Events
January
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– The
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
*
January 5 – The
Pol Pot
Pol Pot; (born Saloth Sâr;; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist a ...
regime proclaims a new constitution for
Democratic Kampuchea.
*
January 11 – The
1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game
The Flyers–Red Army game was a famous international ice hockey game played on January 11, 1976, between the Philadelphia Flyers of the North America-based National Hockey League (NHL), and HC CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Club of the Army Moscow, ...
results in a 4–1 victory for the
National Hockey League's
Philadelphia Flyers over
HC CSKA Moscow of the
Soviet Union.
*
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– The trial against jailed members of the
Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
.
*
January 18
** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...
.
** The
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak o ...
is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party.
**
Super Bowl X
Super Bowl X was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for t ...
in
American football: The
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...
defeat the
Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in
Miami.
*
January 21 – First commercial
Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain.
*
January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
** The United States vetoes a
United Nations resolution that calls for an independent
Palestinian state.
** The
First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara.
February
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** The
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...
begin in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
, Austria.
** The 7.5
Guatemala earthquake affects
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
and
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Nearly 2,000 students become involved in a racially charged riot at
Escambia High School in
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ...
; 30 students are injured in the 4-hour fray.
*
February 9 – The
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...
is formed by unification of the
Australian Army, the
Royal Australian Navy and the
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
, colours =
, colours_label =
, march =
, mascot =
, anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...
.
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
–
Clifford Alexander, Jr.
Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. (September 21, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American lawyer, businessman and public servant from New York City. He first served on the National Security Council during the Kennedy administration, before becom ...
is confirmed as the first
African American Secretary of the
United States Army.
*
February 12 – Actor
Sal Mineo is fatally stabbed in the alley behind his apartment building in
West Hollywood, California, aged 37.
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
** General
Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Ramat Muhammad (8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian general who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War ...
of
Nigeria is assassinated in a military coup.
**
Dorothy Hamill (US) wins the gold medal in ladies
figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria. Ice dance was introduced for the first time as an Olympic event at these Games.
Medal table
Results Men
Referee:
* Sonia Bianchetti
Assistan ...
in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
,
Austria.
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– The
Eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
' ''
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)'' compilation is released in the United States. Globally, it will become probably the second
best-selling album of all time, followed by the same band's ''
Hotel California'', released on December 8.
*
February 19
Events Pre-1600
* 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
* 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
– Former
Tower of Power vocalist Rick Stevens is arrested in the United States for murdering three men during a botched drug deal. He ultimately serves 36 years of a life sentence.
*
February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
–
Cuba's
constitution of 1976 is enacted.
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– The
Spanish Armed Forces
The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Constitution o ...
withdraw from
Western Sahara.
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– The
Polisario Front,
Western Sahara's national
liberation movement, declares independence of the territory under the name "
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic". On February 28,
Madagascar becomes the first country to recognise it.
March
*
March – The
Cray-1
The Cray-1 was a supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research. Announced in 1975, the first Cray-1 system was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976. Eventually, over 100 Cray-1s were sold, making it one of the ...
, the first commercially developed
supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second ( FLOPS) instead of million instructions ...
, is released by
Seymour Cray's
Cray Research, with the first purchaser being the
Energy Research and Development Administration
The United States Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) was a United States government organization formed from the split of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1975. It assumed the functio ...
(ERDA) in
Los Alamos, New Mexico.
*
March 1
** U.K. Home Secretary
Merlyn Rees ends
Special Category Status for those sentenced for scheduled
terrorist crimes relating to the civil violence in
Northern Ireland.
**
Bradford Bishop
William Bradford Bishop Jr. (born August 1, 1936) is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive from justice since allegedly killing his wife, mother, and three sons in 1976. On April 10, 2014, the Federal Bureau of In ...
allegedly murders five of his family members in Bethesda, Maryland. The crime goes undiscovered for 10 days and the suspect is never caught. From 2014 to 2018 he is on the
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
*
March 4
** The
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland.
For ...
is formally dissolved in
Northern Ireland, resulting in
Direct rule over Northern Ireland by the
Government of the United Kingdom in London.
** The
Maguire Seven are found guilty in London of possessing explosives for use by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and subsequently jailed for 14 years; their convictions will be overturned in 1991.
*
March 9 –
A cable car disaster in
Cavalese, Italy leaves 43 dead.
*
March 9–
11 – Two coal mine explosions claim 26 lives at the Blue Diamond Coal Co. Scotia Mine, in
Letcher County, Kentucky.
*
March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
– After eight years on NBC, ''
The Wizard of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' or ''The Wizard of Oz'' most commonly refers to:
*'' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', a 1900 American novel by L. Frank Baum often reprinted as ''The Wizard of Oz''
** Wizard of Oz (character), from the Baum novel serie ...
'' returns to
CBS, where it will remain until 1999, setting what is likely a record at that time for the most telecasts of a Hollywood film on a commercial television network. (That record is broken by ''
The Ten Commandments'' in 1996, which began its annual network telecasts on
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
in 1973, continuing be telecast by that network as of 2020.)
