Flashback to 1976 - A Timeline of Life in America

[@justsayin7576]

Thanks!

[@thomaslucas6403]

Most of my family is dead. But in 1976 I was still a kid by many standards. My grandma died and my grandfather came to live with us. I remember my grandfather had a TV in his bedroom he would get a big salad bowl and pile it to the top with ice cream and carry it to his room and sit back and eat his ice cream while watching Laverne and Sherly. Lord what I wouldn't give to be with my family one more time.

[@Bloom2Grow]

Sorry to hear that you lost your family. God bless you

[@dojocho1894]

Tom I was 15 It was a peaceful wonderful time to be a teenager....I myself am alone divorced after a long marriage ..no kids and my family have all past away. But The Lord helps me in so many ways it overwhelms me at times...all the best!

[@sfkid30]

You are with them now. By having the memory and sharing the memory with us. Thank you. It was a great time to be alive.

[@aaronsmith5433]

Fortunately, for me anyway, ever second a lifetime of stuff I want to watch uploads on KZbin. Even though I was just as happy watching "You Bet Your Life" & "The Gong Show"!

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

I kinda miss those entertainment shows. Carol Burnett was a fav!Jerry and Dino got into a squabble and didn’t speak to each other for all those years. I’m glad Ol’ Blue Eyes stepped out and got them to make up. You never know what the end will be. I was kinda iffy on Charlie’s Angels. Those gals were enough to give anyone a complex. I’m from the Philly area originally but missed all the celebrations since my hub and I were stationed in Germany!

[@anthonymastrando9299]

I graduated from high school in 1976, 18 years old. The 60’s and 70’s were a great time to grow up. The music was awesome!

[@julenepegher6999]

I graduated in 77, 60’s best childhood and 70’s being a teen. The music of the 70’s was The Crown Jewel! Just Fabulous!

[@gryzzl233]

"You got that right, you sure, got that right" SR 76

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

The 80's music was just as awesome. I was born in 59. I am a Bass playing, early Metal, Classic ROCKER.

[@canamrider07]

I also graduated in 76, San Pasqual HS in Escondido, Ca. Went to grad night at Disneyland. Good times.

[@mr.bnatural3700]

Silly; nobody is still alive from the 70's.

[@thinkingoutloud6741]

A happier time. People still knew how to love each other. It’s crazy how divided we all are now. I’d go back in a heartbeat.

[@donparisheo]

Well said I concur wholeheartedly.

[@christystewart4567]

Not really. When you’re younger you see things that way.

[@Bodiddly55]

Tell that to the guy who flew the plane into the stadium, not much love there.

[@thinkingoutloud6741]

@@Bodiddly55 As I said, a happier time. If you’re demanding perfect, you will always be disappointed.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

The internet reminds us that too much info can be a bad thing especially if deliverd by amateurs( content creators,influencers) at least in the old days the media was fool of pros with rules the social media people ruined it all.

[@bcardamone]

What a great time to be a kid. So glad I experienced the 70’s

[@julenepegher6999]

We were very lucky, I was a teen in the 70’s it was my best decade of my life. Best of everything!

[@funshine817]

@@julenepegher6999 Same! Although, as a young adult, 17-27, in the 80's, those were good times, to. 😁

[@julenepegher6999]

@@funshine817 I agree I loved the 80’s I turned 21 in 1980 that meant going to bars and watching the bands. They were great great times.

[@fawnrosenblatt6927]

My wedding was on November 25, 1976, I'll be celebrating 45 years with the love of my life this November, on Thanksgiving day. Our wedding was also on Thanksgiving day. Thank you for the memories

[@tackyman2011]

Congratulations!

[@joeheid4757]

CONGRATS!!!

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Congratulations ….🍾 🥂 we celebrate 44 years in December ❤️❤️

[@joeheid4757]

@@joniangelsrreal6262 Congrats to you too!!!

[@jamescress]

My wedding was Feb 14, 1976....yep that was Valentines Day.

[@StONed-mb1iv]

I distinctly remember seeing a Corvette w/ an American Flag paint job on July 4th 1976….going to the store to buy red white and blue ice cream…. I was 10

[@frankcarter7146]

1976 was a great year to be alive. Of course there were problems yet to be solved, and political divisions existed. But NOTHING like the environment of virulent hatred that flows so freely today. Together as a Nation we celebrated the Bicentennial and we celebrated just BEING Americans. I'm glad I was there for the experience...

[@justchillin6599]

THANK YOU!!

[@blackduk6200]

Very true!

[@mr.bnatural3700]

Stagflation and malaise is what I remember. Watergate and JImmy Carter

[@helen1962]

Oh BS that undercurrent of everything is white peoples fault was just starting. So was the sex and drugs that took us into the addiction hell we are today. I was 19 in ‘76 so I damn well know.

[@ntvypr4820]

I was 16 that year and remember all the hoopla, everything from jets to 18 wheelers were painted in red, white and blue 'Spirit of '76" colors. The queen of England came and celebrated with America. I watched the Tall Ships sail in NY harbor on a small B&W TV while working at a radio station as a DJ on July 4, 1976. It all made everyone so incredibly proud to be an American. I'd been an amateur student of politics and America History was my greatest subject in HS. If someone had told me that year that we are maybe this ONE election coming up in Nov '22 from going full on COMMUNIST I'd have first said NO way! and second I'd have been watching a lot closer. I've seen stuff starting to come unglued as close as in Texas in the lat 80's and early 90's. Now look whee we are. 1975-1982 were the best years of my life. They're stealing elections now and have been the last 14 years. I can't believe half this country HATES the nation of their birth but we hear and see evidence of it daily. I wish I could go back to these simpler times.

[@Bryan-xf9oe]

It's good that most of us think of he 1970's fondly. Even though life had some problems even then, I believe we were all much more hopeful about life in general.

[@shalayadawson2885]

Had to be much better than the world we know now

[@feingetarntesfischfilet4841]

I was the happiest child on earth in the 70's❗😆🥰 Seems like a distant dream now...🥺

[@noble604]

For the most part, these memories shared are coming from people who were children in the 70s and who are looking back fondly on the memories of childhood. It’s far easier to be hopeful when you’re a child or teen and far less easy to be a hopeful adult in any era as time wears you down and life slowly ebbs.....but we can be just as hopeful now as we were then, if we choose to be. If we remain childlike in the celebration, wonder, beauty, hope and awe of life - in all the days of our lives - we will continue to show how much we have to be thankful for. We celebrate today and tomorrow as we do the 1970s! Have a great day!

[@qtrhors1]

@@noble604 You just made my day. I was in junior high and high school in the 70's. July 4th 1976 I was 16...summer between my sophomore and junior year. I do remember it fondly. I very much love your attitude. Im going to play that Eagles album right now.. :)

[@noble604]

qtrhors 1 - So glad to bring cheer to your day! Enjoy your music! Have a wonderful time!

[@melissamessmer6544]

July 4th 1976 is one of my fondest memories of my youth it seemed like a day in America that everyone was happy and celebrated together America's greatness look how far we have gone in the wrong direction so sad

[@donparisheo]

I was 12 and it was a time full of hope life was great.

[@richardtrudeau7363]

Me too

[@donparisheo]

@Richard Trudeau Those were days and looking back they were, through it all the best of times.

[@Adogslife54]

I live in the Philly area and remember the Philly celebrations fondly. I still have “ask me” souvenir buttons. Wonder if they are worth anything?

[@tallan9698]

Because it was still predominantly White European descendants. Now it is all black and brown mystery meat garbage.

[@joeheid4757]

This was probably the year I can say I started remembering everything. You get to a certain age and it's easy to remember things. The memories are thick here.

[@justicegusting2476]

Yeah, the drug fueled hedonism of the late 60s and early 70s didn’t help the recollection much, either.

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

These aren't the Drones your looking for . the next year , lol :)

[@garymorris216]

Yeah, same with me. My memories start in about 75-76. I really remember the music from that time, the bicentennial, the fireworks that year. What a different time that was!

[@rodcoulter997]

One of the best years of my life….College days….Great music. Great movies. Life was good.

[@kevinlong9254]

I graduated from high school in 1976. It was such an awesome year for me. Good memories !!!

[@gretchenlittle6817]

Same here -- definitely a good year!

[@rogercamp6071]

So did I 😃

[@David-sc2ir]

This was the year I graduated from high school. I loved the 70's! Thanks for the memories :)

[@cdfreester]

Such a great year. I remember watching Donnie and Marie on Friday nights with my little sister. Many great family memories that year that I will forever cherish.

[@amymeyers9682]

Me too! My first album was Donny’s Puppy Love, and I had a poster of him on the wall. I was 12 in 1976.

[@scottrobbins6216]

Lived it and I’m still here

[@k.gspianoworldjourneyschan437]

Me too 😅

[@kathybriscoe1474]

My husband, children and I went to Cape Cod July 1976 and saw the tall ships in Boston Harbor.

[@markpettigrew542]

Old Ironsides.

[@skooter6235]

I saw them in Baltimore

[@rochellegorcheck3772]

I saw them coming into Boston.

[@Qboro66]

Operation Sail in NYC...

[@toddmo1]

I remember all the Bicentennial events during that year. It really made to proud to live in the US.

[@blackduk6200]

We had a lot to be proud of!

[@martinpennock9430]

Ah yes, the year I turned 21. What a different world it was. I remember all the patriotic celebrations. Seems so long ago now. Thanks again for another great video! 👍👍

[@davinawonderling9361]

Wow, tell me about it! Times were way different back then! I was 10

[@wdfamily_027]

I was 19 🥰

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

I turned 19 and remember it so well and yet some of this seemed liked I was watching and old time newsreel... its almost disturbing. I like the guy crashing his plane because the colts lost.... 2 years in prison? Nowdays he would be given maybe a fine and then the people would consider him a folk hero and give him season tickets and have a special stand where he would sit...

[@robertbruner7429]

@@drmorqWarrenProject I rather doubt it. The FAA and NTSB still have hangups about private pilots intentionally crashing an aircraft into stadiums.

[@lisaanderson1167]

I was 12, a Catholic grade school girl, who saw her first 2 concerts ever.....Fleetwood Mac. What a wonderful world it was!

[@lisam9233]

Another good one. One more year til my high school graduation… looking forward to ‘77!

[@samanthab1923]

Same here! NJ

[@northerniltree]

I gradutated in '77 too. High school was the best 6 years of my life.

[@lisam9233]

@@northerniltree 😂

[@jimholmes2555]

Yep, I too am a 1977 graduate .

[@ceepersandenderdragonssvlo4812]

Yes, 77! Oliver High School in Pittsburgh, Pa.

[@skylilly1]

I remember the 4th of July festivities seem to go on forever pre and after! The picnic lasted til daylight. lol The bicentennial was a huge deal all over the country. Kids dressed up their bikes, too, in red white and blue everything!

[@macsloan58]

I also graduated from HS IN 1976. It was an incredible year in an incredible decade. Great music. Great television. Great movies. Great sports. All was good. I hope there years/decades like that in the years ahead. I remember HS graduation like it was yesterday. My classmates headed out to the far corners of our country and even the world. This past summer we celebrated our 45th reunion. So sadly, over 20 of my classmates have passed. May the rest peacefully.

[@고영환-y9i]

Great movies and tv series, touching moments and Happy 200th Birthday, USA! Wow. The year of 1976 was really something.

[@starmnsixty1209]

It surely was!

[@scottnusser6232]

Born in 1960 the 70's were the best time on our history!❤great times.

[@nickimorelli9991]

My mother died in 1976. I was 12 years old. It scarred me in ways I never recovered from. But I still miss the 1970's. It was the only time I was ever truly whole.

[@purberri]

Year of my graduation bicentennial- our graduation tassels had a bell added to celebrate 1776 200th year. Farrah’s poster was plastered everywhere girls all wanted her hair style.

[@jaya.0069]

Plastered in my bedroom too!

[@fawnrosenblatt6927]

I was styling hair in Anaheim California in 1976, all the girls wanted Farrah's, haircut or Dorothy Hamel's. A very good year.

[@noble604]

Farrah Fawcett was a huge deal. The only reason her death wasn’t bigger was Michael Jackson tragically died that very same day and news of his untimely death rocked the world took the whole globe by storm. She died earlier in the day then everyone everywhere was glued to their tv sets to mourn Michael Jackson and that took the news for weeks. People today really don’t know what a big deal she was and how much she influenced American style and culture..

[@rocketman7471]

I saw Farrah in that year at the Bacchus Parade in New Orleans she was so beautiful in my eyes.

[@christhompson3750]

So was ours. Red, White and Blue tassels.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

We all had a good time with the Bicentennial but for me 76 marked the year I got my first full-time job, bussing tables at Kresge's for $2.10 an hour. My first major purchase was a quadrophonic system with an eight-track player. I remember the salesman telling me how quadrophonic was the wave of the future (even though I think by that time it had already petered out, but what do you know when you're 16). Sadly, the eight track player developed a nasty habit of eating tapes so I sold the system about a year later. Loved the Gong Show. As soon as it was mentioned my thoughts immediately went to Gene Gene the Dancing Machine, but you left out the Unknown Comic.

[@noble604]

Much was left out. The times, the music, the movies, the highlights were far more diverse than this video showed. Fun trip, nonetheless.

[@riverraisin1]

$2.10 in 76?!?! Damn dude, you were making bank. lol. I was only making $1.85 then.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

@@riverraisin1 I remember I had to walk upstairs to the pay window and would get an envelope with filled with cash. When I graduated a couple years later I was making $5.00 an hour and that was more money than I had seen to that point. Things have changed haven't they?

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

This gives me such a wistful feeling. I turned 13 that year. It was a great time to be a teen.

[@allen_p]

The Bicentennial was a big deal with events all year.

[@samanthab1923]

Lived in NJ close to NYC. Watched all the Tall Ships in the harbor & big firework displays 💥

[@geraldboykin6159]

My parents bought a one-time edition of the Bicentennial Chevrolet Impala.

[@samanthab1923]

Gerald Boykin My uncle was a big Impala guy. Moved up to the Monte Carlo & finally the Coupe De Ville.

[@alancarnell2747]

The quarters commemorated the year. I still find one every now and then. Used them for comic books when they were new.

[@michaelbee2165]

17 years old in 1976 and watching Charlie's Angels. Jacylyn Smith....dang. It's a miracle I survived.

[@drums4b]

Yep. I think she was the sexiest one, except maybe for Cheryl Ladd, out of all of them.

[@djbigpean]

Everytime I think of 1976, I think of Elton John and Kiki Dee Dee's big hit"Don't go breaking My Heart'. How can I forget two greatest albums, Stevie wonder's, Songs in the key of life, and the Eagle's, Hotel California.

[@jamescress]

I still play that song too!

[@noble604]

Yes indeed... Stevie Wonder! The albums of 1976 were iconic, earlier in the year with Rufus with Chaka Khan’s album topping the charts (including their hit, Sweet Thing) ... but boy oh boy .... then along came September ... that’s when Earth Wind & Fire came out with their album “Spirit” (with those hits ...Saturday Night, Getaway, Imagination....) then ...(as if that wasn’t enough) in that same unbelievable month, the album of all albums, to blow it all out of the water, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, was released, which would remain the Number One album for the rest of the year week after week ....and into 1977. It’s amazing to think of all of the music that was released at the same time that year, music which still remain as the chart toppers. What a time!

[@1985OldSkool]

Here are all the singles that peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 during 1976: 1/3 Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers 1/10 Convoy by C.W. McCall 1/17 I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow 1/24 Love Theme from "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To?) by Diana Ross 1/31 Love Rollercoaster by the Ohio Players 2/7-21 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon 2/28 Theme from "S.W.A.T." by the Rhythm Heritage 3/6 Love Machine by the Miracles 3/13-27 December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons 4/3-24 Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor 5/1 Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers 5/8 Welcome Back by John Sebastian 5/15 Boogie Fever by the Sylvers 5/22 and 6/12-7/3 Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney & Wings 5/29-6/5 Love Hangover by Diana Ross 7/10-17 Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band 7/24-31 Kiss and Say Goodbye by the Manhattans 8/7-28 Don't Go Breaking My heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee 9/4 You Should Be Dancing by the Bee Gees 9/11 (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty by KC & the Sunshine Band 9/18-10/2 Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry 10/9 A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 10/16 Disco Duck by Rick Dees and his cast of Idiots 10/23-30 If You Leave Me Now by Chicago 11/6 Rock'n Me by the Steve Miller Band 11/13-1/1/1977 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod Stewart

[@donparisheo]

Also "Afternoon delight " Starland Vocal Band. I was 12 and had no idea what this song was about 🤩

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Yes great song by Elton John and Kiki dee.

[@sergioleone3583]

It's good to see a time when people were PROUD to fly Old Glory!!!!

[@farpointgamingdirect]

There was no wokeness or cancel culture; people just got along! None of the manufactured fake race issues of today

[@susanbrint2887]

As far as I can tell we are still proud to fly the flag

[@davidsquires154]

I remember 1976, I was 19 years old and on my own, plus working full-time at Hudson's Eastland Mall.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Life was so much better then, wasn't it? I recall seeing Bicentennial items on the Freedom Train, I believe it was called. Everyone seemed to like, and care for each other so much more, also. A shame it had to change.

[@blackduk6200]

You're right.

[@randyware9645]

i was sweet 16 in 76 , i worked in my neighbor grocery store, sacking and carring grocerys out for the little old ladys that shopped with us, i didnt make a whole lot of money but i met a lot of people just like me , HAPPY

[@brett4264]

I still collect all the bicentennial quarters I come across. They're getting kinda rare.

[@model-man7802]

Me too.

