Easy listening icon Percy Faith, in one of his last recordings, recorded a disco version of his famous " Theme from A Summer Place " in 1976.

Nadia Comăneci received the first perfect score, at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.

Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

* 1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.

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

Maryland Historical Magazine 71 ( Summer 1976 ): 113 – 33.

Four years later at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the Israeli team commemorated the massacre: when they entered the stadium at the Opening Ceremonies, their national flag was adorned with a black ribbon.

The street where the Olympic Stadium in Montreal is located ( which hosted the 1976 Summer Olympic Games ) was named after Pierre de Coubertin, giving the stadium the address 4549 Pierre de Coubertin Avenue.

Although rowing's roots as a sport in the modern Olympics can be traced back to the original 1896 games in Athens, it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal that women were allowed to participate — well after their fellow athletes in similar sports such as swimming, athletics, cycling, and canoeing.

** The 1976 Summer Olympics begin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

* July 18 – Nadia Comăneci earns the first of 7 perfect scores of 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Kingdom of Earth ( 1967 ), In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel ( 1969 ), Small Craft Warnings ( 1973 ), The Two Character Play ( also called Out Cry, 1973 ), The Red Devil Battery Sign ( 1976 ), Vieux Carré ( 1978 ), Clothes for a Summer Hotel ( 1980 ) and others were all box office failures, and the relentlessly negative press notices wore down his spirit.

Later host nations to finish without gold medals included Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Pickering commentated on a race involving Cuban double-gold medallist Alberto Juantorena, whose muscular build and nine-foot stride contributed to his nickname El Caballo ( the horse ).

Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

His new coach prepared him for the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the 1976 Summer Olympics with a strategy of only allowing him to run in a few races during the season.

Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, Stecher again competed in the three sprint events, winning medals in all three once again.

Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

As a 19-year-old, Ashford finished 5th in the 100 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976.

Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles, which later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively.

It is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics.

* 1976 Winter Paralympics

The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games were the first Winter Paralympics.

1976 Paralympics refers to both:

* 1976 Summer Paralympics

* 1976 Winter Paralympics

The track was the opening venue for the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

The sport evolved into a competitive game over the next few decades and was a demonstration event at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto.

* Finland at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Australia has competed in every Winter Paralympics since the inaugural games in 1976.

Starting with Telstar Pong clone based on General Instrument's AY-3-8500 chip in 1976, there were 14 consoles released in the Telstar branded series.

In October 1976, a year after introduction, a new de luxe version of the Kitten, branded as the Kitten DL, was announced.

From 1975 until 1978, the Chevette was the UK's best selling hatchback as UK branded rivals failed to respond to the challenge of the imported Peugeot 104, Fiat 127 and Renault 5 until the arrival of Ford's Fiesta at the end of 1976.

* 1973 – 1976 308 GT4 ( branded " Dino ")

* 1976 – 1980 308 GT4 ( branded " Ferrari ")

Until 1976, the first six stores were branded, The Tape Revolution, and concentrated on selling the-then-new compact cassette format and 8-track tapes.

He played first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950 (+ 8 – 0 = 6 ), as well as at Helsinki 1952 (+ 11 – 2 = 3 ), Amsterdam 1954, Moscow 1956, Leipzig 1960, Varna 1962, Havana 1966, Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970, and Haifa 1976.

This was the only Olympiad not to be won by the Soviet Union between 1952 and 1990 ( except in 1976 when Soviet Union boycotted the competition ).

Many felt that Canada's poor performance at the Olympics, which included not winning a gold medal may have the reason that Canada didn't win a gold medal during the next Summer Olympics, the Games of the XXI Olympiad, in 1976, which took place within their borders, in Montreal.

Another of Bobby Ang's excellent article and analysis of Balinas ' " invigorating upset win " over GM Ludek Pachman a former Czechoslovakian champion who emigrated and played for Germany during the 1976 Haifa Olympiad.

Pachman, Ludek ( 2520 )-Balinas, Rosendo Carreon ( 2365 ) Haifa Olympiad ( Men ) ( 5 ), 30. 10. 1976

Reese last participated in international bridge in the 5th World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo in 1976 placing third and was Britain's non-playing captain in the 35th European Team Championships held in Birmingham, England in 1981 placing second.

In 1976 he was captain of the world champion U. S. Chess Olympiad team.

With over 8, 000 participants, the 1st World Outgames, held in 2006, was the largest international event to be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since the 1976 Summer Olympiad.