*
March 16 –
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
*
March 17 – American boxer
Rubin Carter is retried in
New Jersey for murder; his conviction is upheld on this occasion but will be overturned in 1985.
*
March 20 –
Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found a ...
is found guilty of armed robbery of a
San Francisco bank in
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
.
*
March 22 – ''
Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...
'' begins filming in
Tunisia.
*
March 23 – In a feud between Japanese ultranationalists,
Mitsuyasu Maeno attempts to assassinate
Yoshio Kodama by flying a plane into his Tokyo house.
*
March 24
**
Argentina military forces depose president
Isabel Perón
Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas, 4 February 1931), also known as Isabelita, is an Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads ...
.
** A
general strike
A general strike refers to a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. They are organised by large co ...
takes place in the
People's Republic of the Congo.
*
March 26
** The
Toronto Blue Jays are created as a baseball team.
**
The Body Shop, the retail chain for
skin care products and
cosmetics founded by
Anita Roddick, opens its first branch in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
,
England.
*
March 27
** The
South African Defence Force withdraws from
Angola and concludes
Operation Savannah.
** The first of the
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,[Google Books search/preview ...](_blank)
subway
Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to:
Transportation
* Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems
* Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle
* Subway (George Bush Interconti ...
system opens.
*
March 29 – The
military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a dictatorship in which the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, and the dictator is often a high-ranked military officer.
The reverse situation is to have civilian control of the m ...
of General
Jorge Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla (; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator, Commander in Chief of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 29 March 1976 to 29 March 1981. H ...
comes to power in
Argentina.
*
March 30 –
Land Day:
Arab citizens of Israel
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
protest against intended appropriation of land by the government.
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– The
New Jersey Supreme Court rules that patient in a
persistent vegetative state in the
Karen Ann Quinlan case can be disconnected from her
ventilator. She remains comatose and dies in
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
.
* March late – The first truly complete recording of the opera ''
Porgy and Bess'' is released in a 3-LP set, by
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...
in England and by
London Records
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...
in the U.S. It stars
Willard White and
Leona Mitchell. The orchestra is the
Cleveland Orchestra conducted by
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Varencove Maazel (, March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in th ...
.
April
*
April 1
**
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...
Company is formed by
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...
and
Steve Wozniak
Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, inventor, and technology entrepreneur. In 1976, with business partner Steve Jobs, he c ...
in California.
**
Conrail
Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do busin ...
(Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that have filed for bankruptcy protection. Conrail takes control at midnight, as a government-owned and operated railroad until
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
, when it is sold to the public.
** The
Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect is first reported by British astronomer
Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.
Moore was president of the Brit ...
.
*
April 2 –
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
is forced to resign as Head of State of Kampuchea by the
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
led by
Pol Pot
Pol Pot; (born Saloth Sâr;; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist a ...
and is placed under house arrest.
*
April 3 – The
Eurovision Song Contest 1976
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In. Organised by the European Broad ...
is won by
Brotherhood of Man, representing the United Kingdom, with their song ''
Save Your Kisses for Me''.
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
**
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is ...
becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
**
Tiananmen Incident: Large crowds lay wreaths at Beijing's ''Monument of the Martyrs'' to commemorate the death of Premier
Zhou Enlai. Poems against the
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...
are also displayed, provoking a police crackdown.
**
Segovia prison break: in Spain's largest prison break since the
Spanish civil war, 29 political prisoners escape from
Segovia prison.
*
April 10 – ''
Frampton Comes Alive!'', the multi-platinum selling live album by English rock musician
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English musician and songwriter who was a member of the rock bands Humble Pie and the Herd. As a solo artist, he has released several albums, including his major breakthrough album, the live ...
hits #1 in the
''Billboard'' 200 and remains there for 10 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of the year.
*
April 11 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launch the first Apple computer, the
Apple I, for the U.S. hobbyist market.
*
April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
** The
Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion in
Lapua, Finland kills 40.
** The
United States Treasury Department reintroduces the
two-dollar bill as a
Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Notes, also United States banknotes, are the currently issued banknotes of the United States dollar. The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces the notes under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ...
on
Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the
United States Bicentennial celebration.
*
April 16 – As a measure to curb
population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
, the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– The
Great Bookie Robbery in
Melbourne: Bandits steal A$1.4 million in bookmakers' settlements from Queen Street, Melbourne.
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
**
Punk rock group the
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
release their first album, ''
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
''.
**
Jethro Tull release their album, ''
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!''
*
April 25 – Portugal's
new constitution is enacted.
*
April 29 –
Sino-Soviet split: A concealed bomb explodes at the gates of the Soviet embassy in China, killing four Chinese.
The targets were embassy employees, returning from lunch, but on this day they had returned to the embassy earlier.
May
*
May 1 –
Neville Wran becomes
Premier of New South Wales.
*
May 4
** The first
LAGEOS
LAGEOS, Laser Geodynamics Satellite or Laser Geometric Environmental Observation Survey, are a series of two scientific research satellites designed to provide an orbiting laser ranging benchmark for geodynamical studies of the Earth. Each satel ...
(Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
** A train crash in
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
, the Netherlands, kills 24 people.
*
May 6 – An
earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless.
*
May 9 –
Ulrike Meinhof of the
Red Army Faction is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell.
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
**U.S. President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
signs the
Federal Election Campaign Act
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, , ''et seq.'') is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending. The law originally focused on creating limits for campaign spending on communicatio ...
.
** An accident involving a tanker truck carrying
anhydrous ammonia takes place in
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
, resulting in the deaths of 7 people.
*
May 13
Events Pre-1600
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''.
* 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
– Video arcade game
Breakout is released.
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
– The
Montreal Canadiens sweep the
Philadelphia Flyers in four games to win the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
in ice hockey. Flyers' forward
Reggie Leach became the only non-goaltender from a finals losing team to win the
Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs after scoring a record 19 goals in 16 playoff games.
*
May 21
** The
Yuba City bus disaster
The Yuba City bus disaster occurred on May 21, 1976 in Martinez, California. A chartered school bus transporting 52 passengers on an elevated offramp left the roadway, landing on its roof. Of the 52 passengers (not including the driver), 28 s ...
, the second-worst bus crash in U.S. history, leaves 28 students and one teacher killed.
** The "Famous Fire" in
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 17,727 as of the 2020 census. It ...
, destroys seven downtown structures, damages more than 12 others, and starts fires in at least 10 homes.
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
** Washington, D.C.
Concorde service begins.
**
The Judgment of Paris pits French vs. California wines in a blind taste-test in Paris, France. California wines win the contest, surprising the wine world and opening the wine industry to newcomers in several countries.
*
May 25 – U.S. President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
defeats challenger
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
in 3
Republican presidential primaries:
Kentucky,
Tennessee and
Oregon.
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
–
Indianapolis 500 automobile race:
Johnny Rutherford wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or .
*
May 31 – Syria
intervenes in the Lebanese Civil War in opposition to the
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...
, which it has previously supported.
June
*
June 1 – The United Kingdom and
Iceland end the
Third Cod War
The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of ...
, with the UK accepting Iceland's extension of its territorial waters to 200 nautical miles in exchange for defined fishing rights.
*
June 2
** A car bomb fatally injures ''
Arizona Republic'' reporter
Don Bolles
Donald Fifield Bolles (July 10, 1928 – June 13, 1976) was an American investigative reporter for ''The Arizona Republic'' who was known for his coverage of organized crime in the area, especially by the Chicago Outfit. His murder in a car bom ...
.
** The
Philippine government opens relations with the
Soviet Union.
*
June 4 – The
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...
defeat the
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
128–126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the
National Basketball Association Finals at the
Boston Garden. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– The
Teton Dam collapses in southeast
Idaho in the US, killing 11 people.
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– The
Double Six Crash, a plane crash in
Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia, kills everyone on board, including
Sabahan
Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens.
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
–
Alberto Demicheli, a jurist, is inaugurated as a civilian
de facto President of Uruguay after
Juan María Bordaberry is deposed by the military.
*
June 13 – Savage thunderstorms roll through the state of
Iowa, spawning several tornadoes, including an F-5
tornado that destroys the town of
Jordan.
*
June 14 – The trial begins at
Oxford Crown Court in England of
Donald Neilson, the multiple killer known as the Black Panther. He will be convicted and serve the remainder of his life in prison.
*
June 16
** The
Soweto uprising in South Africa begins.
**
Francis E. Meloy Jr., newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, and two others are kidnapped in
Beirut and killed.
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– The
National Basketball Association and the
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...
agree on the
ABA–NBA merger.
*
June 20
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
* 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
** Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from
Beirut and taken to safety in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
by the U.S. military, following the murder of the U.S. Ambassador.
**
General elections are held in Italy, resulting in the best result for the Communist Party (PCI) in a general election.
**
Czechoslovakia beats
West Germany 5–3 on
penalties
Penalty or The Penalty may refer to:
Sports
* Penalty (golf)
* Penalty (gridiron football)
* Penalty (ice hockey)
* Penalty (rugby)
* Penalty (rugby union)
* Penalty kick (association football)
* Penalty shoot-out (association football)
* Penalty ...
to win
Euro 76 when the game ends 2–2 after extra time.
