Title: 1976 Content: 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was . == 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 == Deaths == === January === * 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 === * February 1 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (b. 1901) * February 12 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939) === March === * March 11 – Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898) * March 24 – Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887) === April === === May === === June === === July === * 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 === * August 2 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director (b. 1890) * August 29 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet (b. 1899) === September === * September 9 – Mao Zedong, 1st President of China (b. 1893) === October === === November === * November 28 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907) === December === * 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 Sexy Thing" – Hot Chocolate * "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