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1976 Historical Event(s)
January 31, 1976
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
February 2, 1976
– The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
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– Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
May 24, 1976
– The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
July 22, 1976
– Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan’s conquest of the country in the Second World War
August 6, 1976
– Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
September 21, 1976
– Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
October 7, 1976
– Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong’s successor as chairman of Communist Party of China.
December 15, 1976
– The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history.
December 26, 1976
– The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
Who Were Born On 1976?
February 24, 1976
– Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
March 30, 1976
– Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
September 4, 1976
– Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
September 8, 1976
– Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
September 18, 1976
– Kikki Daire, American pornographic actress
October 30, 1976
– Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
November 6, 1976
– Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark
November 16, 1976
– Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
November 20, 1976
– Tusshar Kapoor, Indian actor
December 3, 1976
– Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union footballer