August 22 –
Luna program:
Luna 24 successfully makes an unmanned landing on the
Moon, the last for 37 years.
September 3 –
Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at
Utopia Planitia on Mars and takes the first close-up color photographs of the planet's surface.
April 1 –
Apple Computer Company is formed by
Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak in California and on April 11 they launch their first computer, the
Apple I, for the U.S. hobbyist market.
October 1–December 16 – Program of mass
vaccination in the United States against the
1976 swine flu outbreak, suspended due to public fears over side-effects.
^Money, John; Werlwas, June (1976). "Folie à deux in the parents of psychosocial dwarfs: two cases". Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 4 (4): 351–362.
PMID1028417.
August 22 –
Luna program:
Luna 24 successfully makes an unmanned landing on the
Moon, the last for 37 years.
September 3 –
Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at
Utopia Planitia on Mars and takes the first close-up color photographs of the planet's surface.
April 1 –
Apple Computer Company is formed by
Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak in California and on April 11 they launch their first computer, the
Apple I, for the U.S. hobbyist market.
October 1–December 16 – Program of mass
vaccination in the United States against the
1976 swine flu outbreak, suspended due to public fears over side-effects.
^Money, John; Werlwas, June (1976). "Folie à deux in the parents of psychosocial dwarfs: two cases". Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 4 (4): 351–362.
PMID1028417.