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| 1976 Chevy Truck Emblem |
1976 was a year of celebration
as our country had her 200th anniversary. The Bi-Centennial and the
Spirit of Seventy Six were in full swing with Independence Day
Celebrations at the center of all the hype.
Remember
Charlie's Angels
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| Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jacklyn Smith |
Charlie's
Angels made its debut in 1976. An American crime drama television series
about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is
one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved
for men. The original stars were Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors,
and Jaclyn Smith. The series was broadcast on the ABC Television Network
from 1976 to 1981 and was one of the most successful series of the
1970s
Some events of 1976
Fiction: Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow
Music: Air Music, Ned Rorem
Drama: A Chorus Line, Conceived by Michael Bennett
Oscars awarded in 1976
Academy Award, Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, producers (United Artists)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Saul Bellow (US)
1976 Emmy Awards
1976 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1976
Record of the Year: "Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain and Tennille
Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Send in the Clowns," Stephen Sondheim, songwriter
Miss America: Tawney Elaine Godin (NY)
More Entertainment Awards...
Physics: Burton Richter and Samuel C. C. Ting (both US), for discovery of subatomic particles known as J and psi.
Physiology or Medicine: Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek (both US), for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
The Muppet show premiered on September 5, 1976
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| Best Picture 1976 |
- Soweto uprising in South Africa
- First artifical gene
Capable of working in a living cell, it was the first living cell created entirely in a test tube without any other gene as a template. - Apple Computer is launched
- Legionnaire's disease strikes 182, kills 29
The first appearance of the flu like disease struck at an American Legion convention in Philadelphi - Tall Ships celebration in New York Harbor
To celebrate the bicentennial of the country. - CB radio popularity peaks
656,000 CB radio applications were filed each month 1976 - Courts allow removal of life support
Karen Ann Quinlan had been in a coma for over a year before her parents won the right to remove the life support equipment keeping her alive. It took 9 years for her to die afterwards. - First Cray Supercomputer
- Betamax and VHS VCRs released
- Doctors protest increase in mapractice insurance
- Mao Tse-tung died
The communist leader of China died in 1976 after over 25 years of rule. - Concord Supersonic Airliner
First Concord (Supersonic Airliner) to make trans-Atlantic commercial flight. - Entebbe Air Raid
Israeli commandos stormed hijacked Air France plane in Uganda's Entebbe Airport, releasing 103 hostages held by a pro-Palestinian terrorist group. - Ebola Outbreak
First Ebola outbreak in Africa, marked beginning of an epidemic that still plagues African countries today. - Bicenntenial
The United States of America's 200th Birthday. - The Viking Probe lands on Mars
In July the Viking Probe set down safely on Mars and sent back pictures of rocky terrain. - West Point admits women
West Point military academy started accepting women.
Released 1976
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| Lindsay Wagner |
Sports
Super Bowl
Pittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)
World Series
Cincinnati d. NY Yankees (4-0)
NBA Championship
Boston d. Phoenix (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Montreal d. Philadelphia (4-0)
Wimbledon
Women: Chris Evert d. E. Cawley (6-3 4-6 8-6)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. I. Nastase (6-4 6-2 9-7)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. I. Nastase (6-4 6-2 9-7)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Bold Forbes
NCAA Basketball Championship
Indiana d. Michigan (86-68)
NCAA Football Champions
Pittsburgh (12-0-0)
1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer PrizesFiction: Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow
Music: Air Music, Ned Rorem
Drama: A Chorus Line, Conceived by Michael Bennett
Oscars awarded in 1976
Academy Award, Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, producers (United Artists)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Saul Bellow (US)
1976 Emmy Awards
1976 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1976
Record of the Year: "Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain and Tennille
Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Send in the Clowns," Stephen Sondheim, songwriter
Miss America: Tawney Elaine Godin (NY)
More Entertainment Awards...
Events
- The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky.
- Philip Glass completes Einstein on the Beach, the first widely known example of minimalist composition.
- NBC broadcasts Gone with the Wind and scores record-breaking ratings.
Movies
- Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, All the President's Men
Music
- Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach,
Books
- Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
- Judith Guest, Ordinary People
- Alex Haley, Roots
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
- Robert Lowell, Selected Poems
- Gabriel García Márquez, Autumn of the Patriarch
- Gore Vidal, 1876
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: William N. Lipscomb, Jr. (US), for work on the structure and bonding mechanisms of boranes.Physics: Burton Richter and Samuel C. C. Ting (both US), for discovery of subatomic particles known as J and psi.
Physiology or Medicine: Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek (both US), for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
- Air France and British Airways begin the first regularly scheduled commercial supersonic transport (SST) flights. Background: Famous Firsts in Aviation
- Viking I lands on Mars. Background: US Unstaffed Planetary and Lunar Programs
- The US Navy tests the Tomahawk cruise missile.
