Sagarmatha National Park Created in Nepal, July 19, 1976
Date: July 19, 1976
Date: July 19, 1976
Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted. Date: September 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On…
The 6.5 Mw Friuli earthquake affects Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured. Date: May 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight 1802…
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C., at the order of Augusto Pinochet. Date: September 21, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Grand Central Terminal Bombing Kills NYPD Officer, September 11, 1976Viktor Belenko Defects…
René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence. Date: November 15, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight…
Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California. Date: May 21, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Apple I Created – April 11, 1976Indian Airlines Flight 171 Crashes at…
Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history. Date: April 13, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Cuba 1976 Constitution Formally Proclaimed, February 24, 1976UN…