| January 1, 1976 |
Georgia loses to Arkansas 31-10 in the Cotton Bowl
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| January 1, 1976 |
Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Ted Turner |
| January 13, 1976 |
Henry Flipper's dishonorable discharge on 30 June 1882 is posthumously changed to an honorable discharge
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| January 19, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter wins the Iowa caucuses
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Jimmy Carter |
| February 5, 1976 |
A recruit falls ill at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and dies the following day. Under orders from Gerald Ford, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta launches an inoculation project against "swine flu," the disease responsible for 20 million deaths in 1918-1919.
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| February 24, 1976 |
Carter wins New Hampshire Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| February 29, 1976 |
Bill Elliott runs his first Winston Cup race at the North Carolina Speedway
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Bill Elliott |
| March 9, 1976 |
Carter wins Florida Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| March 16, 1976 |
Carter wins Illinois Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 3, 1976 |
"Ethnic purity" gaff
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 6, 1976 |
Carter wins Wisconsin Democratic primary
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 8, 1976 |
Carter apologizes for "ethnic purity" remark
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Jimmy Carter |
| April 23, 1976 |
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett is interviewed by James Reston on the Albany Movement |
| May 11, 1976 |
Coke Adds Life (to everything nice) campaign begins
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Coca-Cola |
| May 13, 1976 |
Piedmont Park is added to the National Register of Historic Places
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| May 13, 1976 |
W. W. Law retires as president of the Savannah NAACP after 26 years
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| June 25, 1976 |
Songwriter Johnny Mercer dies in Los Angeles from complications after surgery to remove a brain tumor
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Johnny Mercer |
| July 1, 1976 |
The Agrirama opens in Tifton
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| July 2, 1976 |
In Gregg vs. Georgia the U. S. Supreme Court upholds the death penalty for murder, clarifying an earlier opinion that found the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment because of its arbitrary application
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| July 7, 1976 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd begins a three-night performance at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The recording is released as One More from the Road, a live double album, and released in September. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| July 20, 1976 |
Hank Aaron hits #755
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Hank Aaron
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| July 20, 1976 |
Two members of the American Legion become ill with an unknown disease during a convention in Philadelphia. The CDC in Atlanta will eventually call this illness Legionnaires Disease
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| July 20, 1976 |
Hank Aaron hit home run 755.
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Hank Aaron
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| September 8, 1976 |
The Bobbin Show, a trade show of the American Apparel Manufacturers, becomes the first show in the new Georgia World Congress Center
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| September 10, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop at his brother Billy's gas station in Plains |
| September 14, 1976 |
The Georgia World Congress Center opens
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Georgia World Congress Center
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| September 23, 1976 |
Actor Kip Pardue born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Kevin Ian 'Kip' Pardue |
| September 23, 1976 |
During the first presidential debate of 1976, and the first since 1960, the audio feed from Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater dropped for 27 minutes during an answer by Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. Post-debate polling showed Carter losing the debate to President Gerald Ford, 39% to 31%
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 3, 1976 |
Hank Aaron takes his final major league at bat.
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Hank Aaron
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| October 6, 1976 |
Second Ford-Carter debate. Carter wins post-debate polling, 40%-30%
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 28, 1976 |
James Dickey's first wife, Maxine dies
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James Dickey |
| November 2, 1976 |
Georgia approves a revision to the state constitution by a vote of 610,516 to 394,764. One change is that a governor may succeed himself.
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| November 2, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter becomes the first native born Georgian elected President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 7, 1976 |
Part 1 of Gone With The Wind airs on the NBC Television Network and draws a record 47.4 share and 33,960,000 viewers, making it the largest audience to ever watch a television broadcast at the time. Roots Pt. VIII will surpass it the following January. |
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Gone With The Wind
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| November 8, 1976 |
Part 2 of Gone With The Wind airs on the NBC Television Network and draws a 47.4 share and 33,750,000 viewers, making it the second largest audience to ever watch a television broadcast at the time. |
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Gone With The Wind
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| December 16, 1976 |
President-elect Jimmy Carter nominates Andrew Young as U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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Andrew Young |
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Jimmy Carter |
| December 17, 1976 |
WTCG, Channel 17 (Atlanta), owned and operated by Ted Turner, begins to uplink its signal to a satellite transponder and give it to cable operators across the country for free. It is the first "Superstation"
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Ted Turner |
| December 17, 1976 |
The first of the so-called "Superstations" begins broadcasting from Atlanta as WTBS (owned by Ted Turner)
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Ted Turner |
| December 30, 1976 |
James Dickey marries Deborah Dodson
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James Dickey |
