January 3, 1976 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.

January 31, 1976 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.

February 19, 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417

July 18, 1976 – Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

July 19, 1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.

July 20, 1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.

August 21, 1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.

September 19, 1976 – Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.

October 22, 1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.

December 1, 1976 – Angola joins the United Nations.

March 23, 1976 – Chris Hoy, British track cyclist

March 30, 1976 – Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)

May 14, 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player

May 21, 1976 – Aditi Gowitrikar, Indian model, actress and physician

June 10, 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch football player

July 25, 1976 – Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player

December 17, 1976 – Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater

December 27, 1976 – Aaron Stanford, American actor

December 28, 1976 – Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer

December 29, 1976 – Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer