M.A.S.H the movie is released - The first Jumbo Jet (747) enters transatlantic service - USSR launches Salyut 1 - Bobby Fisher becomes the first US world chess champion - NASA launches Skylab - President Nixon is convicted of Watergate offenses - Elvis dies at 42 ...

1976 - The Fisher Space Pen Co moves into its 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Boulder City, Nevada from Van Nuys, California