1976

**1976** (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.

## 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.
- Marc Brown's _Arthur's Nose_ is published.

## Births

- January 13 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer
- March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr.
- March 10 – Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese singer
- March 21 – Sara Morganti, Italian para-equestrian
- 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
- December 14 – Arthur Tulus, Romanian singer (Dr. Feelgood Band), university teacher

### 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)

### July

Anneliese Michel

- 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)

### 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