1976

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

1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of 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 28 – Tangshan earthquake in China.
• October 18 – Bangladesh is recognized by China and established diplomatic ties with Dacca.
• 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 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
• December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor

Deaths

• January 5 – Mal Evans, English band manager (Beatles) (b. 1935)
• January 12 – Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
• February 1 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (b. 1901)
• March 11 – Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
• August 2 – Fritz Lang, Austrian movie director (b. 1890)
• September 9 – Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader (b. 1893)
• December 4 – Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)

Movies released

• Rocky
• 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)" – 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