 1976
Slaughter, Tod: 11 Sep 1976
Slimbridge wildfowl sanctuary: 24 July 1976
Smith, Staniforth: 19 June 1976
Snail: 22 May 1976
Snail planorbis: 15 May 1976
Snail pond: 15 May 1976
Snow, Sebastian: 26 June 1976
Solar power: 3 Apr 1976
Solar power by satellite: 24 July 1976
Soldier-poet: 19 June 1976
Somme, battle: 21 Aug 1976
Sophia Dorothea, duchess: 2 Oct 1976
Sopwith Camel: 23 Oct 1976
Sotheby's auction rooms: 18 Sep 1976
Sound activated robots: 11 Sep 1976
Sound Cannon: 19 June 1976
South Africa: 25 Sep 1976
South East Asia: 3 Apr 1976
South Pole, first at: 7 Aug 1976
Space centre, Alabama: 3 July 1976
Space, ceramics in: 1 May 1976
exploration: 25 Dec 1976
Space, rescue spheres: 18 Sep 1976
Space, research, Russian: 22 May 1976
Space shuttle, USA: 13 Nov 1976
Spad III, plane: 24 Apr 1976
Spanish Armada: 24 Apr, 4 Sep 1976
Spanish trains: 25 Sep 1976
Sparrow-hawk: 1 May 1976
Spectacles, anti-flash: 1 May 1976
Speech controlled robots: 11 Sep 1976
Speed, land and water: 31 July 1976
Speed record, land: 24 July 1976
Speed research: 27 Nov 1976
Speedway on ice: 22 May 1976
Spenser, Edmund: 3 Apr 1976
Spider, Theridion: 1 May 1976
Spider orb: 25 May 1976
Spider wolf: 29 May 1976
Spirit of St. Louis, plane: 5 June 1976
Sports clothes: 25 Dec 1976
Springtails: 29 May 1976
Sprinkler, fire extinguisher: 5 June 1976
Spruance, destroyer, US: 18 Sep 1976
Sputnik I: 9 Oct 1976
Squirrel, grey: 1 May 1976
Stairs, historical: 21 Aug 1976
Stalin, Joseph: 24 July 1976
Stalingrad, battle: 24 July 1976
Stamp, aviation history: 13 Nov 1976
Steam ships: 10 Apr 1976
Steeves, Lt. David: 6 Nov 1976
Stefansson, Vilhjalmar, explorer; 17 Apr 1976
Stella Polare, ship: 17 July 1976
Stickleback: 15 May 1976
Stirling, battle: 19 June 1976
Stockings, historical: 22 May 1976
Stoker, Bram: 2 Oct 1976
STOL: 25 Sep 1976
Stone fly: 22 May 1976
Storm disasters, Britain: 4 Sep 1976
Storm studies: 28 Aug 1976
Stourbridge, Worcestershire: 24 July 1976
Strange Stories, begins: 8 May 1976
Stratocruiser: 3 July 1976
Stubbs, George, artist: 11 Dec 1976
Stunt driving: 18 Sep 1976
Submarines, mini: 14 Aug 1976
Submarines, US defence against: 18 Sep 1976
Suez Canal: 20 Nov 1976
Sugar glider: 16 Oct 1976
Suleiman the Magnificent: 9 Oct 1976
Sun, power from: 3 Apr, 24 July 1976
Surrey, arms: 26 June 1976
Sussex University, Brighton: 2 Oct 1976
Swale, Colin and Rosalie: 2 Oct 1976
Swallow, biplane: 13 Nov 1976
Sweden, historical: 31 July 1976
Sweets, origin of: 16 Oct 1976
Swift, Jonathan: 10 Apr 1976
Swimming pools, purification: 10 Jan 1976
Swinging saloon: 3 July 1976
Swithin, Saint: 17 July 1976
Sydney Harbour Bridge: 25 Dec 1976
Syracuse, siege of: 10 Apr 1976

