1976 was a year filled with political tension, cultural icons, and unforgettable formative moments for everyone in their late 50s. In short, America at its best.
1976 was a year filled with political tension, cultural icons, and unforgettable formative moments for everyone in their late 50s. In short, America at its best.
While Mao Zedong made his last appearance, a Soviet pilot defected, and Ellen DeGeneres went to senior prom. What a time to be alive!
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Nearly 40 years after his snub by FDR, President Gerald Ford invited legendary Olympian Jesse Owens to the White House in August 1976. To Owens' shock, Ford proceeded to not only honor him, but present him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Roger Sharpe demonstrating to NYC councilmen that pinball is a game of skill, not luck, by calling a shot and making it. This lifted the ban on pinball, saving it throughout the country. 1976.
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Official handover ceremony of first British Airways Concorde at London Heathrow. January 15, 1976.
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Formula 1 rivals but friends James Hunt and Niki Lauda, 1976.
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Ellen DeGeneres senior prom photo, 1976. Atlanta High School in Atlanta, TX.
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The last public appearance of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, 1976.
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“My ex-wife Bettie with The Ramones at CBGB.”
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken in 1976, during an anti-busing protest in front of Boston City Hall. An angry protester stands ready to strike lawyer Ted Landsmark with an American flag.
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Jeffrey Dahmer, second from left, and his family, 1976.
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Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau visiting Fidel Castro in Cuba. 1976.
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Ian McKellen as Macbeth in a 1976 production of the play with Judy Dench.
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Streets outside the bazaar of Tehran, Iran, in 1976.
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Defected Soviet MiG-25 being inspected by American and Japanese officials, 1976.
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Iggy Pop points a knife at David Bowie's throat, 1976.
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On February 3, 1976, a group of Djibouti terrorists took 31 children of French soldiers hostage, asking for the independence of Djibouti and the Liberation of political prisoners. It would be the first major mission of the GIGN.
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The mall at the World Trade Center, 1976.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis steers the Staten Island Ferry, July 31, 1976.
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Steve Buscemi, FDNY, 1976.
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Ali and Stallone fighting at the Oscars, 1976.
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McDonald’s in 1976 near Christmas time.
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The Danish Bakery at Publix from the 1976 Annual Report.
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‘My 8th grade trip to Washington DC in 1976.”
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Science fair winners from 1976.
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Sennin Gyoretsu parade outside Nikkō Tōshogū Shrine. Japan, 1976.
