Historical Events In 1976

Sep 08   On this day in history assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83  

Sep 09   Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung dies in Beijing at age 82 on this day in history.  

Sep 09   In the year 1976 mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82  

Sep 10   2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard in the year 1976.  

Sep 10   Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   2nd Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s) in the year 1976.  

Sep 15   On this day in history soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days  

Sep 16   Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop on this day in history.  

Sep 20   In the year 1976 johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83  

Sep 20   On this day in history playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women  

Sep 20   Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion in the year 1976.  

Sep 21   Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies in the year 1976.  

Sep 23   Ford-Carter TV debate on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Soyuz 22 returns to Earth in the year 1976.  

Sep 24   Bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54 in the year 1976.  

Sep 24   Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter in the year 1976.  

Sep 24   Rhodesia accepts an American and British plan for majority rule in the year 1976.  

Sep 25   In the year 1976 expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park  

Sep 28   On this day in history muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium  

Sep 30   In the year 1976 louis Fourestier, composer, dies at 84  

Oct 04   Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 04   TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the first time on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46  

Oct 06   John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles in the year 1976.  

Oct 06   On this day in history pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"  

Oct 07   In the year 1976 nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73  

Oct 10   Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1976 greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7 33  

Oct 10   In the year 1976 greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33  

Oct 10   NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens in the year 1976.  

Oct 11   In the year 1976 connie Boswell, actress (Artists & Models), dies at 68  

Oct 12   On this day in history 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta)  

Jan 18   In the year 1976 birth of vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)  

Jan 18   In the year 1976 birth of damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006  

Feb 29   Bryan Gillooly, Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1976.  

Feb 29   Ja Rule, American rapper and actor was born in the year 1976.  

Feb 29   Emma Barton, English actress was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29   On this day in history birth of terrence Long, American baseball player  

Jan 03   Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies in the year 1976.  

Jan 04   Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84  

Jan 08   Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 in the year 1976.  

Jan 10   Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 in the year 1976.  

Jan 11   Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1976 agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85  

Jan 13   Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 in the year 1976.