Aeroflot Flight 1802 Crashes Near Viktorivka, 52 Killed, May 15, 1976
Date: May 15, 1976
Date: May 15, 1976
End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Date: July 2, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Aeroflot Flight 418 Crashes in…
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…
Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia. Date: June 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland, resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament. Date: March 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Sabah…
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 1976British Airways Trident and Inex-Adria DC-9 Collision Near…
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless. Date: August 17, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More…