Viking 2 Enters Mars Orbit August 7, 1976
Date: August 7, 1976
Date: August 7, 1976
SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002. Date: August 15, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Executive Order…
Aeroflot Flight 418 crashes in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, killing 46. Date: June 1, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Sabah Politicians Killed in Plane Crash Near Kota Kinabalu, June 6, 1976Aeroflot Flight 3739 Tu-104…
Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. Date: July 21, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Ulster Volunteer Force Kills Six in County Armagh, January…
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 1976Sabah Politicians Killed in Plane…
Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death. Date: April 7, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1976Teton Dam Collapse Kills…
Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. Date: July 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…