Memory Lane: 1976

Apple Computer Company formed

NASA unveils first space shuttle

Concorde begins operations

Fidel Castro President of Cuba

$2.00 bill issued,

United States Bicentennial celebration

Soweto riots

First Legionnaires Disease

Nadia Comaneci wins 3 gold medals,

Population:

• Wake County : 272,728
  
• NC: 5,608,000
  
• USA: 218,000,000

National Debt:

• $$620,433,000,000 (1976)
  
• $18,152,809,942,589 (2015)

Value of a Dollar: $1 in 1973 is $5.52 in 2015

Cost Of Living 1976:

• Yearly inflation rate: 5.75%
• Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1004
• Average cost of new house: $43,400
• Average income per year: $16,000
• Average monthly rent: $220.00
• Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.59
• Plymouth Arrow $3,175.00
• Polaroid Camera $28.00
• Men’s Sports Jacket $37.15
• Zenith 25″ Color TV $599.00
• CB Radio $147.00
• Micro Wave Oven $169.00
• Ticket to Disneyland: Admission and 12 adventure tickets $8.25
• Hamburger at McDonalds: $0.30

Ounce of Gold Price:

• The cost of an ounce of gold was $124.84
  
• The inflation-adjusted price of an ounce of gold was $526.75

Cost of a movie ticket: $2.13

Inflation-adjusted price of a movie ticket: $8.99

The cost of a movie ticket in 2015: $7.92

Top 5 Movies:

1. Rocky
2. To Fly! 
   
3. A Star is Born 
4. All the President’s Men
5. The Omen

• Best Picture: Rocky
  
• Best Director: John G. Avildsen 
  
• Best Actor: Peter Finch- Network
  
• Best Actress: Faye Dunaway- Network 
  
• Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards- All the President’s Men 
  
• Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight – Network
  

1. Happy Days – ABC – 22,428,000
2. Laverne & Shirley – ABC – 22,000,800
3. ABC Monday Night Movie – ABC – 18,512,000
4. M*A*S*H – CBS – 18,440,800
5. Charlie’s Angels – ABC – 18,369,600
6. The Big Event – NBC – 17,372,800
7. The Six Million Dollar Man – ABC – 17,230,400
8. ABC Sunday Night Movie – ABC – 16,660,800
9. Baretta – ABC – 16,660,800
10. One Day at a Time – CBS – 16,660,800

1. Wings – Silly Love Songs
2. Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
3. Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady
4. Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
5. Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
6. Manhattans – Kiss and Say Goodbye
7. Miracles – Love Machine (Part 1)
8. Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
9. Gary Wright – Love Is Alive
10. Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band – A Fifth Of Beethoven
11. Daryl Hall and John Oates – Sara Smile
12. Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight
13. Barry Manilow – I Write The Songs
14. Silver Convention – Fly, Robin, Fly
15. Diana Ross – Love Hangover
16. Seals and Crofts – Get Closer
17. Andrea True Connection – More, More, More
18. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
19. Dorothy Moore – Misty Blue
20. Sylvers – Boogie Fever

1. The Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me – Conway Twitty
2. Sometimes – Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner
3. The White Knight – Cledus Maggard
4. Good Hearted Woman – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
5. The Roots Of My Raising – Merle Haggard
6. Faster Horses – Tom T. Hall
7. Till The Rivers All Run Dry – Don Williams
8. You’ll Love A Good Thing – Freddy Fender
9. ‘Til I Can Make It On My Own – Tammy Wynette
10. Drinkin’ My Baby – Eddie Rabbit
11. Together Again – Emmylou Harris
12. Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time – Mickey Gilley
13. My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You – Charlie Pride
14. What Goes On When The Sun Goes Down – Ronnie Milsap
15. After All The Good Is Gone – Conway Twitty
16. One Piece At A Time – Johnny Cash
17. I’ll Get Over You – Crystal Gayle
18. El Paso City – Marty Robbins
19. All These Things – Joe Stampley
20. The Doors Always Open (Dave & Sugar)

ACC Football Champ: Maryland

ACC Basketball Champ: Virginia (Virginia  76 – North Carolina 62)

World Series Winner: Cincinnati Reds over the NY Yankees

Heavyweight Boxing Champ: Muhammad Ali

Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers(Steelers 21 -Dallas Cowboys-17)

NASCAR Season Winner: Cale Yarborough

Masters Winner: Raymond Floyd – 271 (-17) – won $40,000)

Wimbledon Winners:

• Men’s Singles: Sweden Björn Borg defeated Romania Ilie Năstase, 6–4, 6–2, 9–7
  
• Women’s Singles: United States Chris Evert defeated Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
• Men’s Doubles: United States Brian Gottfried / Mexico Raúl Ramírez defeated Australia Ross Case / Australia Geoff Masters, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
• Women’s Doubles: United States Chris Evert / United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Billie Jean King / Netherlands Betty Stöve, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5
• Mixed Doubles: France Françoise Dürr / Australia Tony Roche defeated United States Rosemary Casals / United States Dick Stockton, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5