1976

Year 1976 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

January

 * - The, the first commercially developed , is released by 's.
 * - General Murtala Mohammed of Nigeria was assassinated in a military coup.
 * - Would-be presidential assassin  is sentenced to life in prison.
 * - The trial against jailed members of the begins in,.
 * - The is formed.
 * - wins the.
 * - The first commercial  flight takes off.
 * - The vetoes a  resolution that calls for an independent  state.
 * - Twelve bombs explode in 's.
 * -  debuts on.

February

 * - The open in,.
 * - In and  an  kills more than 22,000.
 * - Nearly 2,000 students become involved in a racially charged in . 30 students are injured in the four-hour fray.
 * - is confirmed as the first  Secretary of the.
 * - The 1976 is adopted by national.
 * - 's current is enacted.
 * - declares independence.
 * - gives up territories in  but retains its s of  and.

March

 * - ends  for those sentenced for scheduled  crimes relating to the civil violence in.
 * - The are found guilty of possessing explosives and subsequently jailed for 14 years.
 * - The is formally dissolved in, resulting in  of  from  via the.
 * - in,  leaves 42 dead.
 * - - Two coal mine explosions claim 26 lives at the Blue Diamond Coal Co. Scotia Mine, Letcher County, KY.
 * - resigns as Prime Minister of the.
 * - is retried in.
 * - is found guilty of armed robbery of a  bank.
 * - military forces depose president.
 * - The are created.
 * - sends the first royal.
 * - The first 4.6 miles of the   system opens.
 * - The of General  comes to power in
 * - The Supreme Court rules that  patient  can be disconnected from her . She remains comatose and dies in.

April

 * - Company is formed by  and.
 * April 1 - (Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that had filed for bankruptcy protection.   Conrail takes control at midnight, as a government-owned and operated railroad until 1986, when it is sold to the public.
 * - forced to resign as Head of State of Kampuchea by the  led by . Under their control the country becomes known as.
 * - The 21st is won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the, with their song .
 * - Prince resigns as leader of  and is placed under house arrest.
 * - becomes.
 * April 5 - : Large crowds lay wreaths at Beijing's Monument of the Martyrs to commemorate the death of Premier . Poems against the are also displayed, provoking a police crackdown.
 * - An explosion in an ammunition factory in, kills 40.
 * - As a measure to curb, the minimum age for marriage in is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.
 * - The in : Bandits steal A$1.4 million in bookmakers' settlements from Queen Street, Melbourne.
 * - The group  release their first self-titled album.
 * - 's new is enacted.

May

 * May 1  - Neville Wran Becomes NSW Premier
 * - The first (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
 * - An hits  area in  killing more than 900 people with another 100,000 homeless.
 * - of  is found hanging in an apparent suicide, in her Stuttgart-Stannheim prison cell.
 * - U.S. President signs the.
 * -  service begins.
 * - U.S. President defeats challenger  in three  presidential primaries:,  and.
 * - : wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or 255 miles (408 km).
 * - Syria in opposition to the  whom it had previously supported.

June

 * - The and  end the.
 * - A car bomb fatally injures reporter.
 * - The collapses in southeast  in the U.S., killing 11 people.
 * - Savage thunderstorms roll through the state of spawning several tornadoes, including an F-5  that destroyed the town of.
 * - The trial begins at Crown Court of, the killer known as the.
 * - The in  begin.
 * - Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from and taken to safety in  by the U.S. military, following the murder of the U.S..
 * June 20 - General elections are held in.
 * June 20 - beats  5-3 on  to win, when the game had ended 2-2 after extra time.
 * - Strikes start in Poland after communists raise food prices; strikes end on.
 * - The is built in ; the tallest free-standing land structure opens to the public.
 * - Palestinian extremists hijack an plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to,.

July

 * - and  unite to form the Socialist Republic of  - a  country.
 * - : The rules that the  is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment.
 * - The great in the, which is currently suffering from  conditions, reaches its peak.
 * - : From coast to coast, Americans celebrate the 200th anniversary of the.
 * - The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) leads 50,000 marchers in Philadelphia to demand a "Bicentennial Without Colonies" and independence for.
 * July 4 - : i airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by hijackers of an  plane at 's  Airport; 1 Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
 * - The first class of women is inducted at the United States in.
 * - German left-wing terrorists Monika Berberich, Gabriella Rollnick, Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett escape from the Lehrter Straße maximum security prison in.
 * - Three British and 1 American are shot by firing squad in.
 * July 10 -, , kills a large number of people.
 * - is nominated for  at the  in.
 * - - and his gang break into the vault of the Societe Generale Bank in,.
 * - The begin in, ,.
 * - is declared the 27th province of.
 * - in  is created.
 * - : The lander successfully lands on.
 * - A bomb kills, British ambassador to the Irish Republic.
 * - In, announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator  as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate  delegates away from President.
 * - The breaks diplomatic relations with.
 * - The flattens ,, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
 * - In, the "" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing 1 and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year.
 * - In, from  beats  from  and are the  champions.
 * - releases the famous  photo, taken by.
 * - The in northern Colorado floods, destroying more than 400 cars and houses.

August

 * - The Caribbean nation of becomes a, replacing  with an elected president as their.
 * August 1 - Racing Champion suffers serious burns in the German Grand Prix.
 * - A gunman murders and  and injures  and Gus Gavrel in an incident at Priscilla's mansion at Mockingbird Lane in, .   , Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and a wrongful death lawsuit. Cullen goes broke afterwards.
 * - The first recognized outbreak of kills 29 at the American Legion convention in.
 * - The Great Clock of Westminster (or ) suffers internal damage and stops running for over 9 months.
 * - Former UK Postmaster General is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
 * - : enters into orbit around.
 * - Ten thousand Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in.
 * August 14 - The ese  is legally recognized.   PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
 * - In at Panmunjom, two  soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the  which had obscured their view.
 * - edges out challenger  to win the  presidential nomination in.
 * - In, the army captures Marcelo Gelman and his pregnant wife. Marcelo is later killed and his wife (and unborn child) disappear.
 * - Resignation of as ; he is succeeded by.
 * First known outbreak of virus in,.
 * Prince, husband of Queen , resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the corporation.
 * Prince, husband of Queen , resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the corporation.

September

 * - : The spacecraft lands at  on, taking the first close-up color photos of the planet's surface.
 * - : air force pilot Lt.  lands a  jet fighter at, on the island of  in , and requests  from the.
 * - brings 's former partner  onstage, unannounced, at the 1976  in, reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.
 * - first appearance of , American comic strip by  and
 * - Chairman, of the , dies.
 * - A Trident and a  DC-9 collide near,  (now ), killing all 176 aboard.
 * September 10 - begins serialising , a  inspired by the   government scandal.




 * - saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into.
 * - The space shuttle is rolled out of a  hangar.
 * - - The semi-legendary  ignites the careers of several influential punk and  bands, arguably sparking the 's introduction into mainstream culture.
 * - joins the.
 * September 21 -  is assassinated in  by agents of an dictator.
 * - is sentenced to 7 years in prison for her role in a  bank robbery (an executive clemency order from   will set her free after only 22 months).
 * - The Irish rock band is formed after drummer  posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.

October

 * - crashes due to a bomb placed by, after taking off from Bridgetown, . All 73 people on board are killed.
 * October 6 - gathering at  in,  to protest the return of ex-dictator  by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
 * October 6 - In, during his second televised debate with , U.S. President stumbles when he declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there was at the time).
 * - Taiwan Governor is injured by a letter bomb from a pro-independence activist.
 * - The announces that  is the successor to, as Chairman of the.
 * - The releases the report, Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future, that documents that  had a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 (up from 29 percent in 1970), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country (not including, a U.S. territory).
 * - Schools in close due to rejection of budget by voters prompting taxpayer creation of B.E.L.T. (Better Education for Less Taxes) Committee.
 * - The extends  duration for an additional 20 years in the United States.
 * October 19 - The is fought in.
 * October 19 - The (Pan troglodytes) is placed on the list of endangered species.
 * - The ferry  is struck by a ship while crossing from  to, killing 78 passengers and crew.
 * -, the fifth , resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.
 * - Clarence Norris, the last known survivor of the, is pardoned.

