Aeroflot Flight 1802 Crashes Near Viktorivka, 52 Killed, May 15, 1976

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 → 📅…

Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. Date: June 27, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976René Lévesque and Parti Québécois…

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 1976René…

Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.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…

Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Date: November 1, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976American Airlines Flight 625 Crash Kills 37 at Saint…