1976

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) begin between US and USSR
Uprising in Soweto, South Africa
Peace accord signed in Lebanon
Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda's Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers
Nadia Comaneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympics history in Montreal
1.5 million Japanese cars sold in U.S. -- half of the auto import market
Supreme Court rules that death penalty a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment

Viking I successfully lands on Mars
Jimmy Carter elected U.S. President
United States celebrates Bicentennial
Viking I successfully lands on Mars
CB radio craze reaches its peak
Apple Computer Co. founded
Alex Haley's Roots
Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick
ink-jet printers
Betamax and VHS systems for video recording introduced
songs - "Tonight's the Night", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Silly Love Songs"
films - "All the President's Men", "Rocky", "Taxi Driver"
TV - "Wonder Woman", "Laverne & Shirley", "Charlie's Angels", "Alice", "Mork & Mindy"
Jennifer Capriati, Peyton Manning, Dominique Dawes, Melissa Joan Hart, Fred Savage and Alicia Silverstone born
Alexander Calder, Agatha Christie, Max Ernst, Paul Robeson, Howard Hughes, J. Paul Getty, Richard J. Daley, Chou En-Lai and Mao Tse-tung die