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This article is a date listing important or significant events that happened (or will happen) on events for the year 1976
Events
- February 26 – After a fire began this night, flames roared through and destroyed an aging frame hotel and the Exxon station near the main downtown intersection in Scottsville. Two nights later another fire destroyed the lumber firm and church, plus several nearby outbuildings, and heavily damaged two houses. (The site of a burnt-out gas station was later rebuilt.) [1]
- February 28 – On Scottsville's main street, fire destroyed the Dansey's lumber business, a 140-year-old Methodist Church and a century-old feed mill and general store, plus several nearby outbuildings, and heavily damaged two houses.[2]
- May 4 – Republicans Laurence Brunton and Edwin E. Gatewood, Jr] place first and second in City Council elections with Nancy K. O'Brien coming in third place.
- July 2 – Nancy K. O'Brien selected as Mayor at her first meeting on Charlottesville City Council. [3]
The fires began the night of Feb. 26, 1976, when flames roared through and destroyed an aging frame hotel and the Exxon station near the main downtown intersection.
Deaths
- June 14 – On this Monday, Judge George Minor Coles died of natural causes in the Judge's Chambers after recessing the Court and retiring to his private office. Judge Coles served the City and State for many years as a Judge of the Corporate Court, and later the Circuit Court of the City.
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References
- ↑ Web. Arsonist Has Tiny Scottsville on Edge, March 10, 1977, retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Arsonist Has Tiny Scottsville on Edge, March 10, 1977, retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, July 2, 1976.