[@samanthab1923]

I do too! Throw them in with half dollars & any wheat pennies I come across. My son calls it the Special Money 😊

[@marygirardin5300]

I keep them too

[@jimholmes2555]

Yes, I have a bunch of Bicentennial quarters, two Kennedy half dollars and one Eisenhower dollar.

[@brianarbenz1329]

A co worker of mine collects those. When we come across one in change from vending machines in the cafeteria, we march to her desk whistling Yankee Doodle and give it to her.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

1976 was a great year. This short video shows it quite well. Thank you, Recollection Road!

[@AlvinCoulter-vb1kb]

I was born in 63 so yes I miss those years Sooo much!

[@debbiereed5359]

Best year of my life 1st husband was in navy we were in Charleston SC met many new friends had lots of parties. I wish I could go back to 1976. No internet cell phones. I was 21.

[@jayyates1676]

I turned 13 in May that year. It was somehow the most influential year of my life! I won't bore you with details, but I REALLY appreciated this episode! Every clip you included made me go "Oh wow! That happened THAT year? Amazing!" Thanks for the memories!

[@donparisheo]

Go into the details, I would love to hear it.

[@stevenreynolds2327]

I remember a joke from back then. Know what you get when you cross a gorilla with a computer? A Harry Reasoner.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Good one!… Also, why did Egyptian rulers send their plumbers to college? To let them be pharaohs’ faucet majors!

[@todaystomorrow2545]

It was November 1976, I was 18 when a beautiful guy walked up to me as I walked from a college class to my car. He called me that night and we laughed so hard while watching the honeymooners. He was the miracle that changed my life - how I loved him. But all things come to an end. 2016 he left this earth and I miss him so painfully. I will go on but know I’m in that waiting room and someday we will be together again. I love you honey!

[@popcultureaddict733]

On 1/6/76, A&M Records released one of the biggest albums of the decade, "Frampton Comes Alive!". Its success surprised both the label and Frampton himself. Also notable: Stevie Wonder released "Songs in the Key of Life", "Boston" (one of the biggest-selling debuts in history, an incredible 17X Platinum according to the RIAA).

[@samanthab1923]

Herb Albert (the A in A&M)

[@donparisheo]

Those Frampton concerts were unreal in '76.

[@samanthab1923]

donparisheo Saw him summer of 77 in Philly w/Lynard Skynard 😊

[@donparisheo]

@@samanthab1923 Wow that's historic indeed because the fall of '77 was the crash of Lynard Skynard when band members were killed.

[@donparisheo]

@@samanthab1923 Yes and Jerry Moss was the M he pushed for the live album to be a double set.

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1976… A Star Is Born starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson was released. Gus starring Ed Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, and Ronnie Schell was released. The Bad News Bears starring Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal was released.

[@bearforce187]

I remember as a kid going to the local movie theatre to see Gus.

[@1985OldSkool]

I remember seeing the Bad News Bears (franchise) both at the show and later in a TV series for CBS.

[@mikeweizer3149]

Also no one should forget that 1976 was the grand finally of John Wayne's film career in the Shootist!.

[@slim-oneslim8014]

I loved The Gong Show, especially the Unknown Comic! 😃

[@colewebb1425]

hi Recollection Road and hi everyone else 1976 yah I remember all of this plus a lot more I graduated high school in 1976 at 17 and thank you Recollection Road for the good memories goodnight recollection road and goodnight everyone else :-)

[@armoredsaint6639]

I’ve got two words…..Tube Tops! Thank you 70’s for the inspiration …let the research begin!

[@johnskipper7060]

1976 was the year of my graduation from high school!

[@mistermusic140]

Mine too. School's out forever!!!

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

@@mistermusic140 Me tooooo

[@glutenfreejoe6099]

I remember going with our family to the Mall in Washington DC to watch the 4th of July Bicentennial, The Fireworks were incredible with the Washington Monument in the Foreground

[@juventusventuno9213]

I was a kid in Philly that year. I remember it as the most patriotic year of my life - the pride everyone felt was very high.

[@appleforever6664]

I was born 9/4/75. I was just passing through the 70s.

[@heavenhelpus479]

I was 20, in college at UT Austin, having a blast. Truly epic.

[@donparisheo]

You want to school there when Earl Campbell was at the University of Texas.

[@iswc27]

I really enjoy these year-by-year timelines. One event I think you should have also mentioned in this one was Nadia Comaneci scoring seven perfect 10s in the Olympics.

