Date: November 15, 1976
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. Date: October 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight 3739 Tu-104 Crash at Irkutsk…
Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Date: April 27, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Night of the Pencils:…
East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia. Date: July 17, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Mindanao Earthquake and Tsunami Kill Thousands August 17, 1976Sagarmatha National Park Created in Nepal,…
Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417. Date: February 19, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight 3739…
The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid. Date: July 17, 1976 Read more…
Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. Date: July 21, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Portugal Grants Autonomy to Madeira, July 1, 1976Cuba 1976…