*
June 25 – Strikes start in Poland (
Ursus
Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to:
Animals
* ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears
People
* Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist
* Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop
* Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr
* Ursus (''praefectus ...
,
Radom,
Płock) after communists raise
food prices; they end on
June 30.
*
June 26 – The
CN Tower is opened in Toronto, the tallest free-standing land structure opens to the public.
*
June 27
**
G-6
G6, G.VI, G.6 or G-6 may refer to:
International politics
* G6 (EU), the six largest European Union members
* Group of Six, a 1975 international summit which led to the G7 and G8
* 44th G7 summit, referred to as the "G6+1" or just "G6" due to ...
is renamed "
Group of 7" (G-7) with the inclusion of Canada.
** Palestinian militants
hijack
Hijack may refer to:
Films
* ''Hijack'' (1973 film), an American made-for-television film
* ''Hijack!'', a 1975 British film sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation - see Children's Film Foundation filmography
* ''Hijack'' (2008 film), a Bol ...
an
Air France plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to
Entebbe,
Uganda.
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
** Inauguration of the north lane of the
Rodovia dos Imigrantes
The Rodovia dos Imigrantes (official designation SP-160) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The highway connects the city of São Paulo to the Atlantic coast and with the seaside cities of São Vicente and Praia Grande. It follo ...
.
*
June 29
**
Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom.
** The
Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in
East Berlin
East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...
.
July
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*
July 2 –
North Vietnam dissolves the
Provisional Government of
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
and unites the two countries to form the
Socialist Republic of
Vietnam.
*
July 3
** ''
Gregg v. Georgia
''Gregg v. Georgia'', ''Proffitt v. Florida'', ''Jurek v. Texas'', ''Woodson v. North Carolina'', and ''Roberts v. Louisiana'', 428 U.S. 153 (1976), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. It reaffirmed the Court's acceptance of the use ...
'': The
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
rules that the
death penalty
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment overturning the ''
Furman v. Georgia
''Furman v. Georgia'', 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court invalidated all then existing legal constructions for the death penalty in the United States. It was 5–4 decision, with each mem ...
'' case of
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
** The
great heat wave in the United Kingdom, which is currently suffering from drought conditions, reaches its peak.
*
July 4
** The U.S. celebrates its
bicentennial __NOTOC__
A bicentennial or bicentenary is the two-hundredth anniversary of a part, or the celebrations thereof. It may refer to:
Europe
*French Revolution bicentennial, commemorating the 200th anniversary of 14 July 1789 uprising, celebrated ...
, in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the 1776 adoption of the
United States Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom.
**
Entebbe Raid:
Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by
Palestinian hijackers of an
Air France plane at
Uganda's
Entebbe Airport;
Yonatan Netanyahu and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
*
July 6 – The first class of women is inducted at the
United States Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
.
*
July 7
** German left-wing women terrorists Monika Berberich, Gabriella Rollnick, Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett escape from the Lehrter Straße maximum security prison in
West Berlin.
**
David Steel becomes leader of the UK's Liberal Party in the aftermath of the scandal which forced out
Jeremy Thorpe.
*
July 10
** Four
mercenaries
A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any o ...
, three British and one American, are shot by firing squad in
Angola, following the
Luanda Trial
The Luanda Trial was a trial held in Luanda, Angola, in June 1976 during the Angolan Civil War. Thirteen Western mercenaries were sentenced to either long prison terms or execution by firing squad.
Background
Angola had gained its independence fr ...
.
**
Seveso disaster
Seveso (; lmo, label= Lombard, Séves ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based on the furniture industry.
Its name comes from the river of ...
: An explosion in Seveso, Italy, causes extended pollution to a large area in the neighborhood of Milan, with many evacuations and a large number of people affected by the toxic cloud.
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– In the United States:
**
California State University, Fullerton massacre: seven people are shot and killed, and two others are wounded in a
mass shooting on campus at
California State University, Fullerton.
**
Barbara Jordan is the first African-American to keynote a political convention.
**
Price Club
Price Club was an American warehouse club, warehouse store chain. It merged with its competitor, Costco, Costco Wholesale, in 1993 and adopted the Costco name in 1997. The original Price Club warehouse is still open, operating as Costco location # ...
, as predecessor of
Costco, a worldwide membership-registration-only retailer, is founded in
California.
** ''
Family Feud'' debuts on
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
-TV.
*
July 15
**
Jimmy Carter is nominated for U.S. president at the
Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...
in New York City.
** Twenty-six Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver are
abducted and buried in a box truck within a quarry in Livermore, California. The captives dig themselves free after 16 hours. The quarry-owner's son and two accomplices are arrested for the crime.
*
July 16
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 105 ...
–
20 –
Albert Spaggiari and his gang break into the vault of the Société Generale Bank in
Nice, France.
*
July 17
** The
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
begin in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
**
East Timor is declared the
27th province of
Indonesia.
