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1.11 November

• November 2 - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbant Gerald Rudolph Ford to become first candidate from deep south to win since the Civil War.
• November 15 - First Megamouth Shark is discovered off Oahu in Hawaii
• November 26 - Little known company Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.

1.12 December

• December 1 - Angola joins the United Nations
• December 3 - Patrick Hillery is elected unopposed as the sixth President of Ireland.
• December 15 - Samoa joins the United Nations

2 unknown dates

• First laser printer introduced by IBM - the IBM 3800
• Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, invented by Seymour Cray
• California's sodomy law repealed.
• The term memetics first proposed by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene.
• Toronto Blue Jays created
• CN Tower built in Toronto - The tallest free standing land structure.
• Copyright Act of 1976 extends copyright duration for an additional 20 years in the United States
• Diffie-Hellman cryptography proposed

3 Year in topic

• 1976 in film
  • March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights
  • November 21 - Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone
  • All the President's Men
  • Taxi Driver
  • Carrie
  • Network
  • The Omen
• 1976 in literature
• 1976 in music
  • December 8 - The Eagles releases one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Hotel California
  • Björk's musical career begins
  • The Clash form
  • The Damned form
  • Graffiti artist Lee Quinones begins painting large, intricate murals in New York City; along with Quinones, hip hop artists ( rappers, DJs and breakdancers) begin to expand the boundaries of the art form
  • Beginning of Punk rock movement
• 1976 in sports
• 1976 in television
  • January 17 - The Blues Brothers make their debut on NBC's Saturday Night Live
  • April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes on on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.
  • May 22 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels raises his previous offer to The Beatles from $3000 to $3,200.
  • December 1 - Infamous Bill Grundy incident, wherin UK punk group the Sex Pistols cause a storm of controversy and outrage by swearing on television
  • The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, draw an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide.
  • The Sonny and Cher Show premieres

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19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s 1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. Highl 1976 in musicSee also 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 7 Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation 1976 in televisionSee also 1975 in television, other events of 1976, 1977 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 1 NBC replaces the peacock logo with a modern N made up of 2 trapezoids. January 17 The Blues Brothers make their debut on NBC's Sa 1976 in filmSee also 1975 in film 1976 1977 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events March 22 Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gai 1976 in sportsSee also 1975 in sports, other events of 1976, 1977 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: David Pearson won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Cale Yarborough Indianapolis 500 Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing Gordon John 1976 Winter Paralympics 1976 in literature 1976 Winter Olympics 1976 World Surrealist Exhibition 1976 Olympics 1976 Paralympics 1976 Governor General's Awards 1976 Summer Paralympics 1976 in Canada