Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. was founded in Phoenix, Arizona.
Theatrical 'Oh! Calcutta!' opened at the Edison Theatre in New York City.
NASA unveiled its first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
The Viking 2 became the second spacecraft to land on Mars.
Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda crashed in the German Grand Prix and was hospitalized with near-fatal burns.
David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the Son of Sam serial killer, shot his first victims.
America's robot spacecraft, the Viking I, successfully landed on Mars.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
A chemical factory in Seveso, near Milan, Italy, exploded, covering surrounding areas in dioxin.