1976

Timeline

King Kong attacking a train

1975 ← 1976 → 1977

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Cinema Shares publishes a comic adaptation of Godzilla vs. Megalon.
• King Kong vs. Godzilla is released in Belgium and re-released in Italy.

April

• 23 April: James Flavin passes away at the age of 69.
• 27 April: Sally Hawkins is born in Dulwich, London, England.
• 28 April: Godzilla vs. Megalon is released in the United States.
• 30 April: Submersion of Japan is released in Finland.

June

• Terror of Mechagodzilla is released in the United Kingdom under the title Monsters from an Unknown Planet by Miracle Films.

July

• 14 July: King Kong vs. Godzilla is released in France.
• 21 July: King Kong vs. Godzilla is released in the Netherlands.
• 23 July: A*P*E is released in South Korea.

August

• 25 August: Alexander Skarsgård is born in Stockholm, Sweden.

September

• Ballantine Books republishes The Making of King Kong.

• 10 September: Kisotengai republishes Godzilla: Tokyo and Osaka Editions.
• 16 September: Erik Aadahl is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

October

• A*P*E is released in the United States.

November

• 19 November: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is released in the United States under the name Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster.
• 26 November: Marcel Delgado passes away at age 75.

December

• 10 December: Queen Kong is released in West Germany.
• 17 December: Dino De Laurentiis' remake of King Kong is released to theaters worldwide.
• 18 December: The first Godzilla film and Rodan are re-released in Japan as part of Toho Masterpiece Series No. 5.

In fiction

• On September 30, the black dwarf star dubbed Gorath is discovered by the Palomar Observatory. The Japanese spacecraft JX-1 Hayabusa, already en route to the orbit of Saturn, obliges the call to observe and gather data on the encroaching star. (Gorath)
• A giant ape dubbed King Kong is discovered on a remote island and is transported to New York. Eventually the creature escapes and climbs the World Trade Center, only to be shot down by a group of helicopters and presumed dead. (King Kong)

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