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July 9, 1976

July 9, 1976, was a Friday. It was 48 years, 4 months, and 14 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Cancer.

Song charts

Music charts

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 9, 1976:

  • United States: "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band
  • United Kingdom: "You To Me Are Everything" by Real Thing

The Billboard Hot 100 on July 9, 1976

These were the top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart:

  • Silly Love Songs - Wings
  • Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
  • Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
  • Sara Smile - Daryl Hall John Oates
  • Shop Around - Captain & Tennille
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The Omen

Top movie at the box office

The movie "The Omen" was at the top of the box office on July 9, 1976.

Facts

This date occurred 17,669 days ago. Approximately 589 months have passed. It was the 191st day of 1976, in week 28. The decade was the seventies. People who were born on July 9, 1976, are now 48 years old and belong to the Generation X generation. 1976 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. The Earth has experienced 196 seasons of weather since then.

Take me back to July 9, 1976

Let's take a stroll down memory lane.

The date is July 9, 1976, and it's a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Cancer. Many people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.

The 4th of July celebrations in America have come and passed. The summer of 1976 is in full swing. The weather is warm, and the evenings are brighter than usual. Most schools and colleges are now finished until August or September. In America, the song "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band is at the top of the singles charts, while "You To Me Are Everything" by Real Thing is the number-one song in the UK.

Gerald Ford is the President of the United States, and the movie The Omen is at the top of the box office. James Callaghan is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Columbo", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Sanford and Son", and "Maude".

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. In fashion, clothes have become baggier and pants have become less flared. Sports clothing and the "disco look" are both popular at the moment. Women are wearing sundresses, strapless tops with t-shirts, shoulder pads, cardigans, knee-length skirts and daisy dukes. Meanwhile, men are wearing tracksuits, flare jeans, low-top sneakers and untucked collared shirts. A horror film called "The Omen" is being played in movie theaters at the moment.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Anissa Jones, Rosalind Russell, Tommy Bolin, and Freddie Prinze would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Tank", "Pursuit", "Gun Fight", and "Breakout". Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!", "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Happy Days", and "The Oddball Couple".

Children are playing with toys such as Etch A Sketch, the Easy-Bake Oven, Lite-Brite, and Big Jim (action figure).

Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 9, 1976, will have the star sign Cancer.
  • Zodiac Element: Water.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1976 was the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
  • Native American Zodiac: July 9, 1976 falls under the Woodpecker.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of July will have the birthstone Ruby.
  • Birth flower (July): The Larkspur and the Water Lily.
News

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on July 9, 1976.

  • Who were the best NBA players in 1976?

    Who were the best NBA players in 1976?

    The best NBA players in 1976 were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, George McGinnis, Nate Archibald, Rick Barry and Pete Maravich.
  • 1976 in movies.

    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.
  • Best soccer players.

    Best soccer players

    In 1976, the best soccer players were Franz Beckenbauer, Rob Rensenbrink, Ivo Viktor, Kevin Keegan, Michel Platini, Anton Ondrus, Johan Cruyff, Ivan Curkovic, Rainer Bonhof, Gerd Müller and Marian Masny.
  • Rocky.

    Rocky

    "Rocky" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1976.
  • Jimmy Carter.

    Jimmy Carter

    US President Jimmy Carter was named Time Person of the Year in 1976.
  • Barry Manilow - "I Write the Songs"

    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.
  • 1976 in music.

    1976 in music

    Top music artists in 1976 included the likes of Wings, KC and the Sunshine Band, Rod Stewart, the 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.
  • Mood rings have become a fad.

    Mood rings have become a fad

    Mood rings were a big fad in 1975 and 1976. The rings contained a special liquid that would show different colors at different temperatures.
  • Roller skates.

    Roller skates

    The popularity of roller skates exploded during the second half of the 1970s.
  • Disco music.

    Disco music

    Disco music became mainstream during the latter half of the 1970s. Nightclub-goers often wore extravagant outfits. Furthermore, dances such as the "Hustle", the "Bump" and the "Penguin" also became popular.
  • Hitchhiking is declining.

    Hitchhiking is declining

    Although hitchhiking is still pretty common, it is beginning to decline due to people's falling trust in strangers, lower air travel prices, an increase in highways, and more affordable cars.
  • Music cassette tapes are becoming popular.

    Music cassette tapes are becoming popular

    Audio cassettes started becoming widespread from about 1972 onward. Although they lacked the sound quality of vinyl records, they were far more convenient and portable.
  • Color TV surpasses black-and-white.

    Color TV surpasses black-and-white

    Sales of color TV sets were beginning to surpass sales of the older black-and-white models. By this stage, almost all of the popular daytime networks were broadcasting in color.
  • Wallpaper.

    Wallpaper

    Wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.
  • Office workers are using typewriters.

