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1976 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2032. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1976 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1976
- January 15, 1976 – Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- January 18, 1976 – Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
- January 31, 1976 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- March 4, 1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
- March 16, 1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
- May 6, 1976 – An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
- July 25, 1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
- September 11, 1976 – A group of Croatian nationalists plant a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they reveal the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation are not executed properly and the bomb explodes, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
- October 6, 1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
- December 10, 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
Who Were Born On 1976?
- February 3, 1976 – Isla Fisher, Australian actress
- March 30, 1976 – Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark
- April 10, 1976 – Clare Buckfield, English actress
- April 26, 1976 – Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
- July 17, 1976 – Matt Holmes, Australian actor
- August 4, 1976 – Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
- September 12, 1976 – Lauren Stamile, American actress
- November 3, 1976 – Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player and composer
- November 19, 1976 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter
- December 3, 1976 – Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano