What Happened on July 1, 1976

• Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
• Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

• Aleah [Julia Stanbridge], South African metal musician (Trees of Eternity), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2016)
• Hannu Tihinen, Finnish soccer defender (76 caps; KePS, HJK Helsinki, Viking FK, RSC Anderlecht, FC Zürich), born in Keminmaa, Finland
• Patrick Kluivert, Dutch soccer striker (79 caps; Ajax, FC Barcelona) and manager (Curaçao, Adana Demirspor), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch soccer striker (70 caps; PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid) and manager (PSV Eindhoven), born in Oss, Netherlands
• Szymon Ziółkowski, Polish hammer thrower (Olympic gold 2000), born in Poznań, Poland

• Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)

Holidays: Dominion Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Silly Love Songs - Wings
• #1 Song: You To Me Are Everything - Real Thing