*
July 18 – 14-year-old Romanian gymnast
Nadia Comăneci earns the first of seven perfect scores of 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
*
July 19 –
Sagarmatha National Park in
Nepal is created.
*
July 20
**
Viking program: The ''
Viking 1'' lander successfully lands on
Mars.
** American criminal
Gary Gilmore is arrested for murdering two men in Utah.
*
July 21 – A
Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills
Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, (5 August 1921 – 21 July 1976) was the British Ambassador to Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6. He was killed in 1976 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in ...
, new British ambassador to the Irish Republic, and Judith Cooke, a Northern Ireland Office private secretary, in Dublin; two others are seriously wounded but survive.
*
July 26 – In Los Angeles,
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator
Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate
Republican delegates away from President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
.
*
July 27
** The United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with its former colony
Uganda in response to the hijacking of
Air France Flight 139.
** Delegates attending an
American Legion
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is a non-profit organization of U.S. war
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militi ...
convention at
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in
Philadelphia, US, begin falling ill with a form of
pneumonia: this will eventually be recognised as the first
outbreak of
Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often '' Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Naus ...
and will end in the deaths of 29 attendees.
*
July 28 – The
Tangshan earthquake
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake () was a 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli scale. In minutes, 85 percen ...
flattens
Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
*
July 29 – In New York City, the "
Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing one and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year.
*
July 30
Events Pre-1600
* 762 – Baghdad is founded.
*1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
*1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
**
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.
Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a kne ...
wins the gold medal in the men's
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
in Montreal.
** In
Santiago, Chile,
Cruzeiro from Brazil beats
River Plate from Argentina and are the
Copa Libertadores de América
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level ...
champions in
Association football.
*
July 31
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
* 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
**
NASA releases the famous
Face on Mars photo, taken by ''
Viking 1''.
** The
Big Thompson River in northern Colorado floods, destroying more than 400 cars and houses and killing 143 people.
August
*
August 1
** The
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
ends in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
**
Trinidad and Tobago becomes a
republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
, replacing
Elizabeth II as its
head of state with
President Ellis Clarke.
** The
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...
play their first
American football game.
** Defending F1 World Champion
Niki Lauda suffers serious burns in the
German Grand Prix after a huge accident that nearly cost him his life.
*
August 2
Events Pre-1600
*338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
*216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
– A gunman murders
Andrea Wilborn and
Stan Farr and injures
Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in
Fort Worth, Texas.
T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and a wrongful death lawsuit. Cullen goes broke afterwards.
*
August 5
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
– The clock of "
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The officia ...
" at the
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parli ...
in London suffers internal damage and requires frequent repairs. The clock is stopped at times on 26 of the next 275 days.
*
August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
– Former United Kingdom Postmaster General
John Stonehouse is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
*
August 7 –
Viking program: ''
Viking 2
The ''Viking 2'' mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the ''Viking 1'' mission. ''Viking 2'' was operational on Mars for sols ( days; '). The ''Vik ...
'' enters into orbit around
Mars.
*
August 8 – As part of the
,
a dispersal draft is conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which have folded.
*
August 10—
13 –
Hurricane Belle hits
Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
and southern
New England. Twelve people are killed by the storm and damage is $100 million.
*
August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
– A sniper rampage in
Wichita, Kansas on a
Holiday Inn results in 3 deaths while 7 others are wounded.
*
August 14
Events Pre-1600
* 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
** Around 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in
Northern Ireland.
** The
Senegalese
political party ''
PAI-Rénovation'' is legally recognized, becoming the third legal party in the country.
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
– The
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
make their first "professional" performance at
CBGB in New York City.
*
August 18 – At Panmunjom,
North Korea, two United States soldiers are killed while trying to
chop down part of a tree in the
Korean Demilitarized Zone which has obscured their view.
*
August 19
Events Pre-1600
*295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
*43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...
– U.S. President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
edges out challenger
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
to win the
Republican Party
Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party.
Republican Party may also refer to:
Africa
*Republican Party (Liberia)
* Republican Part ...
presidential nomination in
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
.
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
–
Disappearance of Andy Puglisi:
Massachusetts child Angelo "Andy" Puglisi goes missing from a public pool near his home; the case is never solved.
*
August 24 – In
Uruguay, the army captures Marcelo Gelman and his pregnant wife. Gelman is later killed and his wife disappears.
*
August 25
**
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...
resigns as
Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.
The prime minister ...
; he is succeeded by
Raymond Barre.
** Landslide disaster in
Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong.
*
August 26
** The first known outbreak of
Ebola virus occurs in
Yambuku,
Zaire.
**
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband of Queen
Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Sh ...
, resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the
Lockheed Corporation.
