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Events from the year 1976 in the United States. Major events include Jimmy Carter defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford in the presidential election of that year, the incorporation of Apple Computer Company and Microsoft , and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that Karen Ann Quinlan could be disconnected from her ventilator.
1976 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year ...
October 1976 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) November 1976 events in the United States (1 C, 19 P) December 1976 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P)
President Ronald Reagan was the face of the United States during the 1980s.. 1980 – The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the European Commission.
1976 in the United States by state or territory (55 C) 1976 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1976 disestablishments in the United States (42 C, 13 P)
The year 1976 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space exploration. March ...
Low water level at Burrator Reservoir in July 1976. 3 July – The heat wave peaks with temperatures reaching 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) in Cheltenham. 7 July – David Steel is elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party. [19] 10 July – Three British and one American mercenaries are shot by firing squad in Angola.
A gunman murdered Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr and injured Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, was tried and found not guilty for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and was exonerated from a wrongful ...