1976

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 Suarez 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 - Joao 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 Oyster 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