The name originated from the Basic Input Output System used in the CP / M operating system ( released in 1976 ), where the BIOS was loaded from disk, with only a small boot loader program stored in read-only memory.

* Allen, James and Leonard, Glen M. ( 1976, 1992 ) The Story of the Latter-day Saints ; Deseret Book ; ISBN 0-87579-565-X

* 1976 Harold M. Jacobs

* John M. Walker ( Pennsylvania ) ( 1905 – 1976 ), former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, Allegheny County Commissioner and lieutenant gubernatorial nominee

* Potter, David M. The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 ( 1976 ), Pulitzer prize winning scholarly history.

In 1972, Gelbart was one of the main forces behind the creation of the television series M * A * S * H, writing the pilot ( for which he received a " Developed for Television by ..." credit ) and then producing, often writing and occasionally directing the series for its first four seasons ( 1972 – 1976 ).

( Reprinted in 1969 by New York: Kraus Reprint Co .; in 1970 by New York ; in 1976 by Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co .; & in 1994 under M. E. Opler, Morris by Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

* Marshall, B A: Crassus: A Political Biography ( Adolf M Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1976 )

* 1976: Alan M. Kriegsman, Washington Post, " for his critical writing about dance during 1975.

* Tom M. Apostol, Modular Functions and Dirichlet Series in Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1976.

His domestic and foreign policies became increasingly unpredictable, leading to another assassination attempt at Bangui M ' Poko International Airport in February 1976.

Quapaw was mentioned in a 1976 episode of the television show, M * A * S * H, a U. S. situation comedy.

* Isaac M. Laddon ( 1894 – 1976 ), aircraft designer.

* Quincy, M. E., U. S. ( NBC ), 1976

French translation by M. Ribeyrol, Livres et Légendes bogomiles ( Paris, 1976 ).

* John M. Costello ( 1903 – 1976 ), U. S. Representative from California

In 1976, Gramm unsuccessfully challenged Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, in the party's senatorial primary.

By 1976, the story had become sufficiently safe in Britain to be parodied by Morecambe and Wise ; a " play what Ernie wrote ", The Handyman and M ' Lady, was obviously based on it, with Michele Dotrice as the Lady Chatterley figure.

* Vatcher, Faith de M and Lance Vatcher, 1976 The Avebury Monuments, Department of the Environment HMSO

The concept for the series originated in 1976 with Cedric Messina, a veteran BBC producer, who was on location at Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland, shooting J. M.

Donald Merrifield, S. J., Ph. D., and Sr. Renee Harrangue, R. S. H. M., Ph. D., 1976

* Aston, M. and Bond, J., The Landscape of Towns ( 1976, reprinted with additions 2000 ).

The magazine was launched by Marvin R. Shanken's M. Shanken Communications, the publisher since 1976 of Wine Spectator magazine.

The first was by Charlie Rich, which went to number 22 in 1976.

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

* Since 1976, Bulgaria has an embassy in Luanda.

During World II the winter games were canceled but after that time the Winter Games have been held in St. Moritz ( 1948 ), Innsbruck, Austria ( 1964 and 1976 ), Grenoble, France, ( 1968 ), Albertville, France, ( 1992 ), and Torino, Italy, ( 2006 ).

The novel was not published until shortly after Christie's death in 1976, some thirty-six years after it was originally written.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor ( d. 2008 )

* 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Max Ernst, German artist ( b. 1891 )

Julius's wife, Alan's mother, was Ethel Sara ( née Stoney ; 1881 – 1976 ), daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways.

In 1976 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) revised the definition of the AU for greater precision, defining it as that length for which the Gaussian gravitational constant ( k ) takes the value when the units of measurement are the astronomical units of length, mass and time.

The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

* 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang ) ( d. 1976 )

On the 2007 deluxe edition release, it is revealed that parts of this tape were used for the 1976 Griffith Park Planetarium launch of the original album, the 1987 remix, and various radio spots, all of which were included as bonus material.

* 1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.

* 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( d. 1976 )

The original Apple Computer, also known retroactively as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a personal computer released by the Apple Computer Company ( now Apple Inc .) in 1976.

It was demonstrated in July 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California.