1976

1976 was a year:

Events

 * 4–15 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
 * 17 July–1 August – The Olympic Summer Games are held in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
 * 20 June: Czechoslovakia wins the UEFA European Championship by defeating West Germany, 5–3 in the final game at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
 * 19 September – The 1976 Swedish parliamentary election is held.
 * 14 October – Olof Palme resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, following a defeat for the Social Democratic Party of Sweden in the Swedish parliamentary election, and is replaced with Thorbjörn Fälldin.
 * 2 November – Jimmy Carter is elected President of the USA.