1976 - Some Highlights

-My Birth
-Cambodia is renamed Democratic Campuchea.
-1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria.
-The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system is opened.
-Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The Central Railroad of New Jersey is bankrupt and Conrail takes over it's operations.
-London to Washington, DC Concorde service begins.
-The Seychelles became independent from the United Kingdom.
-North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
-The citizens of the United States celebrate their country's bicentennial.
-NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo, taken by Viking 1
-A major earthquake in China kills thousands of people.
-The Eagles release one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Hotel California.