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  • U.S.
    1976
    Visa Inc.

    The directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation; however, in many countries, there was still great reluctance to issue a card associated with Bank of America, even though the association was entirely nominal in nature.




  • Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976
    Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge

    Completely Deaf

    Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976

    Doss continued to receive treatment from the military, but after an overdose of antibiotics rendered him completely deaf in 1976, he was given 100% disability; he was able to regain his hearing after receiving a cochlear implant in 1988. Despite the severity of his injuries, Doss managed to raise a family on a small farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.




  • U.S.
    1976
    Nike, Inc.

    The Company Hired Its First Advertising Agency

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the company hired John Brown and Partners, based in Seattle, as its first advertising agency.




  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Microprocessor

    The RCA 1802

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) (introduced in 1976), which was used on board the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).




  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Robin Williams

    Leaving Juilliard

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    During the summers of 1974, 1975 and 1976, Williams worked as a busser at The Trident in Sausalito, California. He left Juilliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman, who said there was nothing more Juilliard could teach him. Gerald Freedman, another of his teachers at Juilliard, said that Williams was a "genius" and that the school's conservative and classical style of training did not suit him; no one was surprised that he left.




  • U.S.
    Jan, 1976
    DC Comics

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director

    U.S.
    Jan, 1976

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director in January 1976.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976
    World Bank

    Developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976

    From 1976 to 1980 developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%.


  • Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Relocation to Washington, D.C

    Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the family relocated to Washington, D.C., and settled in suburban Annandale, Virginia, when McCandless' father was hired as an antenna specialist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); McCandless' mother worked as a secretary at Hughes Aircraft. The couple went on to establish a successful consultancy business out of their home, specializing in Walt's area of expertise.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Computer animation

    The first use of 3D wireframe

    U.S.
    1976

    The first use of 3D wireframe imagery in mainstream cinema was in the sequel to Westworld, Futureworld (1976), directed by Richard T. Heffron. This featured a computer-generated hand and face created by the University of Utah graduate students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke which had initially appeared in their 1972 experimental short A Computer Animated Hand. The Oscar-winning 1975 short animated film Great, about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, contains a brief sequence of a rotating wireframe model of Brunel's final project, the iron steamship SS Great Eastern. The third movie to use this technology was Star Wars (1977), written and directed by George Lucas, with wireframe imagery in the scenes with the Death Star plans, the targeting computers in the X-wing fighters, and the Millennium Falcon spacecraft.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    First choice of only four percent of Democratic voters

    U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976

    When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries, he was considered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians; his name recognition was two percent. As late as January 26, 1976, Carter was the first choice of only four percent of Democratic voters.


  • U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    1973 oil crisis

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins

    U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins. Small changes in Entitlements Program.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping

    Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    In February 1976, Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping. On the advice of his attorney, John O'Connell, Bundy waived his right to a jury due to the negative publicity surrounding the case. After a four-day bench trial and a weekend of deliberation, Judge Stewart Hanson Jr. found him guilty of kidnapping and assault.


  • California, U.S.
    1976
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democratic National Committee

    California, U.S.
    1976

    After moving to San Francisco, Pelosi became friends with 5th District congressman Phillip Burton, and began working her way up in Democratic politics. In 1976, she was elected as a Democratic National Committee member from California, a position she would hold until 1996.


  • California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976
    Microprocessor

    The Zilog Z80

    California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976

    The Zilog Z80 (1976) was also a Faggin design, using low voltage N channel with depletion load and derivative Intel 8-bit processors: all designed with the methodology Faggin created for the 4004.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976
    Audrey Hepburn

    Robin and Marian

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976

    After 1967, Hepburn chose to devote more time to her family and acted only occasionally in the following decades. She attempted a comeback playing Maid Marian in the period piece Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery co-starring as Robin Hood, which was moderately successful.


  • Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    Foundation

    Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976

    Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low-income homeowners and renters reduce their demand for heating and cooling through better insulation.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Utah State Prison

    Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976

    In June he was sentenced to one-to-15 years in the Utah State Prison.


  • Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake

    Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976

    On June 10, Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake, 10 miles (16 km) south of Aspen, taking food and a ski parka; but instead of continuing southward, he walked back north toward Aspen, eluding roadblocks and search parties along the way.


  • Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course

    Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course. Cold, sleep-deprived, and in constant pain from his sprained ankle, he drove back into Aspen, where two police officers noticed his car weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over. He had been a fugitive for six days.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Black History Month

    Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions

    U.S.
    1976

    Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history".


  • Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976
    Juneteenth

    30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park

    Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976

    Around 30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth the following year.


  • U.S.
    Jul, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    The Apple I Went on Sale

    U.S.
    Jul, 1976

    The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 and was market-priced at $666.66 ($2,935 in 2018 dollars, adjusted for inflation).


  • Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976
    Frank Sinatra

    4th Marriage

    Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976

    Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. The couple married on July 11, 1976, at Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, the estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg.


  • Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976
    Angelina Jolie

    The Family Separation

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976

    After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother, who had abandoned her acting ambitions to focus on raising her children. Jolie's mother raised her as a Catholic but did not require her to go to church.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled

    U.S.
    1976

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Escape kit

    Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    In October, he was found hiding in bushes in the prison yard carrying an "escape kit"—road maps, airline schedules, and a social security card—and spent several weeks in solitary confinement.


  • Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder

    Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder. After a period of resistance, he waived extradition proceedings and was transferred to Aspen in January 1977.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    1976 United States presidential election

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976

    The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan. Carter's win represented the lone Democratic victory in a presidential election held between 1968 and 1988.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976
    Joe Biden

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton

    Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton (1976).