- Richard Leakey discovers a 1.5 million year old Homo erectus skull in Kenya. Background: human evolution
- Cosmic string theory first postulated by Thomas Kibble. Background: Astronomy
Deaths
The Muppet show premiered on September 5, 1976
Top 50 Albums of 1976
Worldwide:
1 Eagles - Hotel California
2 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
3 Bob Dylan - Desire
4 Abba - Arrival
5 Peter Frampton - Comes Alive
6 Abba - Abba's Greatest Hits
7 Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town
8 Boston - Boston
9 Eagles - Greatest Hits 1971-1975
10 Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
11 Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
12 The Rolling Stones - Black & Blue
13 Wings - At The Speed Of Sound
14 Led Zeppelin - Presence
15 Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
16 Queen - A Day At The Races
17 Boney M - Take The Heat Off Me
18 David Bowie - Station To Station
19 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
20 The Beatles - Rock 'N' Roll Music
21 Chicago - Chicago X
22 Santana - Amigos
23 Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
24 Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration
25 Elton John - Blue Moves
26 Abba - The Best Of
27 Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
28 Donna Summer - A Love Trilogy
29 Bad Company - Run With The Pack
30 The Ramones - The Ramones
31 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence
32 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
33 Jackson Browne - The Pretender
34 George Benson - Breezin'
35 Various Artists - Disco Rocket
36 Status Quo - Blue for You
37 Joni Mitchell - Hejira
38 Diana Ross - Diana Ross
39 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
40 The Beach Boys - 20 Golden Greats
41 Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
42 Elton John - Here & There
43 David Bowie - Changes One Bowie
44 AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
45 Rush - 2112
46 Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
47 Bob Dylan - Hard Rain
48 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
49 Aerosmith - Rocks
50 Kiss - Destroyer
TV shows -
Happy Days (ABC), Laverne & Shirley (ABC), M*A*S*H (CBS), Charlie's Angels (ABC), The Big Event (NBC), The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC), Baretta (ABC). One Day at a Time (CBS), Three's Company (ABC), All in the Family (CBS).
Happy Days (ABC), Laverne & Shirley (ABC), M*A*S*H (CBS), Charlie's Angels (ABC), The Big Event (NBC), The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC), Baretta (ABC). One Day at a Time (CBS), Three's Company (ABC), All in the Family (CBS).
Movies of 1976
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
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January, 1976 | |||||
| January 1 | Across the Great Divide | Western | $18,800,000 | ||
| The Blue Bird | $1,200,000 | $887,000 | |||
| The Enforcer | Action | $46,200,000 | |||
| Gator | $11,000,000 | ||||
| Logan's Run | $7,000,000 | $25,000,000 | |||
| Marathon Man | $28,204,261 | ||||
| The Missouri Breaks | $14,000,000 | ||||
| Mother, Jugs & Speed | $15,000,000 | ||||
| Murder by Death | Comedy | $32,511,047 | |||
| Network | Drama | $3,800,000 | $23,689,877 | ||
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | Western | $27,000,000 | |||
| The Pom Pom Girls | $17,900,000 | ||||
| That's Entertainment part 2 | $3,000,000 | ||||
| To Fly! | $86,600,000 | ||||
February, 1976 | |||||
| February 8 | Taxi Driver | Drama | $1,000,000 | $28,262,574 | |
March, 1976 | |||||
| March 11 | Robin and Marian | $5,000,000 | $8,000,000 | ||
April, 1976 | |||||
| April 2 | All the President's Men | Drama | $51,048,435 | ||
| April 6 | Face to Face | $0 | |||
| April 7 | The Bad News Bears | Comedy | $42,349,782 | ||
| Sparkle | Drama | $0 | |||
| They Came From Within | $0 | ||||
| April 9 | Family Plot | Black Comedy | $3,000,000 | $13,200,000 | |
May, 1976 | |||||
| May 28 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Drama | $89,026 | ||
June, 1976 | |||||
| June 18 | Midway | Drama | $43,220,000 | ||
| June 20 | The Tenant | $0 | |||
| June 23 | The Big Bus | Comedy | $0 | ||
| June 25 | Great Scout & Cathouse | $0 | |||
| The Omen | Horror | $2,800,000 | $48,570,885 | ||
| Silent Movie | Comedy | $4,400,000 | $36,145,695 | ||
July, 1976 | |||||
| July 1 | Cannonball! | $0 | |||
November, 1976 | |||||
| November 16 | Carrie | Horror | $1,800,000 | $25,878,153 | |
| November 21 | Rocky | $1,000,000 | $117,235,147 | ||
December, 1976 | |||||
| December 3 | Silver Streak | $51,079,064 | |||
| December 15 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Comedy | $33,833,201 | ||
| December 17 | King Kong | $23,000,000 | $52,614,445 | ||
| December 24 | A Star is Born | $63,129,898 | |||
| December 31 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | $0 | |||
