21 January – First commercial Concorde flight
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25 September – The Irish band U2 are formed after drummer Larry Mullen Jr posts a notice seeking members on the notice board of his Dublin school.
4 | Dieter Müller - West Germany |
3 | Jozef Moder - Czechoslovakia |
3 | Rob Rensenbrink - Netherlands |
2 | Danilo Popivoda - Yugoslavia |
2 | Dragan Džajić - Yugoslavia |
2 | Josip Katalinski - Yugoslavia |
2 | Ruud Geels - Netherlands |
As Antonín Panenka's lofted penalty glided through the air, the UEFA European Championship was about to be transformed forever. With that one outrageous piece of skill, the Czechoslovakia midfielder secured his nation the 1976 title and lifted the competition to a new level in the public consciousness. It was the perfect end to what had been an outstanding tournament served up by four excellent teams.
Hosts Yugoslavia welcomed Czechoslovakia, Johan Cruyff's brilliant Netherlands side and the holders and world champions from West Germany for a footballing festival held in Eastern Europe for the first time. Helmut Schön's men were favourites in the final against the Czechs but quickly went two goals down. But Dieter Müller and Bernd Hölzenbein levelled, giving Panenka his moment in the shoot-out. More >>