[@jimirwin5623]

Also - there was no mention of Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, who took baseball by storm in the summer of 1976. He was the first professional athlete to make it on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

[@ieatoutoften872]

@@jimirwin5623 , Fact: Crime would stop in Detroit, Michigan when the Bird (Mark F.) pitched. As I was a kid, the Bird made me feel it was okay to be a kid. I loved Sesame Street. I loved the pictures of the Bird next to Big Bird. Brought to you by the letter K.

[@doggonepointgooddogbacking3248]

A Romanian in Canada. Nothing to do w/ "A Timeline of Life in America."

[@kurtkauffman4326]

The Halter & Tube Tops were in Fashion that year.

[@samanthab1923]

I did wear a halter dress/gown to my Junior Prom in 76. Van Morrison's Moondance was the theme.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank You for the Video (and the memories) 😀

[@joelfrombethlehem]

In March of 1976, I joined the United States work force in my 1st regular full-time job. About 10 different employers later, I should retire at the end of February 2023, with a nice pension.

[@brianarbenz1329]

We’re on the same track. I started my first paid job in August 1976, and approximately the same number of employers later, I’m looking forward to the (I hope) pretty good pension existence in 2025.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

I was 3. that year was the first year of my memory although faint .I remember the song silly love songs by Paul mccartney being on the radio all the time that summer...i didn't know the name of it then, but when I got older and heard it I had the memories come flooding back..I decided to check about the charting of the song that year because I really remembered hearing it almost hourly on the radio in New york...well it turns out it was the number one song in America for a good part of that bicentennial summer so my memory was pretty good...its almost heartbreaking to look back when all the grandparents were alive, the parents were young ...hell I'm 47 so I was young lol. I'm sure we all feel the same way when we look back on the years of our youth...the memories are double edged swords...as I look at this smiling I can feel tears as I think of my grandparents and parents...

[@ivoneray1472]

What a great year that was! I was born that year, which make it even more special 😄👏‼️

[@ilikeyoutube836]

Same 🙂 June '76

[@riverraisin1]

You're a centennial baby!

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities who turned 40 in 1976 Burt Reynolds Michael Landon Mary Tyler Moore Robert Redford Alan Alda

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Don't forget Glen Campbell

[@risenshine7032]

In 1976 40 years old was ancient to me, now it’s young! Wow so strange

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

In February of 1976, American-born figure skater Dorothy Hamill won the gold medal, American-born Diane De Lieuw from Holland won the silver medal and East German-born Christine Errath won the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. In July of the very same year, little miss perfect ten herself Nadia Comaneci was crowned the queen of the gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. And as for Belarus-born Olga Korbut, she knew the agony of defeat.

[@jayneneewing2369]

Yeah, good things that might have been great added to the list. Every girl had her hair cut like Dorothy Hamill.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

1976 was known affectionately as The Bicentennial Year.

[@sandraquick9336]

I was 20 years old and the 60's and the 70's was the best

[@madamesalamander16]

Shout out to my fellow Bicentennial Babies! Celebrating America's 200th brought a lot of wonderful things... except that horrible harvest yellow and avocado green mashup with Colonial Revival interior decor. What an unappetizing hash!

[@HD-dw1cn]

😂

[@samanthab1923]

My parents must have been ahead of their time Had our house built in 1970. Harvest gold appliances, including wall phone w/Avocado green counter tops. Wall papered of course lol.

[@lmb1962]

My parents opted for harvest gold appliances, wallpaper with avocado green accents, but that was earlier than 76.

[@peterbelanger4094]

And as we approach the 250th, the future looks very bleak for our nation, on the brink of another civil war. Things have really gone down hill since then.

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

HEY NOW --- Don't go RAGGING on the Shag Carpet. I loved that stuff. ESPECIALLY inside my 67 Ford Galaxie 500. And the C.B. Radios --- God I loved the 70's.

[@CJLinOHIO]

Graduated high school class of "76".

[@deborahchesser7375]

I was 10 that summer, flags they were a flying! What great times, we’d all go back to our childhood. The ones that wouldn’t, I’m sorry, you come back with me, we’ll have a blast 🐾🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@frankrizzo4460]

I remember this year I was just a little kid but my Uncle had a huge Fourth of July party for the Bicentennial. He had a live band preforming at his house, all the neighbors came buy it was a holiday I'll never forget. And that Christmas I got a toy called Chute's Away and Evel Knievel action figure, great memories where has all the time gone 🤔

[@toefield251]

Yea brother, Evel Knievel was our hero back then. I have scars to this day from crashing my bike jumping ramps for distance.

