In 1976, the best selling car was made by GM…

The 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass was the best selling passager car in the U.S.

The first Oldsmobile Cutlass was an experimental coupe, it was designed in 1954, consumer version of the Cutlass went on sale in 1961. Production of the Cutlass line ended in 1999.

Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States.

Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served for two terms as a Georgia State Senator and served as Governor of Georgia from 1971–1975.

Average gas price was $0.59.

President elect Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy’s gas station in Plains, Georgia in November 1976.

Atari released Breakout, the video game.

The prototype was designed by Apple computer's co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Dr. Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics.

Dr. Friedman is a recognized leader of the conservative Chicago School of Economics. He is associated with laissez-faire, or hands-off policy toward business and trade.

What Fax machine? We use the Telex machine.

Telex machine is a teleprinter for sending text-based messages via a network. The telex switched network was the first common medium for telecommunication. It was developed in Germany in 1926, and became an operational service in 1933. It is still in use today, mostly in the maritime industry.

SuperBowl - "Pittsburgh Steelers vs Dallas Cowboys"

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is helped to his feet by teammate Mike Wagner in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl X against the Dallas Cowboys. The Steelers won the game, 21 to 17.

Patty Hearst and her bank robbery trial.

Patricia "Patty" Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst. She joined the Symbionese Liberation Army after she was kidnapped by the group. She took part in a bank heist with the SLA. She was convicted and imprisoned for over a year. The sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter, she was later granted a presidential pardon by Bill Clinton.

"All in the family" was the top TV show.

Cast members of "All in the family" from left, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, and Sally Struthers pose with their Emmys backstage at the 24th annual Emmy Awards in Hollywood, Ca., Sunday night, May 14, 1972. O'Connor and Stapleton won outstanding continued performance by an actor and actress in a leading role in a comedy series. Struthers tied in the category of outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in a comedy.

Inaugurate commercial Concorde supersonic transport passenger service between London and Washington took flight on 2 March 1969.

In April 2003, Air France and British Airways announced that they would retire Concorde later that year.

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicolson, won five major Academy Awards, Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay.

The film was also nominated in the Categories of Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Film Editing and Original Music Score.

The first color picture was taken on the surface of Mars the Viking I lander.

Viking I was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, It performed mission on the Mars surface for 6 years and 116 days.

Tina Turner said beat it to Ike.

Tina Turner filed for divorce from Ike Turner in July 1976 after 14 years of marriage. Divorce proceeding ended in late 1977 and was finalized in early 1978.

Apple Computer was formed on April Fool's Day in 1976.

Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs as he introduces the new Apple II .

Mini skirts, bell-bottoms and hippie style are going out of fashion. Disco and punk rock styles are on their way in

From the spring-summer collection, Christian Dior present a raw silk jacket with two breast pockets, worn over a blue crepe de chine dress with pleated skirt.

World Series - New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds.

New York Yankees manager Billy Martin argues a call with first base ump Bruce Froemming during the top of the ninth inning in the fourth game of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium in New York. Martin was later ejected from the game for throwing baseballs from the Yankees' dugout. Cincinnati Reds won the series, 4 games to 0.

Television newsman Tom Brokaw looks very much like how he looks now.

He became anchor of Today show in 1976, and then became anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004.

Reintroduction of the $2 bill to the U.S. currency.

The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.