1976 Calendar
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1976 Historical Event(s)
January 5, 1976
– Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
January 15, 1976
– Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
January 21, 1976
– Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
January 31, 1976
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
April 1, 1976
– Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.
April 7, 1976
– Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.
June 29, 1976
– The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
July 21, 1976
– Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
September 19, 1976
– Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
December 15, 1976
– The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history.
Who Were Born On 1976?
January 20, 1976
– Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
January 27, 1976
– Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
February 24, 1976
– Zach Johnson, American golfer
May 10, 1976
– Rachel Gordon, Australian actress
June 4, 1976
– Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
July 10, 1976
– Brendon Lade, Australian rules footballer
October 7, 1976
– Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
November 19, 1976
– Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
December 24, 1976
– Yuri, Korean singer
December 30, 1976
– Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)