Biggest Events of the Year 1976
The Top Ten
1 Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, scores the first-ever perfect 10 at the Olympics.
2 Jimmy Carter is elected President of the USA.
3 Apple Inc. is founded, originally as Apple Computer, Inc.
4 The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system open.
5 The US celebrates its bicentennial, marking 200 years since independence.
HARD TO BELIEVE, NUMBER 9, HAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE.
6 42 people die in the Cavalese cable-car disaster, marking the worst cable-car accident to date.
7 The 1976 Summer Olympics are held in Montreal, Canada.
The stars we're all there as the world watched so many great legends and legends in the making. In basketball, The U.S. won gold in men's basketball and featured future greatness in Phil Ford, Walter Davis, Quinn Buckner and a future Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley. Women's basketball saw a future in Ann Meyers and pionering legend, Nancy Lieberman. Boxing saw a future in champions like Leon Spinks and The first light heavy weight to become heavy weight champion Michael Spinks and future Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, Sugar Ray Leonard.
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8 The Great Tangshan Earthquake occurs.
9 The 1976 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
10 The group U2 is formed.
The Contenders
11 Viking 1 and 2 probes land on Mars and beam back photographs.
12 David Pearson beats Richard Petty in the 1976 Daytona 500.
13 The Megamouth Shark is discovered.
14 Chinese leader Mao Zedong dies.
15 The Allagash Abductions are reported.
16 The Owlman is first reported.
17 Hotel California is released.
18 Family Feud premieres on ABC.
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