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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

Historical Events Of 1976

• January 12, 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• January 31, 1976 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
• June 28, 1976 – The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• August 6, 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
• August 18, 1976 – In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
• September 17, 1976 – The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
• October 6, 1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China.
• November 15, 1976 – René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
• November 24, 1976 – The Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
• December 3, 1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.

Who Were Born On 1976?

• March 3, 1976 – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• March 22, 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
• March 23, 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
• April 4, 1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997)
• May 7, 1976 – Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter (Redd)
• May 26, 1976 – Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Motion City Soundtrack)
• June 29, 1976 – Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
• August 4, 1976 – Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach
• August 14, 1976 – Steve Braun, Canadian actor
• November 19, 1976 – Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter