1976
Viking Program goes to Mars
Carter-Mondale defeat Ford-Dole in the 1976 Presidential election; first Deep South President elected since 1848
Jimmy Carter wins Democratic nomination; Ford defeats Reagan for Republican nomination
Son of Sam murders in New York
July 4-Bicentennial celabration-200 years
July 2-Vietnam is born, socialist republic, no more North or South Vietnam
1976 Summer Olympics-Montreal, Quebec; Nadia Comanechi from Romania has seven perfect 10’s and wins 3 gold medals, Bruce Jenner wins decathalon, Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon and Michael Spinks and two others give the USA 5 boxing gold medals, but the Soviet Union wins the overall medal race 125 to 94
John Peterson wins gold medal in wrestling, but Soviets dominate with 12 golds and 18 overall medals
Bruce Jenner and Nadia Comanechi win AP Athletes of the Year
1976 Winter Olympics held at Innsbruck, Austria; Dorothy Hamill wins gold in figure skating
Bold Forbes wins Kentucky Derby and Belmont, but Elocutionist wins Preakness
Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl
University of Pittsburgh goes 12-0 with Heisman winner Tony Dorsett; wins NCAA Football title
Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns to win the NBA Championship
Cincinnati Reds sweep the New York Yankees
Johnny Rutherford wins Indianapolis 500
Jack Nicklaus is PGA Tour winner with $266,000
Indiana defeats Michigan for NCAA Basketball title
March 31-Karen Quinlan Ruling from New Jersey Supreme Court-taken off Life Support
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest wins Best Picture and Jack Nicholson wins Best Actor at the 1976 Academy Awards
Apple Computer founded
Hite Report on Female Sexuality released, it sells over 46 million books
Laser lights begin being used at rock concerts
Marcus Welby’s last episode after 7 seasons and 169 episodes
Ink Jet Printers introduced
CN Tower finished in Toronto
Howard Hughes dies; Barbara Walters becomes first woman co-host for ABC News
28 people die in Philadelphia from Legionnaire’s disease
China leader Mao Zedong dies; estimates are as many as 40 million people died under his regime from 1949-1976 including famines in China
Ted Turner lunches WTBS, nation's first cable channel
National Academy of Science confirms findings that Ozone depletion may contribute to environmental issues including Global Warming; Freon and aerosal (chloroflourocarbon) use to be limited by DuPont
1976 in Television (1976-1977 TV Schedule)
| 1-Jan-76 | Orange Bowl | #5 Michigan loses to #3 Oklahoma, 6-14 |
| 11-Feb-76 | Crisler Arena | Foghat/Bob Seger |
| 28-Feb-76 | Grammy's | Captain & Tenille (Love will Keep Us Together), The Eagles (Lyin Eyes), Ray Charles (Living for The City), Earth, Wind and Fire (Shining Star) and Natalie Cole (This Will Be) win at the Grammy's |
| 9-Mar-76 | Bowen Fieldhouse | J. Geils Band/Marc-Almond/Focus |
| 29-Mar-76 | Philadelphia, PA | Michigan is defeated by Indiana in the NCAA Basketball Championship game, 86-68 |
| 1-Apr-76 | Hill Auditorium | Weather Report |
| 1-Apr-76 | Iowa City, Iowa | Bump Elliott hires Olympian Gold Medalist, Dan Gable, and Iowa State grad to become Iowa's Head Wrestling Coach |
| 8-May-76 | Pontiac Silverdome | Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes/Aerosmith/Foghat/The Outlaws |
| 26-Jun-76 | Pontiac Silverdome | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band/Todd Rundgren/Elvin Biship/Point Blank |
| 2-Jul-76 | n/a | North and South Vietnam unite into Vietnam |
| 4-Jul-76 | Pontiac Silverdome | LaBelle/The Ohio Players |
| 11-Jul-76 | Pontiac Silverdome | Elton John |
| 1-Sep-76 | University of Michigan | Madonna Ciccone graduates from Rochester Adams High School, and enrolls at the University of Michigan with a dance scholarship |
| 2-Nov-76 | n/a | Jimmy Carter wins presidential election, first Deep South candidate to win since civil war |
| 6-Nov-76 | West Lafayette, IN | #1 and undefeated Michigan is upset by Unranked Purdue 14-16 |
| 12-Nov-76 | Crisler Arena | The Eagles |
| 20-Nov-76 | Columbus, OH | #4 Michigan defeats #8 Ohio State, 22-0, to win Big Ten Co-Championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl |
| 3-Dec-76 | n/a | Bob Marley and manager assassinated in Jamaica |