August 17th, 1976

Born on August 17th, 1976.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Scott Halberstadt: Actor.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on August 17th, 1976.

• United States: Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
• United Kingdom: Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee

Take me back to August 17th, 1976!

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is August 17th, 1976, and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Leo. It's summer, so the temperatures are warmer and the evenings are longer than usual.

The song Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee is at the top of the singles charts in both the USA and the United Kingdom. Gerald Ford is the President of the United States, and the movie Silent Movie 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 "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Rockford Files", "Barney Miller", and "Fawlty Towers". 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 new song called "Dancing Queen" has just been released by Swedish pop group ABBA. 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 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", "The Pink Panther Show", "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids", and "Happy Days". Children are playing with toys such as Battleship (game), Big Jim (action figure), Connect Four, and Stretch Armstrong.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on August 17th, 1976.

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  The "Son of Sam" is terrorizing New York.

  A serial killer called the "Son of Sam" terrorized New York City in 1976 and 1977. By the time he was finally caught, David Berkowitz had murdered six people and injured seven others in eight separate gun attacks.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Rocky.

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

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  Jimmy Carter.

  US President Jimmy Carter was named Time Person of the Year in 1976.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Roller skates.

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Office workers are using typewriters.

  Although personal computers began to emerge during the 1970s, typewriters were still the norm for most office workers.

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  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.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• 46 years, 9 months, and 25 days have passed since August 17th, 1976.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 34 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: People born on August 17th, 1976, are now 46 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1976 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 209084400.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on August 17th, 1976.

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Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 17th, 1976.

• July 19th, 1976: The breakup of English rock band Deep Purple is announced by their manager.
• July 21st, 1976: The British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
• July 25th, 1976: The "Face on Mars" photograph is taken by the Viking 1 orbiter.
• July 27th, 1976: 242,769 people are killed when an earthquake strikes the Chinese city of Tangshan.
• July 29th, 1976: The final episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D." is aired.
• July 29th, 1976: American gangster Mickey Cohen dies at the age of 62.
• July 29th, 1976: The Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, carries out his first murder.
• July 31st, 1976: NASA releases the Face on Mars photograph.
• August 1st, 1976: Austrian Formula One driver Niki Lauda is badly injured after his car bursts into flames at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
• August 6th, 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.
• August 13th, 1976: Steve Miller releases the song "Fly Like an Eagle".
• August 15th, 1976: The song "Dancing Queen" is released by ABBA.
• This date: August 17th, 1976
• August 19th, 1976: Incumbent US President Gerald Ford wins the Republican Party presidential nomination for the 1976 election.
• August 21st, 1976: 10-year-old Andy Puglisi disappears after wandering away from a pool area near his home in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
• August 28th, 1976: 18-year-old American actress Anissa Jones dies of an overdose.
• September 5th, 1976: The first episode of the comedy television series "The Muppet Show" is aired.
• September 6th, 1976: Soviet fighter pilot Viktor Belenko lands his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan and defects to the West.
• September 9th, 1976: China's Chairman Mao Zedong dies of a heart attack at the age of 82.
• September 10th, 1976: 176 people die in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, after British Airways Flight 476 collides mid-air with Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 17th, 1976, will have the star sign Leo.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• 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: August 17th, 1976 falls under the Salmon.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
• Birth flower (August): The Gladiolus and the Poppy.

Photos of 1970s fashion.

Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.

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.

Were you born on this date?

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 August 17th, 1982, instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on August 17th, 1976 was most likely conceived around November 25th, 1975.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 17th, 1976 is close to May 10th, 1977.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about August 17th, 1976.

• A total of 17,099 days have passed since this date.
• 2,442 weeks have passed.
• 1,477,353,600 seconds have passed since the August 17th, 1976.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,723,579,200 times.
• Since August 17th, 1976, the Earth has travelled approximately 762,314,457,600 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 246,225,600 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 127,052,410 steps. That's about 56,468 miles!
• Since this date, 17,728,243 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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