Cavalese Cable Car Disaster Kills 42, Deadliest in History, March 9, 1976

Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Date: July 18, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Çaldıran-Muradiye Earthquake Kills…

In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. Date: July 29, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). Date: January 12, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Guatemala and…

Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history. Date: March 9, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Found Apple Computer, Inc….

The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before. Date: January 5, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…

Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m (330 ft) undersea without breathing equipment. Date: November 23, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Khmer Rouge Ratify Democratic Kampuchea Constitution, January 5,…