*
August 28 – Actress
Anissa Jones, famous for playing Buffy Davis in the television series ''
Family Affair'', is found dead of an accidental overdose in
Oceanside, California
Oceanside is a city on the South Coast (California), South Coast of California, located in San Diego County, California, San Diego County. The city had a population of 167,086 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is a popular ...
.
*
August 30 –
James Alexander George Smith McCartney
James Alexander George Smith McCartney (30 June 1945 – 9 May 1980), also known as J. A. G. S. McCartney or "Jags" McCartney, was a Turks and Caicos Islander politician. He was the 1st Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands and held th ...
is sworn in as the first
chief minister of the
Turks and Caicos Islands.
September
*
September 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
* 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
** Cigarette and tobacco advertising is banned on Australian television and radio.
**
Aparicio Méndez, a jurist, is inaugurated as a civilian ''de facto''
President of Uruguay
The president of Uruguay ( es, Presidente del Uruguay), officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (), is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. Their rights are determined in the Constitution of Urugua ...
in the framework of a dictatorship.
** The
state of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
in the
Republic of Ireland legally still in force since
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
is lifted.
*
September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of the s ...
–
Viking program: The ''
Viking 2
The ''Viking 2'' mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the ''Viking 1'' mission. ''Viking 2'' was operational on Mars for sols ( days; '). The ''Vik ...
'' spacecraft lands at
Utopia Planitia on
Mars, taking the first close-up color photographs of the planet's surface.
*
September 4 – 1500th anniversary of the
Fall of the Western Roman Empire.
*
September 6
**
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
:
Soviet Air Force pilot Lt.
Viktor Belenko lands a
MiG-25 jet fighter at
Hakodate, on the island of
Hokkaidō
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
in Japan, and requests
political asylum in the United States.
**
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...
brings
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
's former partner
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...
onstage, unannounced, at the 1976
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in
Las Vegas, reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.
*
September 10
**
Zagreb mid-air collision: A
British Airways Trident and a
Yugoslav DC-9 collide near
Zagreb,
Yugoslavia (modern-day
Zagreb, Croatia), killing all 176 aboard.
*
September 13 – ''
The Muppet Show'' is broadcast in the United Kingdom for the first time, on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
.
*
September 15
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
*1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...
–
Darryl Sittler scores the winning goal in the
1976 Canada Cup
The 1976 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament held September 2 to 15, 1976, in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Quebec City in Canada as well as in Philadelphia, in the United States. It was the first of five Canada Cup to ...
for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first Canada Cup in ice hockey.
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
**
Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a
Yerevan reservoir.
** Beginning with the
Night of the Pencils, a series of kidnappings and
forced disappearances followed by torture, rape, and murder of students under the
Argentine dictatorship takes place.
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– The space shuttle ''
Enterprise'' is rolled out of a
Palmdale, California
Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The city lies in the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains separate Palmdale from the Los Angeles Basin to the south.
On Aug ...
hangar.
*
September 20–
21 – The semi-legendary
100 Club Punk Special
The 100 Club Punk Special (sometimes referred to as the 100 Club Punk Festival) was a two-day event held at the 100 Club venue in Oxford Street, London, England on 20 and 21 September 1976. The gig showcased eight punk rock bands, most of which ...
festival in London ignites the careers of several influential punk and
post-punk bands, arguably sparking the
punk movement's introduction into mainstream culture.
*
September 21
** The
Seychelles join the
United Nations.
**
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of
Chilean dictator
Augusto Pinochet.
*
September 24 –
Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found a ...
is sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in the armed robbery of a
San Francisco bank in
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
(an executive clemency order from U.S. President
Jimmy Carter will set her free after only 22 months).
*
September 25
Events Pre-1600
* 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
* 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt a ...
– Irish rock band
U2 is formed after drummer
Larry Mullen, Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.
*
September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– American singer
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...
releases his hit album ''
Songs in the Key of Life''.
October
*
October 4 – The
InterCity 125 high-speed train
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines ...
is introduced in the United Kingdom.
*
October 6
**
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by
anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from
Bridgetown, Barbados; all 73 people on board are killed.
** Students gathering at
Thammasat University
Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...
in
Bangkok,
Thailand are
massacred
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...
, while protesting the return of ex-dictator
Thanom Kittikachorn by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
** In
San Francisco, during his second televised debate with
Jimmy Carter, U.S. President
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
stumbles when he declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there is at the time).
** The
Cultural Revolution in China concludes upon the capture of the
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...
.
*
October 8 –
Thorbjörn Fälldin replaces
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...
as
Prime Minister of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
.
*
October 9 –
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...
baseball pitcher
Bob Moose is killed in a car crash in
Ohio on his 29th birthday.
*
October 10 – Taiwan Governor
Hsieh Tung-min is injured by a letter bomb from a pro-independence activist.
*
October 12 – The People's Republic of China announces that
Hua Guofeng is the successor to
Mao Zedong as
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, bei ...
following the latter's death on September 9 from a
heart attack.
