Timeline December 1976

Events in December 1976 11

• 1913 – 1976 Benjamin Britten British opera composer British composer who revived English opera with Peter Grimes and Billy Budd, and wrote the beloved Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
• 1975 – 1976 Fandango! and Worldwide Texas Tour Released Fandango! featuring the hit Tush. The band's Worldwide Texas Tour featured a stage set with live longhorn cattle, rattlesnakes and a buffalo.
• 1975 – 1976 Travesties on Stage Played Tristan Tzara in Tom Stoppard's Travesties in both the West End and on Broadway, earning his first Olivier Award nomination and demonstrating his range beyond musical theatre.
• 1976 1976: James Hunt McLaren Hunt won the title by a single point from Lauda in one of the most dramatic seasons in F1 history. Lauda had suffered horrific burns in a crash at the Nürburgring but returned just six weeks later, only to withdraw from the rain-soaked final race at Fuji.
• 1976 King Kong Created the vocal effects for the giant ape in the King Kong remake starring Jeff Bridges, demonstrating his extraordinary ability to create non-human voices and sounds.
• 1976 Sex Pistols on the Today show Goaded by presenter Bill Grundy, the band swear live on early-evening television, a scandal that made punk front-page news in Britain.
• 1976 Bob Marley shot at his home in Kingston Assassination attempt Wounded two days before the Smile Jamaica concert — he plays it anyway.
• 1976 Eagles release Hotel California The Eagles fifth album is released. Its title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year.
• 1976 Argo Merchant oil spill The tanker runs aground off Nantucket and breaks up, spilling about 7.7 million gallons of fuel oil.
• 1976 King Kong remake released Dino De Laurentiis remake starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges opens, with the ape climbing the World Trade Center.
• 1976 Takeo Fukuda becomes Prime Minister of Japan Fukuda succeeds Takeo Miki after the Liberal Democratic Party loses seats in the general election.