In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. Date: February 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in…
In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. Date: February 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. Date: January 21, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut. Date: January 18, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). Date: January 12, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅…
The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified. Date: January 5, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. Date: January 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This…
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force. Date: January 3, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)