  • U.S.
    1976
    Visa Inc.

    The directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation; however, in many countries, there was still great reluctance to issue a card associated with Bank of America, even though the association was entirely nominal in nature.


  • Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976
    Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge

    Completely Deaf

    Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976

    Doss continued to receive treatment from the military, but after an overdose of antibiotics rendered him completely deaf in 1976, he was given 100% disability; he was able to regain his hearing after receiving a cochlear implant in 1988. Despite the severity of his injuries, Doss managed to raise a family on a small farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Nike, Inc.

    The Company Hired Its First Advertising Agency

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the company hired John Brown and Partners, based in Seattle, as its first advertising agency.


  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Microprocessor

    The RCA 1802

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) (introduced in 1976), which was used on board the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).


  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Robin Williams

    Leaving Juilliard

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    During the summers of 1974, 1975 and 1976, Williams worked as a busser at The Trident in Sausalito, California. He left Juilliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman, who said there was nothing more Juilliard could teach him. Gerald Freedman, another of his teachers at Juilliard, said that Williams was a "genius" and that the school's conservative and classical style of training did not suit him; no one was surprised that he left.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 1976
    DC Comics

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director

    U.S.
    Jan, 1976

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director in January 1976.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976
    World Bank

    Developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976

    From 1976 to 1980 developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%.


  • Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Relocation to Washington, D.C

    Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the family relocated to Washington, D.C., and settled in suburban Annandale, Virginia, when McCandless' father was hired as an antenna specialist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); McCandless' mother worked as a secretary at Hughes Aircraft. The couple went on to establish a successful consultancy business out of their home, specializing in Walt's area of expertise.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Computer animation

    The first use of 3D wireframe

    U.S.
    1976

    The first use of 3D wireframe imagery in mainstream cinema was in the sequel to Westworld, Futureworld (1976), directed by Richard T. Heffron. This featured a computer-generated hand and face created by the University of Utah graduate students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke which had initially appeared in their 1972 experimental short A Computer Animated Hand. The Oscar-winning 1975 short animated film Great, about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, contains a brief sequence of a rotating wireframe model of Brunel's final project, the iron steamship SS Great Eastern. The third movie to use this technology was Star Wars (1977), written and directed by George Lucas, with wireframe imagery in the scenes with the Death Star plans, the targeting computers in the X-wing fighters, and the Millennium Falcon spacecraft.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    First choice of only four percent of Democratic voters

    U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976

    When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries, he was considered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians; his name recognition was two percent. As late as January 26, 1976, Carter was the first choice of only four percent of Democratic voters.


  • U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    1973 oil crisis

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins

    U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins. Small changes in Entitlements Program.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping

    Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    In February 1976, Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping. On the advice of his attorney, John O'Connell, Bundy waived his right to a jury due to the negative publicity surrounding the case. After a four-day bench trial and a weekend of deliberation, Judge Stewart Hanson Jr. found him guilty of kidnapping and assault.


  • California, U.S.
    1976
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democratic National Committee

    California, U.S.
    1976

    After moving to San Francisco, Pelosi became friends with 5th District congressman Phillip Burton, and began working her way up in Democratic politics. In 1976, she was elected as a Democratic National Committee member from California, a position she would hold until 1996.


  • California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976
    Microprocessor

    The Zilog Z80

    California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976

    The Zilog Z80 (1976) was also a Faggin design, using low voltage N channel with depletion load and derivative Intel 8-bit processors: all designed with the methodology Faggin created for the 4004.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976
    Audrey Hepburn

    Robin and Marian

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976

    After 1967, Hepburn chose to devote more time to her family and acted only occasionally in the following decades. She attempted a comeback playing Maid Marian in the period piece Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery co-starring as Robin Hood, which was moderately successful.


  • Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    Foundation

    Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976

    Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low-income homeowners and renters reduce their demand for heating and cooling through better insulation.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Utah State Prison

    Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976

    In June he was sentenced to one-to-15 years in the Utah State Prison.


  • Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake

    Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976

    On June 10, Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake, 10 miles (16 km) south of Aspen, taking food and a ski parka; but instead of continuing southward, he walked back north toward Aspen, eluding roadblocks and search parties along the way.


  • Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course

    Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course. Cold, sleep-deprived, and in constant pain from his sprained ankle, he drove back into Aspen, where two police officers noticed his car weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over. He had been a fugitive for six days.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Black History Month

    Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions

    U.S.
    1976

    Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history".


  • Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976
    Juneteenth

    30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park

    Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976

    Around 30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth the following year.


  • U.S.
    Jul, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    The Apple I Went on Sale

    U.S.
    Jul, 1976

    The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 and was market-priced at $666.66 ($2,935 in 2018 dollars, adjusted for inflation).


  • Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976
    Frank Sinatra

    4th Marriage

    Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976

    Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. The couple married on July 11, 1976, at Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, the estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg.


  • Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976
    Angelina Jolie

    The Family Separation

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976

    After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother, who had abandoned her acting ambitions to focus on raising her children. Jolie's mother raised her as a Catholic but did not require her to go to church.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled

    U.S.
    1976

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Escape kit

    Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    In October, he was found hiding in bushes in the prison yard carrying an "escape kit"—road maps, airline schedules, and a social security card—and spent several weeks in solitary confinement.


  • Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder

    Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder. After a period of resistance, he waived extradition proceedings and was transferred to Aspen in January 1977.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    1976 United States presidential election

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976

    The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan. Carter's win represented the lone Democratic victory in a presidential election held between 1968 and 1988.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976
    Joe Biden

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton

    Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton (1976).


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