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1976 Calendar

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•  January 31, 1976 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
•  February 19, 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
•  March 16, 1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.
•  July 17, 1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
•  July 28, 1976 – The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
•  September 10, 1976 – A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
•  September 19, 1976 – Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
•  October 6, 1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
•  October 13, 1976 – A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
•  November 15, 1976 – René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favour of independence.

•  February 10, 1976 – Keeley Hawes, English actress
•  February 20, 1976 – Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
•  April 7, 1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor
•  April 18, 1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
•  June 19, 1976 – Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
•  July 16, 1976 – Tomasz Kuchar, Polish rally driver
•  July 20, 1976 – Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
•  October 25, 1976 – Brett Kirk, Australian Rules footballer
•  November 20, 1976 – Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
•  December 15, 1976 – Aaron Miles, American baseball player