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Letter Rate 10¢ Package Rate 10¢ Postcard Rate 7¢ Effective 9/14/1975 United States 7/6/1976 Women Inducted into the United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy admits women for the first time with the induction of 81 female midshipmen. Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman of the class to graduate in May 1980.Ireland 7/18/1976 Nadia Comaneci Scores a Perfect 10 Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history.United States 7/20/1976 Viking Lands on Mars Viking 1 landed on Mars at Chryse Planitia. This was the first Martian landing.United States 7/20/1976 Hank Aaron Hits 755 Hank Aaron hits his 755th home run off Angels pitcher Dick Drago.United States 9/17/1976 Space Shuttle Introduced by NASA The first space shuttle "The Enterprise" was introduced by NASA in Palmdale, California. It took almost ten years and $10 billion to complete. American President Gerald Ford (8/9/1974-1/20/1977) British Prime Minister James Callaghan (4/5/1976-5/4/1979) German President Walter Scheel (7/1/1974-6/30/1979)