* 1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

Robert G. Bailey almost developed a biogeographical classification system for the United States in a map published in 1976.

The first born-again President of the United States was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

In 1989 the United States enacted the Berne Convention Implementation Act, amending the 1976 Copyright Act to conform to most of the provisions of the Berne Convention.

His command positions included: commanding officer of a platoon and two rifle companies during two tours of duty in Vietnam ; commanding officer of Special Training Branch and Recruit Series at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California ( 1966 – 1968 ); commanding officer of Counter-Guerilla Warfare School, Northern Training Area on Okinawa ( 1970 ), Company officer at the United States Naval Academy ( 1970 – 1973 ); commanding officer of the Marine Barracks at Naval Air Station North Island, California ( 1973 – 1976 ), and commanding officer, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines ( 1983 – 1985 ).

In 1976, after consultation with the National Security Agency ( NSA ), the NBS eventually selected a slightly modified version, which was published as an official Federal Information Processing Standard ( FIPS ) for the United States in 1977.

During the 1976 season, the blue-white-blue stripe on the crown of the helmets were temporarily changed to red-white-blue to commemorate the United States ' bicentennial anniversary.

* 1976 – Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.

* 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts Pakistan's resolution on security of non-Nuclear States.

* 1976 – Angola joins the United Nations.

Dick Durrance and Tim Caldwell competed for the United States in skiing in the 1936 and 1976 Winter Olympics, respectively.

* 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

* 1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $ 3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

* In 1976, metric distances were added to the conventionally-stated distances because it was thought that the United States would adopt the metric system.

* 1976 – The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.

The film was released theatrically in the United States in the summer of 1976 by Cinema Shares.

This left the sole United Kingdom gunpowder factory at ICI Nobel's Ardeer site in Scotland ; it too closed in October 1976.

The metric definition of exactly cubic decimetres ( also after the litre was redefined in 1964, ≈ ) was adopted shortly afterwards in Canada, but from 1976 the conventional value of was used in the United Kingdom until the Canadian convention was adopted in 1985.

Questions center over whether copyrights for Lovecraft's works were ever renewed under the terms of the United States Copyright Act of 1976 for works created prior to January 1, 1978.

* James Callaghan was Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979.

* 1976 – Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.

* 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 – John Marvin Jones, Texan member of the United States House of Representatives and Chief Judge of the US federal Court of Claims ( b. 1882 )

The word " Moonie " was first used by the American news media in the 1970s when Sun Myung Moon moved to the United States and came into public notice through a series of public speeches he gave, including at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and Yankee Stadium and the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1976.

* 1976 – George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

In 1976 — first in London, then in the United States —" New Wave " was introduced as a complementary label for the formative scenes and groups also known as " punk "; the two terms were essentially interchangeable.

In fall 1976, however, amid the turmoil of New York City's dire fiscal crisis, the free tuition policy was discontinued under pressure from the federal government, the financial community that had a role in rescuing the city from bankruptcy, and New York State, which would take over the funding of CUNY's senior colleges.

Despite the criticisms, DES was approved as a federal standard in November 1976, and published on 15 January 1977 as FIPS PUB 46, authorized for use on all unclassified data.

Similar protections were included in subsequent federal environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( through 1978 amendment to protect nuclear whistleblowers ), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( CERCLA, or the Superfund Law ) ( 1980 ), and the Clean Air Act ( 1990 ).

In the 1976 federal election, Kohl was the CDU / CSU's candidate for chancellor.

After the March 1976 coup, the federal government again intervened to remove all provincial governors and impose direct military rule over all municipalities.

The federal nature-protect law ( Bundesnaturschutzgesetz, since 1976 ) requires that wild animals and plants and their community should be protected as part of the ecosystem in the specific diversity which has grown naturally and historically, and their biotope and other living conditions should be protected, preserved, developed, and restored.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ended homesteading ; by that time, federal government policy had shifted to retaining control of western public lands.

Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal politics, entering the House of Commons in the 1972 election and winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976.

Until 1976, federal tax incentives were virtually non-existent for buildings on the National Register.

Before 1976 the federal tax code favored new construction rather than the reuse of existing, sometimes historical, structures.

The Staggers Act followed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 ( often called the " 4R Act "), which reduced federal regulation of railroads and authorized implementation details for Conrail, the newly-created northeastern railroad system.

The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, often called the " 4R Act ," is a United States federal law that established the basic outlines of regulatory reform in the railroad industry and provided transitional operating funds following the 1970 bankruptcy of Penn Central Transportation Company.

As an example of the potential benefits of switching to a township, Verona Borough received $ 213, 000 in federal aid in 1976, while similarly sized Cedar Grove Township received $ 1. 24 million.

In 1976, in cooperation with the Durant Chamber of Commerce and the owners of the buildings, the Red River Valley Historical Association, title was transferred into the federal government of the United States.

The Allegheny Township Community Building, which is the municipality's government center, was constructed in 1976 and completed the following year at the intersection of the PA Route 356 by-pass and Junior High School Road, after state and federal funds became available from legislators to finance the project.

The band managed to limp along until 1976, when Gregg Allman was arrested on federal drug charges and agreed to testify against a friend and tour manager and bodyguard for the band, John " Scooter " Herring.

As an example, in 1976 the regional council for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area ( ACOG ) received 90 % of its funds from the federal government, but by 1988 this had dropped to 24 %.

He opposed Watergate-era campaign finance laws, becoming a plaintiff in the landmark case of Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U. S. 1 ( 1976 ), in which the U. S. Supreme Court held that certain provisions of federal campaign finance laws were unconstitutional.

Paul Sauvé later took over the role of Premier in July It is generally accepted that the revolution ended before the October Crisis of 1970, but Quebec's society has continued to change dramatically since then, notably with the rise of the sovereignty movement, evidenced by the election of the Separatist Parti Québécois ( first in 1976 ), the formation of a separatist political party representing Quebec on the federal level, the Bloc Québécois ( formed in 1991 ), as well as the 1980 and 1995 Sovereignty Referendums.

In 1966 and 1976, federal government was undertaken by a military junta, where power was shared by the chiefs of the armed forces.

After the 1976 federal elections, which made the CDU / CSU the largest group in parliament, Carstens was elected president of the Bundestag on 14 December 1976.

Cianci was also seriously considered for a federal Cabinet seat in the prospective Gerald Ford administration, had Ford been elected in 1976.