Rethinking the Angolan Crisis and the Portuguese Revolution, 1974 – 1976, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 26 / 2, 2000, pp. 22 – 44

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress

* 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor

* 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

* 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist ( Sigur Rós )

* 1976 – Markku Lappalainen, American bass player ( Hoobastank )

* 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer

* 1898 – Lily Pons, American soprano ( d. 1976 )

* 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player

* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

* 1976 – Milano Collection A. T., Japanese wrestler

* 1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player

* 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

* 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

* 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress

* 1976 – Aled Jones, Welsh radio host and producer

It was shelved until the following year, where it appeared with two songs removed from the original tracklist ( a live version of " Don't Cry No Tears " recorded in Japan in 1976, and a live version of " Pushed it Over The End " recorded in 1974 ).

Later that decade, stores opened in other parts of the world, including Japan ( 1974 ), Australia and Hong Kong ( 1975 ), Canada ( 1976 ) and Singapore ( 1978 ).

* 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

* 1976 – Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States.

Pacific Overtures ( 1976 ) was the most non-traditional of the Sondheim — Prince collaborations, an intellectual exploration of the westernization of Japan.

Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), he spent two years in Japan as a Latter-day Saint ( LDS ) missionary from 1976 to 1978.

Women's gold went to Japan in 1964 and again in 1976.

* Last Concert in Japan ( 1976 )

JVC started selling the HR-3300 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 1976.

* The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Christian Gaubert ( Japan: Polydor Records, 1976 ; " small press run ").

The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976.

After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, they were hired by Quincy Jones for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out For # 1, released in March 1976 (# 9 U. S .) Their Right On Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200.

On August 16, 1976, Buck called the first-ever NFL game played outside of the United States, a preseason exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers held at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

He was jailed by the Kuomintang government for more than five years ( from 1972 and 1976, and again from 1981 to 1982 ) after helping a pro-Taiwan independence political prisoner, Peng Ming-min, escape to Japan in 1963.

Mansfield retired from the Senate in 1976, and was appointed Ambassador to Japan in April 1977 by Jimmy Carter, a role he retained during the Reagan administration until 1988.

* 1976, May 8-The Japanese Garden of Peace, a gift from the people of Japan, is dedicated on the 130th anniversary of the founding of Fredericksburg at the Nimitz Museum.

Japan Publications, Tokyo, 1976, ISBN 0-87040-379-6

" Candy Store Rock / Royal Orleans " – Led Zeppelin: SS-70110 ( US, 18 June 1976 ), SSK 19 407 ( Germany, August 1976 ), 45-1381 ( Spain ), P-35N ( Japan, September 1976 ), SWS 70110 ( Canada )

*" Can You Roll Her " / " Belladonna " ( 1976, Japan only )

*" Highway Lady " / " A Fool in Love " ( 1976, Japan only )

Harumi Miyako's song " Kita no Yado kara " also won the grand prix at the 18th Japan Record Awards in 1976.

In 1976 Japan stopped all foreign archaeologists from studying the Gosashi tomb, which is supposedly the resting place of Emperor Jingu.