Inflation continues to be a problem around the world.
The Concorde enters service and cuts Trans-Atlantic flying time to 3 1/2 hours.
One year after Microsoft is formed, Apple is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Nadia Comaneci scores the first ever perfect score in Gymnastics.
In South Africa riots in Soweto on June 16th mark the beginning of the end of Apartheid.
In music the first of the Punk Bands appear The Damned release New Rose classified as Punk Rock music.
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:
- Rocky
- To Fly!
- A Star is Born
- All the President’s Men
- 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
- Happy Days – ABC – 22,428,000
- Laverne & Shirley – ABC – 22,000,800
- ABC Monday Night Movie – ABC – 18,512,000
- M*A*S*H – CBS – 18,440,800
- Charlie’s Angels – ABC – 18,369,600
- The Big Event – NBC – 17,372,800
- The Six Million Dollar Man – ABC – 17,230,400
- ABC Sunday Night Movie – ABC – 16,660,800
- Baretta – ABC – 16,660,800
- One Day at a Time – CBS – 16,660,800
- Wings – Silly Love Songs
- Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady
- Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
- Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
- Manhattans – Kiss and Say Goodbye
- Miracles – Love Machine (Part 1)
- Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
- Gary Wright – Love Is Alive
- Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band – A Fifth Of Beethoven
- Daryl Hall and John Oates – Sara Smile
- Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight
- Barry Manilow – I Write The Songs
- Silver Convention – Fly, Robin, Fly
- Diana Ross – Love Hangover
- Seals and Crofts – Get Closer
- Andrea True Connection – More, More, More
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Dorothy Moore – Misty Blue
- Sylvers – Boogie Fever
- The Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me – Conway Twitty
- Sometimes – Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner
- The White Knight – Cledus Maggard
- Good Hearted Woman – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- The Roots Of My Raising – Merle Haggard
- Faster Horses – Tom T. Hall
- Till The Rivers All Run Dry – Don Williams
- You’ll Love A Good Thing – Freddy Fender
- ‘Til I Can Make It On My Own – Tammy Wynette
- Drinkin’ My Baby – Eddie Rabbit
- Together Again – Emmylou Harris
- Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time – Mickey Gilley
- My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You – Charlie Pride
- What Goes On When The Sun Goes Down – Ronnie Milsap
- After All The Good Is Gone – Conway Twitty
- One Piece At A Time – Johnny Cash
- I’ll Get Over You – Crystal Gayle
- El Paso City – Marty Robbins
- All These Things – Joe Stampley
- 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