1976

1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years:	1973 1974 1975 – 1976 – 1977 1978 1979

Events

• January 18 – Bangladesh and Pakistan fully have foreign bilateral relations between Islamabad and Dacca Officials.
• July 2 – Vietnam is united.
• July 4 – The United States celebrates its 200th birthday (bicentennial)
• July 23 – Adolfo Suárez is elected Prime Minister of Spain.
• July 28 – Tangshan earthquake in China.
• October 18 – Bangladesh is recognized by China and established diplomatic ties with Dacca.
• November 2 – Jimmy Carter elected the 39th President of the United States. Carter defeated the incumbent Ford.
• November 26 – The Last Waltz
• The Clash forms in London.
• A Soviet pilot defects and flies to Japan in a MiG-25 Foxbat.

Births

• January 13 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer
• March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr.
• March 10 – Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese singer
• April 18 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
• August 8 – JC Chasez, American singer
• June 2 – Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician
• June 14 – Alan Carr, English television presenter
• July 1 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• July 9 – Fred Savage, American actor
• July 16 – Bobby Lashley, American wrestler
• September 6 - Robin Atkin Downes, English voice actor
• September 24 – Stephanie McMahon, American business person and writer (WWE)
• September 26 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
• October 7 – Taylor Hicks, American singer
• October 19 – Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer
• November 3 – Tom Brosseau, American singer-songwriter
• November 8 – Brett Lee, Australian cricket player
• November 22 – Torsten Frings, German footballer
• November 22 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer
• November 24 – Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
• November 27 – Jaleel White, American actor
• November 29 - Chadwick Boseman, American actor
• December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor

January

Zhou Enlai

Agatha Christie

Paul Robeson

• January 5 – Mal Evans, English band manager (Beatles) (b. 1935)
• January 8 – Zhou Enlai, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• January 12 – Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
• January 23 – Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and political activist (b. 1898)

February

Werner Heisenberg

Sal Mineo

• February 1 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (b. 1901)
• February 12 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)

March

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto

Bernard Montgomery

• March 11 – Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
• March 24 – Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887)

July

Zhu De

Gustav Heinemann

• July 6 – Zhu De, 2nd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• July 7 – Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of Germany (b. 1899)

August

Fritz Lang

Kazi Nazrul Islam

• August 2 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director (b. 1890)
• August 29 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet (b. 1899)

September

Mao Zedong

• September 9 – Mao Zedong, 1st President of China (b. 1893)

November

Rosalind Russell

• November 28 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)

December

Benjamin Britten

João Goulart

• December 4 – Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
• December 6 – João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)

Movies released

• A Star is Born
• All the President's Men (movie)
• Marathon Man
• Rocky
• Silver Streak
• The Omen
• To Fly!
• Taxi Driver

