1976 Calendar
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1976 Historical Event(s)
January 4, 1976
– The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
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.
April 1, 1976
– Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.
July 19, 1976
– Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
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.
August 7, 1976
– Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
September 16, 1976
– Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
October 20, 1976
– The ferry George Prince‘’is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
November 8, 1976
– A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
Who Were Born On 1976?
February 29, 1976
– Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint canoer
March 26, 1976
– Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
May 22, 1976
– Daniel Erlandsson, drummer of Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy
May 27, 1976
– RJD2, American hip-hop producer
August 15, 1976
– Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
September 9, 1976
– Emma de Caunes, French film actress
October 8, 1976
– Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
October 29, 1976
– Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
December 4, 1976
– Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
December 20, 1976
– Adam Powell, British businessman