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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 of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (WW Norton, 2019), scholarly history. excerpt; Olson, James S. ed. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999) excerpt; Richards, Marlee. America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right ...
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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 Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 was signed into law by U.S. President Gerald Ford. 1976 General Washington stamp. Legislation was signed by President Ford for a posthumous promotion of George Washington (who had died in 1799) to the highest military rank in U.S. history, General of the Armies. The U.S. Army would delay carrying out the ...
1976 Summer Olympics takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada USSR wins the most medals (125), and the most gold medals (49). 1976 Winter Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria USSR wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (13). Fifth Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria
For the first time in U.S. history, the two major party candidates for Vice President of the U.S. agreed to debate the national issues, as well as to have the event on live television. [101] Jimmy Carter 's running mate Walter Mondale , and Gerald Ford 's running mate Bob Dole would each be losing candidates in a U.S. presidential election (in ...