News and Events of 1976
Previous Year | Next Year
World
| U.S.
| Economics | Sports
| Entertainment
| Science
| Deaths
World EventsWorld StatisticsPopulation: 4.158 billionpopulation by decade Nobel Peace Prize: Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams (both Northern Ireland) More World Statistics...
U.S. EventsU.S. StatisticsPresident: Gerald R. FordVice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Population: 218,035,164 Life expectancy: 72.9 years Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 52.9 Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 48.2 More U.S. Statistics...
EconomicsUS GDP (1998 dollars): $1,819.00 billionFederal spending: $371.79 billion Federal debt: $629.0 billion Median Household Income (current dollars): $12,686 Consumer Price Index: 56.9 Unemployment: 7.7% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 SportsSuper BowlPittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)World SeriesCincinnati d. NY Yankees (4-0)NBA ChampionshipBoston d. Phoenix (4-2)Stanley CupMontreal d. Philadelphia (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Chris Evert d. E. Cawley (6-3 4-6 8-6)Men: Bjorn Borg d. I. Nastase (6-4 6-2 9-7) Kentucky Derby ChampionBold ForbesNCAA Basketball ChampionshipIndiana d. Michigan (86-68)NCAA Football ChampionsPittsburgh (12-0-0)1976 Summer Olympics1976 Winter OlympicsEntertainmentEntertainment AwardsPulitzer Prizes Oscars awarded in 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature: Saul Bellow (US) Grammys awarded in 1976 Miss America: Tawney Elaine Godin (NY) More Entertainment Awards...Events
Movies
Music
Books
ScienceNobel Prizes in ScienceChemistry: William N. Lipscomb, Jr. (US), for work on the structure and bonding mechanisms of boranes Physics: Burton Richter and Samuel C. C. Ting (both US), for discovery of subatomic particles known as J and psi Physiology or Medicine: Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek (both US), for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases
Deaths
|
24 X 7Private Tutor
Explore Solve , Physics Help
|
Atlas
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Day in History