Hit Songs

• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" – Blue Öyster Cult
• "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" – KC & the Sunshine Band
• "(What A) Wonderful World" – Johnny Nash
• "Anarchy In The UK" – Sex Pistols
• "Dancing Queen" – ABBA (6)
• "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" – Paul Simon
• "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
• "A Little Bit More" – Dr. Hook
• "Afternoon Delight" – Starland Vocal Band
• "All By Myself" – Eric Carmen
• "Arms Of Mary" – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
• "Back In The USSR" – The Beatles
• "Beautiful Noise" – Neil Diamond
• "Bennie And The Jets" – Elton John
• "Besame Mucho" – Dalida
• "Better Use Your Head" – Little Anthony and the Imperials
• "Blinded By The Light" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen
• "Boogie Fever" Sylvers
• "Born To Be With You" – Dion
• "Both Ends Burning" – Roxy Music
• "Candy Store Rock" – Led Zeppelin
• "Cherry Bomb" – The Runaways
• "Convoy" – C.W. McCall
• "Couldn't Get It Right" – Climax Blues Band
• "Dancing Queen" – ABBA
• "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" – The Four Seasons
• "Devil Woman"- Cliff Richard
• "Disco Duck (Part 1)" – Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
• "Disco Lady" – Johnnie Taylor (4)
• "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" – Julie Covington
• "Don't Give Up On Us" – David Soul
• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee
• "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" – Barry White
• "Don't Stop It Now" – Hot Chocolate
• "Don't Take Away The Music" – Tavares
• "Dream Weaver" – Gary Wright
• "Extended Play(EP)" – Bryan Ferry
• "Fernando" – ABBA
• "Fly Like An Eagle" – Steve Miller Band
• "Foggy Notion-Inside Your Heart" – Velvet Underground
• "Fool to Cry" – The Rolling Stones
• "Forever And Ever" – Demis Roussos
• "Forever And Ever" – Slik
• "Freebird(EP)" – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Get Up and Boogie" – Silver Convention
• "Girls Girls Girls" – Sailor
• "Harvest For The World" – The Isley Brothers
• "Hasten Down The Wind" – Warren Zevon
• "Heart On My Sleeve" – Gallagher and Lyle
• "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" – Tavares
• "Hello Old Friend" – Eric Clapton
• "Here Comes The Sun" – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• "Here Comes The Weekend" – Dave Edmunds
• "Hey Baby" – J.J. Cale
• "Honey I" – George McCrae
• "Hot Stuff" – The Rolling Stones
• "Hot Valves(EP)" – Be Bop Deluxe
• "Howzat" – Sherbet
• "Hurricane" – Bob Dylan
• "Hurt" – The Manhattans
• "I Love Music" – The O'Jays
• "I Love To Boogie " – T. Rex
• "I Love to Love (But My Baby Just Loves to Dance)" – Tina Charles
• "I Want You" – Marvin Gaye
• "I Wish" – Stevie Wonder
• "I Write the Songs" – Barry Manilow
• "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" – England Dan and John Ford Coley
• "If Not You" – Dr. Hook
• "If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago
• "If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago
• "I'm Mandy Fly Me" – 10cc
• "I'm Your Puppet" – James and Bobby Purify
• "In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback" – Mike Oldfield
• "It Keeps You Running" – Carly Simon
• "It's Over" – Boz Scaggs
• "Jailbreak" – Thin Lizzy
• "J'Attendrai" – Dalida
• "Jump In My Car" – TMG
• "Kiss and Say Goodbye" – The Manhattans
• "Landslide" – Fleetwood Mac
• "Last Child" – Aerosmith
• "Le petit bonheur" – Dalida
• "Let 'Em In" – Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Let Your Love Flow" – Bellamy Brothers
• "Let's Stick Together" – Bryan Ferry
• "Livin' Thing" – Electric Light Orchestra
• "Lost in France" – Bonnie Tyler
• "Love And Affection" – Joan Armatrading
• "Love Hangover" – Diana Ross
• "Love Is Alive" – Gary Wright
• "Love Machine" – The Miracles
• "Love Really Hurts Without You" – Billy Ocean
• "Love Rollercoaster" – Ohio Players
• "Love So Right" – Bee Gees
• "Love To Love You Baby – Donna Summer
• "Love's A Prima Donna" – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• "Low Rider" – War
• "Mamma Mia" – ABBA
• "Man to Man" – Hot Chocolate
• "Midnight Train To Georgia" – Gladys Knight and the Pips
• "Mississippi" – Pussycat (4)
• "Misty Blue" – Dorothy Moore
• "Mohammed's Radio" – Warren Zevon
• "Money, Money, Money" – ABBA
• "Moonlight Feels Right" – Starbuck
• "More Than a Feeling" – Boston
• "Movin'" – Brass Construction
• "Mozambique" – Bob Dylan
• "Music" – John Miles
• "My First Night Alone Without You" – Bonnie Raitt
• "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" – Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
• "New Rose" – The Damned (debut)
• "No Charge" – J.J. Barrie
• "Pinball Wizard" – Elton John
• "Play That Funky Music" – Wild Cherry
• "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" – Fleetwood Mac
• "Right Back Where We Started From" – Maxine Nightingale
• "Ring Out Solstice Bells(EP)" – Jethro Tull
• "Rock Me Gently" – Sherbet
• "Rock'n Me" – Steve Miller Band
• "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto(Concerto De Aranjuez))" – Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
• "Sara Smile" – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• "Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year
• "Say You Love Me" – Fleetwood Mac
• "She's Gone" – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• "Ships In The Night" – Be Bop Deluxe
• "Show Me The Way" – Peter Frampton
• "Silly Love Songs" – Paul McCartney & Wings (5)
• "Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song" – Billie Jo Spears
• "So It Goes" – Nick Lowe
• "Somebody To Love" – Queen
• "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"- Elton John
• "Still The One" – Orleans
• "Stop Me(If You've Heard It All Before)" – Billy Ocean
• "Suffragette City" – David Bowie
• "Sugar Mama" – Bonnie Raitt
• "Sunshine Day" – Osibisa
• "Take It To The Limit" – The Eagles
• "Take The Money And Run" – Steve Miller Band
• "Taking It To The Streets" – The Doobie Brothers
• "That'll Be The Day" – Linda Ronstadt
• "The Boston Tea Party" – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• "The Boys Are Back In Town" – Thin Lizzy
• "The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" – Wurzels
• "The Killing of Georgie, Pt. 1-2" – Rod Stewart
• "The Perfect Drug" – Roxy Music
• "The Rubberband Man" – The Detroit Spinners
• "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" – Diana Ross
• "Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage
• "Things We Do For Love" – 10cc
• "This Is It" – Melba Moore
• "This Old Heart Of Mine" – Rod Stewart
• "TVC 15" – David Bowie
• "Under the Moon of Love" – Showaddywaddy
• "Uptown Uptempo Woman" – Randy Edelman
• "Welcome Back" – John Sebastian
• "What I've Got In Mind" – Billie Jo Spears
• "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" – Johnny Mathis
• "Why Can't We Be Friends" – War
• "World Turning" – Fleetwood Mac
• "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" – Gordon Lightfoot
• "Yesterday" – The Beatles
• "You Don't Have To Go" – The Chi-Lites
• "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" – Leo Sayer
• "You See The Trouble With Me" – Barry White
• "You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees
• "You to Me Are Everything" – Real Thing
• "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" – Lou Rawls
• "Young Hearts Run Free" – Candi Staton
• "You're My Best Friend" – Queen
• ”Saturday Night" – Bay City Rollers
• ”Tonight's the Night" – Rod Stewart