1. Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
2. The punk rock group The Ramones release their first self-titled album.
3. Rocky wins the Best Picture Oscar and the original Bad News Bears debuts.
4. The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, taking the first close-up color photos of the planet's surface.
5. The Irish rock band U2 is formed after drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.
6. The Cincinnati Reds sweep the New York Yankees in four games to win the 1976 World Series.
7. Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.
8. Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.
9. The first megamouth shark is discovered off Oahu in Hawaii.
10. Bob Marley and his manager Don Taylor are shot in an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica.
