Date: January 5, 1976
Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes near Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, killing 52. Date: May 15, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Cuba Constitution Formally Proclaimed, February 24, 1976Viking 2 Enters Mars Orbit August 7,…
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 1976Ulster Volunteer Force Kills…
Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Date: June 25, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events…
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 → 📅…
Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu. Date: October 6, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day…
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…