Historical Events In 1976
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Aug 09 On this day in history clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan
Aug 09 On this day in history jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65
Aug 09 On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
Aug 10 In the year 1976 bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies
Aug 11 In the year 1976 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
Aug 12 First approach and landing test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise in the year 1976.
Aug 12 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies in the year 1976.
Aug 13 On this day in history an HU-16 Albatross, the Navy's last operational seaplane made its final water landing in Pensacola Bay
Aug 15 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Aug 16 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83 in the year 1976.
Aug 16 In the Mindanao area of the Philippines, a 7.9 earthquake occurred near the west coast of Mindanao, about 950 kilometers south of Manila. A tsunami was generated in the Moro Gulf causing considerable damage and loss of life. It is estimated that the earthquake and tsunami killed 5,000 to 8,0000 people in the year 1976.
Aug 17 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 on this day in history.
Aug 18 USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon in the year 1976.
Aug 19 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 in the year 1976.
Aug 19 In the year 1976 pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention
Aug 20 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69 on this day in history.
Aug 21 On this day in history ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
Aug 22 In the year 1976 juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73
Aug 24 On this day in history michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76
Aug 24 In the year 1976 soyuz 21 returns to Earth
Aug 25 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 on this day in history.
Aug 26 In the year 1976 lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88
Aug 27 In the year 1976 british MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud
Aug 29 Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 in the year 1976.
Aug 30 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show in the year 1976.
Aug 30 USS Oriskany, the last of the Essex-class attack carriers, was decommissioned at San Francisco and placed in the mothball fleet. Oriskany saw extensive action in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts in the year 1976.
Aug 31 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 in the year 1976.
Sep 01 On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-197
Sep 01 Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) in the year 1976.
Sep 03 The unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth in the year 1976.
Sep 03 On this day in history the US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars
Sep 05 A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies in the year 1976.
Sep 06 Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US in the year 1976.
Sep 07 On this day in history uS courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine)
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