Date: March 4, 1976
Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira. Date: July 1, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976January 2, 1976: Gale of 1976 Causes North Sea Coastal FloodingTeton Dam Collapse Kills 11 in Idaho Flooding, June 5,…
Carrie, an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma, is premiered in 17 theaters in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area. Date: November 3, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Kingsmill Massacre Kills Ten…
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…
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 1976Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Dissolved, Direct Rule Begins…
The Soviet Union's robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon. Date: August 18, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Viking 1 Captures Face on Mars Photo, July 25, 1976Cuba Constitution Formally Proclaimed,…
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 → 📅…