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# T

Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 18 Dec 1976
Tadpoles: 15 May 1976
Taj Mahal: 30 Oct 1976
Talking About Trains, begins: 4 Sep 1976
Tanglewood Tales, starts: 19 June 1976
Tank, French VP-90: 19 June 1976
Taszania: 23 Oct 1976
Tate Gallery, London: 24 July 1976
Tate, Sir Henry: 24 July 1976
Tay Bridge, 20 Nov 1976
Taylor, Lee: 11 Sep 1976
Tea-making machine, how works: 1 May 1976
Telephones, origin, world-wide use: 29 May 1976
Tempest II, aircraft: 8 May 1976
Tents, historical: 14 Aug 1976
Termites: 16 Oct 1976
Terror, ship: 3 July 1976
Texas: 28 Aug 1976
Thailand: 16 Oct 1976
Thailand, Bronze Age: 20 Nov 1976
Theatre, artist: 9 Oct 1976
Thermometers, disposable: 2 Oct 1976
Three Musketeers, fiction: 1 May 1976
Tibet, exploration: 12 June 1976
Tigris, river: 17 July 1976
Tit, Great: 1 May 1976
Titanic, ship: 1 May 1976
Todd, Sweeney: 11 Sep 1976
Tolstoy, Count Leo: 24 Apr 1976
Tornadoes: 25 Sep 1976
Tournai, citadel: 1 May 1976
Tower Bridge, London: 23 Oct 1976
Towton, battle: 8 May 1976
Trafalgar, battle: 17 July 1976
Trains, European expresses: 11 Sep 1976
Trains in Spain: 25 Sep 1976
Trains for VIPs: 18 Sep 1976
Tram, aerial: 16 Oct 1976
Transbay Bridge, San Francisco: 27 Nov 1976
Trans-Europe Expresses: 11 Sep 1976
Tree-sparrow: 1 May 1976
Tree-weta: 13 Nov 1976
Trees, super breeds: 4 Sep 1976
Tricycle, powered: 15 May 1976
The Trigan Empire:$
  Series 60, 'Atomic Fallout', / 'The Fallout Menace', ends: 12 June 1976
  Series 61, 'Vengeance!', / 'The Disappeared', / 'The Satellite Mystery'
19 June - 7 Aug 1976
  Series 62, 'The Zallus', / 'The Labours of Janno', / 'Janno's Desert Ordeal', 14 Aug 1976 - 2 Oct 1976
  Series 63, 'The Street Sweeper', / 'Fortune and Consequences', / 'The Deception of Krusi', 9 Oct - 27 Nov 197
  Series 64, 'The Time Machine', / 'Janno's 'Out-of-Time' Mind', starts: 4 Dec 1976
Tristan da Cunha, volcano: 17 Apr 1976
Trotsky, Leon, assassination: 23 Oct 1976
Troublemakers, begins: 18 Dec 1976
Truman, Harry S., US president: 20 Nov 1976
Tschalikis, Mike: 24 July 1976
Tschiffely, A.F.: 8 May 1976
Tuatara: 13 Nov 1976
Tuckton Park, Bournemouth: 13 Nov 1976
Tugs: 25 Sep 1976
Tunnel, Mont Cenis: 18 Sep 1976
Turbine-electric car: 26 June 1976
Turner, William: 16 Oct 1976
Tylocephalus nematode: 13 Nov 1976
Typewriter, how works: 10 Apr 1976
Tyres, recycled: 16 Oct 1976

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# U

Uganda, arms: 14 Aug 1976
Undersea cable laying: 28 Aug 1976
Union Pacific Railroad, USA: 27 Nov 1976
United States, ship: 5 June 1976
USA president, assassination: 24 July 1976
USA transcontinental railroad: 13 Nov 1976
Usher, Fall of the house of, fiction: 29 May 1976

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# V

Vancouver, Canada: 14 Aug 1976
Vancouver, George: 14 Aug 1976
Vanderdecken, Wilhelm, Captain: 16 Oct 1976
Van Gogh, Vincent: 13 Nov 1976
Vanished ships: 3 July 1976
Vaterland, ship: 8 May 1976
Vega, ship: 10 July 1976
Verdun, battle: 14 Aug 1976
Verulamium: 7 Aug 1976
Vickers Viking: 26 June 1976
Vickers Vimy bomber: 29 May 1976
Victoria Hill, battle: 21 Aug 1976
Victorian London: 2 Oct 1976
Victory, ship: 10 July 1976
Viking aircraft, disaster: 18 Dec 1976
Villars, Marshal: 1 May 1976
Vimy bomber: 29 May 1976
Voigt, Wilhelm, confidence trickster: 5 June 1976
Volcano, Tristan da Cunha: 17 Apr 1976
Volcanoes: 8 May 1976
Vole: 29 May 1976
Vole, water: 22 May 1976
Volgograd: 24 July 1976

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# W

Wagtail: 29 May 1976
Wain, Louis, artist: 4 Dec 1976
Wallace, William: 19, 26 June, 28 Aug 1976
Wallsend, arms: 19 June 1976
Waltz, Jacob: 3 Apr 1976
'War and Peace', novel: 24 Apr 1976
Wars of the Roses: 8 May 1976
Wartime in Britain: 12, 19 June 1976
Washington, George: 28 Aug 1976
Washington, USA: 28 Aug 1976
Waste reclamation: 1 May 1976
Water supply: 20, 27 Nov 1976
Water boatman, insect: 15 May 1976
Water vole: 22 May 1976
Watling Street: 7 Aug 1976
Weiser, Jacob: 3 Apr 1976
Weka-Rail (bird): 13 Nov 1976
Wellington, Duke: 4 Sep 1976
Wellington, New Zealand: 4 Sep 1976
Welsh Folk Museum: 3 July 1976
Wenceslas: 25 Dec 1976
Wester Ross, Scotland: 14 Aug 1976
Weymouth, Dorset: 11 Sep 1976
Whale, killer: 28 Aug 1976:
Whale, wrecked ship: 9, 16 Oct 1976
Whelk, dog: 8 May 1976
Whistle, military use: 10 Apr 1976
Whittle, Sir Frank: 26 June 1976
Wild cat: 27 Nov 1976
Wildfowl trust: 24 July 1976
Wilkes, John: 25 Dec 1976
William of Normandy: 12 June, 21 Aug 1976
Wilton House, Wiltshire: 5 June 1976
Wind gun: 19 June 1976
Wings Around the World, begins: 22 May 1976
Wing walking: 3 Apr 1976
Winkles: 8 May 1976
'Winslow Boy' case: 6 Nov 1976
Wireworms: 29 May 1976
Woffington, Peg: 10 July 1976
Wolfe, General: 24 July 1976
Wolves who brought up children: 8 May 1976
Woodlouse: 29 May 1976
Woodmouse: 1 May 1976
Woodpecker, lesser-spotted: 1 May 1976
Woodpecker: 29 May 1976
World, origin: 14 Aug 1976
World War Two (series), end: 17 July 1976

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# Y

Yangtze River: 31 July 1976
Yule log: 25 Dec 1976

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# Z

Zambia: 31 July 1976
Zeppelin raids on London: 16 Oct 1976