*
October 13 – The
United States Commission on Civil Rights releases the report, ''Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future,'' that documents that
Puerto Ricans in the United States have a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 (up from 29 percent in 1970), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country (not including
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory).
*
October 18 –
Ford officially launches volume production of the
Fiesta
''Fiesta'' (Spanish for "religious feast", "festival", or "party") may refer to:
Events
*Fiesta San Antonio, a 10-day event held every April in San Antonio, Texas
*St. Peter's Fiesta, a five-day festival in Gloucester, Massachusetts
*Fiestas d ...
car at its
Valencia plant in Spain.
*
October 19
** The
Battle of Aishiya is fought in
Lebanon.
** The
Copyright Act of 1976
The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions. The Act spells out the basic rights of copyright holders, cod ...
extends
copyright duration for an additional 19 years in the United States.
** The
Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies. When its close relative th ...
(''Pan troglodytes'') is placed on the list of endangered species.
*
October 20 – The
Mississippi River ferry
MV ''George Prince'' is struck by a ship while crossing from
Destrehan, Louisiana to
Luling, Louisiana, killing 78 passengers and crew.
*
October 22
**
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, the 5th
President of Ireland, resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.
**
The Damned release their debut single "
New Rose", making them the first British punk band to release a single, beating the
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...
by a month.
*
October 24 –
James Hunt wins a very political
Formula One World Championship by just 1 point driving a
McLaren M23-D as rival
Niki Lauda retires from the
Japanese Grand Prix due to heavy rain.
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– Clarence Norris, the last known survivor of the
Scottsboro Boys, is pardoned.
*
October 26 –
Transkei gains "independence" from
South Africa.
*
October 28 – British evolutionary biologist
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An ath ...
' book ''
The Selfish Gene'' is published, introducing the term
memetics
Memetics is a study of information and culture. While memetics originated as an analogy with Darwinian evolution, digital communication, media, and sociology scholars have also adopted the term "memetics" to describe an established empirical study ...
.
November
* November –
Diffie–Hellman key exchange
Diffie–Hellman key exchangeSynonyms of Diffie–Hellman key exchange include:
* Diffie–Hellman–Merkle key exchange
* Diffie–Hellman key agreement
* Diffie–Hellman key establishment
* Diffie–Hellman key negotiation
* Exponential key exc ...
cryptography is proposed.
*
November 2 –
1976 United States presidential election
The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan by a narrow ...
:
Jimmy Carter narrowly defeats incumbent
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the
Civil War.
*
November 4 – Mark Fidrych, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, wins 1976
Major League Baseball Rookie Of The Year Award.
*
November 12
Events Pre-1600
* 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
*1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
* 13 ...
–
Disappearance of Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew from
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
in Scotland; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case.
*
November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– The first
megamouth shark is discovered off
Oahu in Hawaii.
*
November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
–
Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of
Madeira
)
, anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira")
, song_type = Regional anthem
, image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg
, map_alt=Location of Madeira
, map_caption=Location of Madeira
, subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, Portugal.
*
November 24 –
1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake
The 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time (12:22 UTC) on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Çaldıran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magni ...
: Between 4,000 and 5,000 are killed in a 7.3 earthquake at
Van
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...
and
Muradiye in eastern Turkey.
*
November 25 – In
San Francisco,
The Band holds its farewell concert, ''
The Last Waltz''.
*
November 26
Events Pre-1600
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
*1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
** Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.
** The Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat is established.
* November 29 – The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year $3 million contract, setting the precedent for lucrative multi-year contracts for
Major League Baseball players in years to come.
December
* December 1
**
Angola joins the
United Nations.
** José López Portillo takes office as President of Mexico.
** The
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...
achieve public notoriety, as they unleash several four-letter words live on Bill Grundy's early evening television show in the United Kingdom.
** Sir Douglas Nicholls is appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia, the first Australian Aboriginal appointed to Viceroy, vice-regal office.
* December 3
** Attempted assassination of Bob Marley (and his manager Don Taylor) in a shooting at his home in Kingston, Jamaica.
** Patrick Hillery is sworn in after being elected unopposed as the 6th
President of Ireland.
* December 4 – The Central African Republic officially becomes a monarchy as the Central African Empire, and President Jean-Bedel Bokassa proclaims himself Emperor Bokassa I.
* December 5 – The 1976 Japanese general election, Japanese general election takes place, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party loses its majority in the 511-member House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, but remains the largest party with 249 seats.
* December 6 – The Viet Cong is disbanded, and its former members become a part of the Vietnam People's Army.
* December 8 – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is established by the five Latinos in the United States Congress: Herman Badillo of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas, Edward R. Roybal of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of
Puerto Rico, Baltasar Corrada del Río.