November

 * - : defeats incumbent, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the.
 * - The first is discovered off  in.
 * - takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of,.
 * - In, holds its farewell concert, .
 * - is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of.

December

 * - joins the.
 * December 1 - achieve public notoriety as they unleash several 4-letter words live on 's TV show.
 * - and his manager  are shot in an assassination attempt, at  in, .  Marley is shot twice, but Taylor takes most of the bullets; both survive.
 * - is elected unopposed as the sixth.
 * - The is established by the 5 Latinos in the United States Congress:  of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and  of Texas,  of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of,.
 * - joins the.
 * -, for 21 years, dies.
 * - A new volcano,, erupts in eastern.

Undated

 * First introduced by  - the IBM 3800
 * 's repealed.
 * The term first proposed by  in his book The Selfish Gene.
 * proposed
 * Plans to move the n capital from to  are approved.
 * The passes legislation legalizing casinos in the shore town of  commencing in . After signing the bill into law   declared "The  is not welcome in New Jersey!" referring to the Mafia's influence at casinos in.
 * earns seven perfect "10.00" in the 1976 Olympics as well as three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.

Fictional

 * A comedy movie about popular United States culture in 1976.

January-February

 * -, American football player
 * -, Spanish actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, Japanese artist/writer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian player
 * -, Dominican player
 * -, American actress and musician
 * -, Canadian author
 * -, British actress
 * -, Dutch speed skater
 * -, TV presenter
 * -, English musician
 * -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, Egyptian Reformist & Writer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Internet and MTV star
 * -, American race car driver


 * -, British swimmer
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Indian actor
 * -, Thai martial art film actor/choreographer/director
 * -, Singaporean drifter
 * -, British TV presenter and model
 * -, Dominican player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Czech actress
 * -, British TV presenter
 * -, Uruguayan artist
 * -, American musician
 * -, Japanese musician
 * -, British drummer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American actress, writer, model, and musician
 * -, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
 * -, American actress, and model
 * -, American rapper

March-April

 * -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, American film producer
 * - (Stza Crack), American musician ( and )
 * -, Belgian field hockey player
 * -, American archer
 * -, Lithuanian basketball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Italian football player
 * -, American musician
 * -, Dutch field hockey player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American professional basketball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Hong Kong/British actor and model
 * -, American ice hockey player


 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American actress
 * -, English rugby league player
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, South Korean actor
 * -, British rower
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, West Indian basketball player
 * -, German tennis player
 * -, English actress and TV presenter
 * -, drummer of the American alternative rock band
 * - - Swedish composer and record producer

May-June

 * -, American actor
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Canadian American folk-pop singer
 * -, Belgian singer
 * -, British actress and singer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, former NFL quarterback
 * -, American born Taiwanese singer/songwriter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Venezuelan player
 * -, Canadian football league player and ex NFL player
 * -, Dominican player
 * -, Irish actor
 * -, English Cricket Captain
 * -, American musician
 * -, Irish actor


 * -, Miss America 2001
 * -, composer/pianist for British rock band
 * -, Queen consort of Lesotho
 * -, American actor
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, Venezuelan player
 * -, English musician
 * -, Former member of the pop group & actress in
 * -, comedian in
 * -, American
 * -, Former actress and TV presenter
 * -, member of the band
 * -, frontman of the rock band
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, guitarist of the American alternative rock band
 * -, American football player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, French football player
 * -, author

July-August

 * -, Hong Kong singer and actor
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Danish singer
 * -, Hungarian footballer
 * -, American singer/keyboardist/keytarist of band Mute Math
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese motorcycle racer
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Brazilian supermodel
 * -, member of the band
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, Deadsy frontman and son of Cher and Greg Allman
 * -, English yachtswoman
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American actor
 * -, French footballer
 * -, Mexican basketball player
 * -, American actor/model
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, singer/guitarist for
 * -, Malaysian race car driver
 * -, Hungarian chess player
 * -, bassist for the Canadian rock band
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Chechen bard
 * -, French actor
 * -, American actress


