Date: June 25, 1976
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 1976East Timor Annexed as Indonesia’s…
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 1976Lebanese Christian Militias Kill 1,000 in Karantina Beirut,…
The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. Date: July 20, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Cavalese Cable Car Disaster Kills 42, Deadliest in History, March 9, 1976Cuba Constitution Formally Proclaimed, February…
Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later tortured, raped and murdered during the Argentinian military dictatorship Date: September 16, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day…
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day. Date: March 30, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Friuli Earthquake Strikes…
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) More events from 1976F5 Tornado Strikes Brownwood, Texas, Injures…