Date: January 12, 1976
A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board. Date: January 1, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976End of South Vietnam, Communist…
Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. Date: July 10, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Mid-Air Collision Over Anapa Kills 70, September 9, 1976Luling-Destrehan…
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 1976Cavalese Cable Car Disaster…
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…
Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. Date: January 15, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight 418 Crashes in Bioko, Killing 46 — June 1, 1976Air…
Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashes at Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, killing 95. Date: October 12, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Viking 2 Lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, September 3, 1976International Covenant…