16 events found for 1976
The American band the Ramones released their debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock move
An earthquake struck Northern Italy, killing 990 people and injuring up to 3,000
Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California
In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wine
A plane crashed near Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Malaysia, killing politicians Fuad Stephens (pictured) and Pet
The first identifiable case of Ebola occurred in Sudan
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France…
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern…
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
Japan completed its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of…
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least…
Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West.