January 4th, 1976, fell on a Sunday. It was day 4 of 1976. The decade was the 1970s.
44 years, 10 months and 19 days have passed since January 4th, 1976.
Fictional Date
January 4th, 1976 relates to an event in a movie, book, game or television series:
Rocky: Rocky Balboa fights Apollo Creed for the first time.
Music Singles
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on January 4th, 1976:
United States: Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
United Kingdom: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Take Me Back!
The date is January 4th, 1976 and it's a Sunday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Capricorn. Currently, people are enjoying their weekend.
People have started to return back to work and school after the Christmas holidays. In America, the song Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is the number one hit song.
Gerald Ford is currently the President of the United States and Harold Wilson is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Because it's 1976, the music charts are being dominated by the likes of ABBA, Queen, Chicago, Elton John, Kiki Dee, Wings and Rod Stewart. People are watching popular TV shows such as "McMillan & Wife", "Emergency!", "Baretta" and "Welcome Back, Kotter".
Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Tank", "Pursuit" and "Gun Fight". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "The Bugs Bunny Show", "The Pink Panther Show", "All in the Family" and "Happy Days". Popular toys include the likes of "Easy-Bake Oven", "Battleship (game)", "VertiBird (toy helicopter)" and "Big Jim (action figure)".
News Topics, Fads & Culture
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on January 4th, 1976.
1976 in music.
Top music artists in 1976 included the likes of Wings, KC and the Sunshine Band, Rod Stewart, Ohio Players, Barry Manilow, England Dan, John Ford Coley, Wild Cherry, Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band, Diana Ross, ABBA, The Manhattans and The Spinners.
Jimmy Carter.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1976.
1976 in movies.
Movies released in 1976 included Rocky, To Fly!, A Star Is Born, All the President's Men, The Omen, In Search of Noah's Ark, King Kong, Silver Streak, The Enforcer, Midway, Carrie, Freaky Friday, Car Wash and Taxi Driver.
Barry Manilow - "I Write the Songs"
"I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow would go on to win a Grammy for 1976's Song of the Year.
Rocky
"Rocky" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1976.
Basic Facts
Basic facts and information about this date:
This date fell on a weekend.
44 years, 10 months and 19 days have passed since January 4th, 1976.
Week Number: This date occurred during Week 01 of 1976.
Leap Year: 1976 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Age: Anyone born on January 4th, 1976, will be 44 years of age.
People born in 1976 belong to the "Generation X" generation.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 189561600.
Around This Time...
Notable events that occurred around January 4th, 1976:
December 6th, 1975: The Balcombe Street siege begins when Provisional IRA members hold a couple hostage in London.
Gerald Ford was the President of the United States.
UK Prime Minister
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on January 4th, 1976?
Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Irish Taoiseach
Who was the Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland on this date?
Liam Cosgrave was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
Conception Dates
Interesting facts about conception dates.
A baby that was born on January 4th, 1976 was probably conceived around the 27th of March, 1975. (Rough Estimate).
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 4th, 1976 is the 13th of October, 1976. (Rough Estimate).
Video Games
Popular video games that you might have been playing around this time.
Gun Fight - Wild West themed arcade shooter game.
Pursuit - Arcade game where the player gets to control a World War I flying ace.
Tank - Arcade game developed by Kee Games.
How old was I?
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Videos
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Time Difference & Statistics
Here are some fun statistics about January 4th, 1976.
16,395 days have passed since this date.
1,416,528,000 seconds have passed since the January 4th, 1976.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,652,616,000 times.
Since January 4th, 1976, earth has travelled approximately 730,928,448,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 236,088,000 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 121,821,408 steps. That's about 54,143 miles!
Since this date, 16,998,336 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!
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