 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, English actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, guitarist for Finnish rock band HIM
 * -, American basketball player
 * - (Joseph Poole), lead singer of the  and
 * -, Scottish musician
 * -, American television personality
 * -, Dutch football player
 * -, original bassist for the band Incubus
 * -, American underground cartoonist
 * -, American actor
 * -, Spanish tennis player
 * -, Australian race car driver
 * -, Canadian actress

September-October

 * -, American pornographic actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, Dutch actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, American video game celebrity
 * -, British TV presenter and model
 * -, Dutch tennis player
 * -, Brazilian tennis player
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, English singer
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, Japanese (voice actress)
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, wrestling promoter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, German footballer
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, Ukrainian fighter
 * -, Ukrainian footballer


 * -, American singer
 * -, Hungarian pornographic actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Brazilian football player
 * - Possibly, Canadian actress
 * -, Brazilian skateboarder
 * -, South Korean actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, child star
 * -, American singer/guitarist
 * -, British TV presenter
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, Finnish hockey player
 * -, American Engineer
 * -, Northern Irish footballer

November-December

 * -, creator of
 * -, American country music singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, Canadian journalist (also daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister )
 * -, Australian tennis player
 * -, German singer and finalist of 3
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, Japanese singer and songwriter
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, U.S. Olympic gymnast
 * -, British ice skater
 * -, Finnish singer for the band
 * -, Chinese figure skater
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor


 * -, American murder victim (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, biodiesel promoter
 * -, English actor
 * -, British guitarist
 * -, American musician
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, Bounty Hunter ((Dog The Bounty Hunter))
 * -, Indian footballer
 * -, American football player
 * -, Japanese actress and model
 * -, professional cruiserweight wrestler in the WWE
 * -, keyboardist and main songwriter in the Finnish metal band
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor

January - March

 * -, (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, American actor, singer, writer, and activist (b. )
 * -, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. )
 * - James Edmonson, a.k.a., vaudevillian and comedian (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )


 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian painter (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born musician and composer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, German aerodynamicist (b. )
 * -, Scottish actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American soprano (b. )
 * -, French judge, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American evangelist and faith healer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )


 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, American boxer and actor (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American choreographer and director (b. )
 * -, Italian theatre and film director (b. )
 * -, British guitarist (b. )
 * -, British field marshal (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )

April - June

 * -, German artist (b. )
 * -, American pioneer (b. )
 * -, American aviation pioneer, film director, and eccentric (b. )
 * -, American composer, pianist, one of The (b. )
 * -, American folk singer and political activist (b. )
 * -, Dutch biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, South African actor (b. )


 * -, civil rights leader and surgeon (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author (b. )
 * -, German terrorist (b. )
 * -, Finnish architect (b. )
 * -, British musician (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and , ""
 * -, German philosopher (b. )
 * May 26 -, Chilean leader of , ""
 * -, German actress (b. )
 * -, Faroese painter (b. )
 * -, French biologist, recipient of the (b. )


 * -, former , assassinated in the frame of
 * -, Hungarian-born film producer (b. )
 * -, WWF promoter (b. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, American songwriter (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )

July - September

 * -, (b. )
 * -, Polish poet and writer (b. )
 * -, China Red Army Commander-in-Chief. (b. )
 * -, German military leader (b. )
 * -, Spanish diplomat assassinated by the Chilean
 * -, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. )
 * -, Soviet mutineer, executed
 * -, Argentine bishop, assassinated in the context of the ""
 * -, Russian cellist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, German soprano (b. )
 * -, Indian singer (b. )


 * -, Polish writer (b. )
 * -, Chinese leader (b. )
 * -, former minister of , assassinated in Washington DC
 * -, Croatian chemist, laureate (b. )

October - December

 * -, Norwegian chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British philosopher (b. )
 * -, British actress (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, Italian author (b. )
 * -, French poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, American sculptor (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, Tony-Award winning and -nominated actress (b. )


 * -, baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, heir to the throne of (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (b. )
 * -, U.S. Congresswoman (b. )
 * -, Certified Public Accountant

Unknown dates

 * , Spanish painter (b. )
 * , Native American activist (found murdered)
 * , Russian marine geologist (b. )

Nobel Prizes

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