• Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
• The first commercial flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner takes wing.
• The first Megamouth Shark is discovered off Hawaii.
• The "Son of Sam" serial killer begins his killing spree in New York City.

These people were born in 1976:

• American film stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Shannon Elizabeth, and Alicia Silverstone.
• American football great Peyton Manning.
• Dominican baseball greats Vladimir Guerrero, Miguel Tejada, and Alfonso Soriano.
• American basketball greats Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett.
• American hip-hop stars 50 Cent, Ludacris, and Ja Rule.
• Dutch footballers Patrick Kluivert and Ruud van Nistelrooy, born on the same day - July 1.
• American tennis star Lindsay Davenport.
• Japanese sumo superstar Takamisakari.

These people died in 1976:

• Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, as well as his henchman Zhou Enlai.
• German physicist Werner Heisenberg.
• German philosopher Martin Heidegger.
• American aviation pioneer, film director, studio magnate, airline baron, and famed recluse Howard Hughes.
• British general Bernard Montgomery.
• English author Agatha Christie.
• American blues immortal Howlin' Wolf.
• American singer and activist Paul Robeson.

1975 - 1976 - 1977

20th century

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