    Office workers are using typewriters

    Although personal computers began to emerge during the 1970s, typewriters were still the norm for most office workers.
  • Lava lamps are all the rage.

    Lava lamps are all the rage

    Sales of lava lamps increased in the late 1960s. It wasn't until the second half of the 1970s that they started to go out of fashion.

Personality traits

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 9, 1976.

  • June 18, 1976: The East Area Rapist (Joseph James DeAngelo) carries out his first attack in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento.
  • June 20, 1976: Czechoslovakia defeat West Germany in a penalty shootout in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final.
  • June 21, 1976:
    • Elton John and Kiki Dee release the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".
    • The Bee Gees release their new single "You Should Be Dancing".
  • June 25, 1976: Horror film "The Omen" is released in the United States.
  • June 27, 1976: Palestinian militants hijack an Air France plane before flying it to Entebbe, Uganda.
  • July 2, 1976: South Vietnam is officially annexed into the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • July 4, 1976: Israeli commandos free 103 hostages from an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport.
  • This date: July 9, 1976
  • July 11, 1976: Singer Frank Sinatra and model Barbara Marx are married.
  • July 12, 1976: The first episode of the TV game show "Family Feud" is aired on ABC Daytime.
  • July 19, 1976: The breakup of English rock band Deep Purple is announced by their manager.
  • July 21, 1976: The British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
  • July 25, 1976: The "Face on Mars" photograph is taken by the Viking 1 orbiter.
  • July 27, 1976: 242,769 people are killed when an earthquake strikes the Chinese city of Tangshan.
  • July 29, 1976:
    • The final episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D." is aired.
    • American gangster Mickey Cohen dies at the age of 62.
    • The Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, carries out his first murder.
  • July 31, 1976: NASA releases the Face on Mars photograph.
  • August 1, 1976: Austrian Formula One driver Niki Lauda is badly injured after his car bursts into flames at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
  • August 6, 1976: UK politics: Two years after attempting to fake his own death, former Labour MP John Stonehouse is convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud.

1970s fashion

Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.

1970s fashion

Television shows

Television shows in July 1976

The following TV shows were popular in July 1976:

TV shows from July 1976.

Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley
The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers
Welcome Back, Kotter
Welcome Back, Kotter
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
Barney Miller
Barney Miller
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
Baretta
Baretta
Police Woman
Police Woman
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

Cars in 1976

1976 saw the introduction of cars such as the Ford Fiesta, the Pontiac Phoenix, the BMW 6 Series, the Dodge Aspen, the Volvo 300 Series, and the Plymouth Sapporo.

Cars in 1976.

Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in July 1976

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

The Oddball Couple
The Oddball Couple
Return to the Planet of the Apes
Return to the Planet of the Apes
The Great Grape Ape Show
The Great Grape Ape Show

Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost
Bagpuss
Bagpuss
Happy Days
Happy Days
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Schoolhouse Rock!
Schoolhouse Rock!
The Adventures of Black Beauty
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
The Electric Company
The Electric Company
Toys

Toys in 1976

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Cher dolls
Cher dolls
Stretch Armstrong
Stretch Armstrong
Micronauts
Micronauts
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Connect Four
Connect Four
Magna Doodle
Magna Doodle
Risk board game
Risk board game
Shrinky Dinks
Shrinky Dinks
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
Baby Alive (doll)
Baby Alive (doll)
Shrinky Dinks
Shrinky Dinks
Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey
Video games

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in July 1976.

Breakout 1976
Breakout
Gun Fight 1975
Gun Fight
Pursuit 1975
Pursuit
Tank 1974
Tank

Were you born on July 9, 1976?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1976.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out July 9, 1982, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on July 9.

O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

American Football player Deceased
Born on July 9, 1947
He turned 29 on this day in 1976.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Actor
Born on July 9, 1956
He turned 20 on this day in 1976.

Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz

Actor
Born on July 9, 1961
He turned 15 on this day in 1976.

Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort

Former stockbroker
Born on July 9, 1962
He turned 14 on this day in 1976.

Gianluca Vialli

Gianluca Vialli

Soccer player Deceased
Born on July 9, 1964
He turned 12 on this day in 1976.

Jack White

Jack White

Musician
Born on July 9, 1975
He turned 1 on this day in 1976.

USA

US President

Gerald Ford was the President of the United States on July 9, 1976.

UK

UK Prime Minister

James Callaghan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Liam Cosgrave was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on July 9, 1976 was most likely conceived around October 17, 1975.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 9, 1976 is close to April 1, 1977.

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Stats for July 9, 1976

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about July 9, 1976:

  • 17,669 days have passed since this date.
  • 2,524 weeks have passed.
  • 1,526,605,200 seconds have passed since July 9, 1976.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,781,039,400 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 787,728,283,200 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 254,434,200 times.
  • You have taken approximately 131,288,047 steps. That's roughly 58,350 miles.
  • 18,319,262 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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