Enterprise High School - Class of 1976

Welcome:

This is the official website for the Enterprise High School - Class of 1976 - 30 Year Reunion.

Trivia:

As we entered our senior year of high school at EHS, the United States Postal Service could send your letter anywhere for only a dime.

The median household income (in current US dollars) was $11,800.

A new home cost $48,000.

A gallon of regular (leaded) gasoline was 57¢ (and we complained about that).

A dozen eggs was 77¢, and a gallon of whole milk cost $1.57.

The Federal Deficit was $541.9 billion, the consumer price index was 53.8, and unemployment was 8.5%.

President Gerald Ford escaped two assassination attempts only 17 days apart in September. Both occurred in California and were carried out by women.

Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11, 1975 with host George Carlin; but America's top 10 TV favorites were:

1.	Happy Days
2.	Laverne and Shirley
3.	The ABC Monday Night Movie
4.	MAS*H
5.	Charlie's Angels
6.	The Big Event
7.	The Six-Million Dollar Man
8.	The ABC Sunday Night Movie
9.	Baretta
10.	One-Day At A Time

1975

September:

18^th Heiress/Bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst is captured by the FBI in San Francisco.

20^th David Bowie's "Fame," single goes Number One for two weeks.

26^th Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets play a double header that ends at 3:15 am.

October:

10^th Marriage number six for Elizabeth Taylor as she re-marries Richard Burton.

17^th 1^st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss.

22^nd Carlton Fisk hits a 12^th inning home run in game 6 of the World Series as the Red Socks defeat the Reds 7-6.

29^th The World Football League™ is officially disbanded.

29^th The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe kills his first victim.

30^th The New Your Daily News runs headline: "Ford to City: Drop Dead."

November:

18^th Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free-throw streak at 58 games.

21^st US Drub charges are dropped against Linda McCartney.

23^rd Chicago Bears place-kicker Bob Thomas kicks a 55 yard field goal.

December:

6^th Ohio State running back Archie Griffin wins the 41^st Heisman Trophy Award.

9^th President Ford signs $2.3 billion load authorization for New York City.

11^th First class postage increases from 10¢ to 13¢.

13^th Saturday Night Live uses time-delay for the first time - Richard Prior was the host.

19^th John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice.

19^th Ron Wood joins the Rolling Stones.

20^th Joe Walsh joins the Eagles.

23^rd Congress passes the Metric Conversion Act.

29^th 11 killed, 75 injured by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

31^st Alabama beats Penn State 13 - 6 in the 42^nd Sugar Bowl.

1976

January:

1^st NBC replaces the peacock logo.

16^th The Donnie and Marie (Osmond) Show premiers on ABC.

17^th "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow is #1.

31^st "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players is #1.

February:

1^st Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce.

13^th Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria.

March:

2^nd Walt Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest.

20^th Patricia Hearst is convicted of armed robbery.

29^th 8 Ohio National Guardsmen are indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students.

31^st New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator (ventilator).

April:

1^st Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs originate the Apple Computer.

6^th 1^st quadraphonic movie track "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" debuts

13^th The Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes.

17^th The National League's greatest comeback: trailing 12-1 the Phillies win 18-16 in 10 innings.

May:

24^th 1st Commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington, DC).

30^th Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop during the Indy 500.