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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 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.
• April 1, 1976 – Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.
• May 8, 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• July 17, 1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
• July 20, 1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• July 27, 1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
• September 3, 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 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 22, 1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.

Who Were Born On 1976?

• January 7, 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• February 4, 1976 – Cam'ron, American rapper and actor (The Diplomats)
• April 27, 1976 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
• May 4, 1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
• May 5, 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• May 24, 1976 – Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player
• August 27, 1976 – Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler
• October 1, 1976 – Nasir al-Wuhayshi, Yemeni terrorist (d. 2015)
• October 27, 1976 – Wilson Raimundo Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• November 16, 1976 – Mario Barravecchia, Belgian singer