[@frankrizzo4460]

@@toefield251 Yeah same here, I remember I made is unbelievable jump on my bike and crashed and I was worried my dad would been pissed off. 🤔

[@mickeyfinnfinn5449]

@@toefield251 Me too ! - He was nearly always shown on Sports TV on a Saturday afternoon - My old Dad would shout us in to watch him - If it was a big jump he was doing - We world get to see it live from across the pond through the week or when ever it was jumped ? We would build bikes with cow horn handlebars just for the job - Like you say my friends and I still have those scars & a few gaps in my teeth haha ! - Great times ! Thanks for sharing - Mickey Finn British Isles

[@toefield251]

@@mickeyfinnfinn5449 Nice! I see kids nowadays wearing helmets that only cover the top of their heads. In all my crashes I never once hit the top of my head, it was always face, knees, and elbows.

[@1985OldSkool]

1976 was my high school graduation year

[@pegs1659]

Same here.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I recently went to the 45th reunion of the class of ‘76 of my high school in Indiana.

[@pegs1659]

@@brianarbenz1329 Omg! Tell me it hasn't been that long for us.😪

[@leonardcarlucci5761]

Mine as well , remember it like yesterday , life was so much better then !!

[@theronedawson3236]

@@brianarbenz1329 So did I attended my high school reunion. Frederick Douglass Baltimore, MD. I had a wonderful time.

[@calbob750]

A time of optimism and hope for America’s future. No social media or high speed internet required.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

The only one I never heard about was the intentional plane crash! That is crazy

[@jasonwomack4064]

Same here. It's weird how things like that manage to fade into obscurity.

[@joeheid4757]

Me too!! And I grew up in Pittsburgh and it was after our playoff game. I was only 9, but still.

[@tadhayden9896]

First time i ever heard of this WTF im a football freak...

[@emmgeevideo]

I spent July 4, 1976 on a beach In Massachusetts near Plymouth Rock with a bunch of friends having a clam bake. I felt that was such a fitting place. One of the places that started the US many years later from a tenuous start.

[@delano62]

Turned 18 in 1980. I was kucky enough to do the 60's, 70's, and then spend my 20's in the 80's.

[@deliveryguyrx]

1976---the year I graduated high school.My first car, my first full-time job and my girlfriend Kathy! Nickel and dime bags of weed, and $2.25 could buy a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon.Frampton Comes Alive, Heart,Boston,Underground FM radio. Good times!

[@heatherdeavalon]

1976 the year of my stupidity. Yeah, I'd go back and change everything!

[@nickdiamond7595]

6:00 oh me oh my. I had a Jaclyn Smith and Farrah posters as a teen way back when.

[@jamescress]

I think Farrah's posters were in a lot of teenage boy's room.

[@nickdiamond7595]

@@jamescress yes but I don't think too many Jaclyn Smith posters were. .

[@brett4264]

Farrah Faucet was the only poster I ever spent my hard earned money on. 😉💓💗

[@donparisheo]

On January 6th 1976 "Frampton comes Alive!" was released '76 was the year of Peter Frampton. This was a major omission he was the biggest star in the world that year.

[@hollyking2580]

I was 4. Donny Osmond was my first crush. I'm kinda disappointed that you didn't include the Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight." Loved the song as a child; had no idea of its sexual implications.

[@M500VYN]

Great to see your channel growing. I remember the single figures. Roll on 100k. Thanks for the work put into the research and presentation

[@sprkl5d]

Great little video! 1976 was a great year for me. I graduated HS and had the best summer of my life. I remember voting for Jimmy Carter for the first time voting just turning 18 a few days before. I knew nothing at all about politics so I voted the way my mom did.

[@rochellegorcheck3772]

You and mom made a mistake.....

[@raybin6873]

Carter got blamed for incessant inflation - it was because the value of the dollar had dramatically fallen due to the quadrupling of oil prices set by OPEC. Of course...many today won't admit that. Carter came in at a time when Nixon /Watergate ruined everything....Nixon had tried freezing labor wages /commodity prices....didn't work....only delayed the inevitable: inflation. Carter was a decent guy - not a crook.

[@elwin38]

I was 8yrs old and i remember the bicentennial.🗽🎆✨ The only thing i remember about the Olympics is Sugar Ray Leonard won in boxing and Bruce Jenner won the decathlon(he was also on the Wheaties boxes)This was the 1st Presidential election i remembered watching on TV. Carter jumped out to a big lead then Ford started coming back. I was in the 3rd grade so my mom made me go to bed, when i woke up the next morning, that's when i found out Carter won.

[@firstptr3and10_]

I was 8, too! Lets sing! "She's uh Grand ol flag Shes a high flying flag and forever in peace may she wave... " That was my jam right there!

[@nancybarta8167]

Loved my jean Jean The Dancing machine!!!!!I will never forget arriving in Oahu going to my hotel lanai for a drink overlooking Wakiki and the song playing was hotel California!!!!

[@matrox]

The Gong show was great. Chuck Barris was hillarious as host.

[@riverraisin1]

Clap!

[@jayneneewing2369]

There was “The Unknown Comic” who wore a brown paper bag on his head. Great jokes. Loved that show.

[@matrox]

@@jayneneewing2369 Yeh...he was a funny dude. Murray Langston. He is in his late 70s now.

[@jayneneewing2369]

@@matrox - I don’t think I ever knew his name before. Thanks for that bit of info.

[@jayneneewing2369]

Good ol’ Chuck, he was higher than hell in most of the eps. I think it helped add to the show. 😬

[@pamelamays4186]

The end of my junior year and beginning of my senior year of highschool.

[@StALu-uv7ks]

Graduated from HS in ‘76. Two weeks later, a friend and I flew to Europe for a couple years mostly hitchhiking around but also working in a beer brewery in Germany for a while... didn’t seem to miss too much in the 2nd half of ‘76.

[@diannefaith7866]

Oh wow!! This was the year that I graduated 👩‍🎓 from high school!! Great memories 💕

[@gregtheredneck1715]

I got stuck going to a family reunion on the Bicentennial. Traveled 4 hours rom Atlanta to Knoxville in non stop rain. I didn't know any of these extended relatives and none seemed to want to know our branch. Ended up only staying a couple hours before we piled back into the cars for the long drive home. It sucked.

[@asamanyworlds3772]

Assholes hypocrisy

[@paulring4267]

Let’s not forget the Unknown Comic who as performed on the Gong Show. I enjoyed watching it.

[@dalerockwell2226]

We partied all night long and greeted "The dawn's early light" on July 4th at Fort McHenry! It was also a TV event with hosts and entertainment. We entertained ourselves quite a bit, too. 🤪

[@themagus5906]

I remember parking up on Federal Hill on the waterfront that night...there was a big street party going on with a DJ. I had driven down to my grandmother's house on Eastern Avenue, from Philly. Back when Baltimore was still cool.

[@fasteddie9529]

What a great year to be alive!

[@ianmangham4570]

Jesus H Christmas, i was a young lad when Charlies Angels first appeared, i use to drool over Mrs Smith. JACYLN SMITH, could well be the best looking woman ever to have walked this rock ❤️😍 can't forget Lee Remick, and a few others a close 2nd.

[@jimstokes7631]

Graduated from high school and enlisted in the Navy in ‘76. Everything had a bicentennial twist to it. Amazing year in so many ways.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

I was 18 ,so young, strong and full of energy.... Then I turned around and Bang.....I'm 64...😑

[@Paramount531]

The year of my high school graduation, a very eventful year!

[@michael9052]

I loved Charlie's Angels; especially the original trio. I still watch it several times a week. I was already familiar with Kate Jackson via The Rookies. I had Farrah's poster (Lynda Carter's too) and t-shirt. I also made sure we bought Faberge' shampoo. I couldn't talk Dad into a Mercury Cougar though.🤣

[@4ford6first0]

God i wish i was alive back then. This is my era.

[@sclearance58]

I am the class of 76 graduate! ♥️

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Very awesome but very unique music came out this year

[@samanthab1923]

The theme songs from SWAT & Baretta charted. Bowie's Golden Years, Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, & BOC Don't Fear the Reaper.

[@molinalong3468]

Female singers have number one song in that year Love hangover = Diana Ross (33 years old) Themes from mahogany = Diana Ross ( 32 years old) Afternoon delight: two female singers

[@matildaharden1064]

Elvis was still alive. Wish he still was.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

His last 2 recording sessions Feb Oct for his final lp moody blue includes the great song hurt.

[@freddyhoyt1849]

I appreciate your videos it brings back so many great memories thank you so much

[@ruedas7378]

Any 70's kids out there? I turned 8 in 1976. It was the best time to be a kid. I was Paul Revere in my 2nd grade class Bicentennial play. "The Red Coats are coming! The Red Coats are coming!" were my lines in our play. Everything was great back then. Great music, TV shows, movies, sports. I am so fortunate to have been around for such a wonderful time as the Bicentennial. There is no better year for me in my life than 1976.