* December 10 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
* December 15
** Samoa joins the
United Nations.
** Denis Healey announces to the British Parliament that he has successfully negotiated a £2.3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund.
* December 23 – A new volcano, Murara, erupts in eastern
Zaire.
Date unknown
* Plans to move the
Nigerian capital from Lagos to Abuja are approved.
* Random breath testing is introduced in Victoria (Australia).
*
California's sodomy law is repealed.
* Thomas A. Minetree founds Bethesda Cancer Centers in the United States.
* The first laser printer is introduced by IBM (the IBM 3800).
* The New Jersey Legislature passes legislation legalizing casinos in the shore town of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City commencing in 1978. After signing the bill into law, Governor Brendan Byrne declares "The American Mafia, mob is not welcome in New Jersey!" referring to the Mafia's influence at casinos in Nevada.
* The EAOP, Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) is established by the University of California (University of California, UC) in response to the California State Leislature, State Legislature's recommendation to expand post-secondary opportunities to all of California's students including those who are first-generation, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and English-language learners.
* ''Universe (1976 film), Universe'', a public domain film produced by Lester Novros for
NASA, is released.
* Marc Brown (author), Marc Brown's children's picture book ''Arthur's Nose'' is published in the United States.
Births
January
![Andy Milonakis by Gage Skidmore](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Andy_Milonakis_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
* January 1
**Chai Jing, Chinese host and reporter
**Tank (American singer), Tank, American R&B musician
* January 2
** Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
** Paz Vega, Spanish actress
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
* January 4
**Shiro Amano, Japanese manga artist/writer
**August Diehl, German actor
*
January 5 – Shintarō Asanuma, Japanese voice actor
*January 6 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor and musician
* January 7
** Nilton Pereira Mendes, Brazilian footballer (d. 2006)
** Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
* January 10
**Eduardo Garza, Mexican voice actor, announcer, translator, puppeteer and singer
**Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician
* January 13
** Michael Peña, American actor
** Bic Runga, New Zealand singer-songwriter
** Mario Yepes, Colombian football player
* January 15
** Meredith Bishop, American actress
** Dorian Missick, American actor
*
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
** Carrie Keranen, American voice actress
** Eva Habermann, German actress
* January 19 – Marsha Thomason, English actress
* January 20
** Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter
** Michael Myers (American football), Michael Myers, National Football League, NFL defensive tackle
** Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
** Anastasia Volochkova, Russian prima ballerina
*
January 21 – Emma Bunton, English musician (Spice Girls)
* January 22 – TJ Trinidad, Filipino actor
* January 23
** Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteer (2008 World Orienteering Championships, world champion 2008)
** Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer
** Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler
* January 24 – Paul Bowman (rugby league), Paul Bowman, Australian rugby league player
* January 26 – Yasmine Belmadi, French actor (d. 2009)
*
January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
** Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer and television personality
** Maia Estianty, Indonesian musician, music producer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and television personality
* January 28
** Lee Ingleby, British voice artist
** Mark Madsen (basketball), Mark Madsen, American basketball player
**Rick Ross, American rapper
* January 30 – Andy Milonakis, American actor, writer, rapper, comedian and streamer
February
![Rashida Jones 2017 (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Rashida_Jones_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* February 1
** Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Icelandic politician, 28th Prime Minister of Iceland
** Muteba Kidiaba, Congolese football goalkeeper
* February 2
** Carlos Coste, Venezuelan free-diver
** James Hickman, British swimmer
** Lori Beth Denberg, American actress and comedian
* February 3
** Isla Fisher, Australian actress
** Tim Heidecker, American comedian
** Tijana Dapčević, Tijana, Macedonian singer
**Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer songwriter and rapper
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Cam'ron, African-American rapper
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
** Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
** Tony Jaa, Thai martial art film actor/choreographer/director
** Brian Moorman, American football player
* February 6
** James Hiroyuki Liao, American actor
** Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
*
February 9 – Charlie Day, American actor
* February 10 – Lance Berkman, American baseball player
*February 10 – Keeley Hawes, British actress
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Brice Beckham, American actor
*
February 12
** Jenni Falconer, British television presenter
** Silvia Saint, Czech actress
* February 14 – Erica Leerhsen, American actress
* February 15 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter and author
* February 16
** Kyo (musician), Kyo, Japanese rock musician (Dir En Grey)
** Adam Simpson, Australian rules footballer
** Janet Varney, American actress and comedian
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– Svein Berge, Norwegian musician (Röyksopp)
* February 20
** Johanna Beisteiner, Austrian guitarist
** Chris Cillizza, American journalist
* February 21 – Michael McIntyre, British stand-up comedian
* February 23
** Aaron Aziz, Singaporean-born Malaysian actor
** Jeff O'Neill, Canadian hockey player
** Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
*
February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
** Yuval Noah Harari, Israeli historian
** Zach Johnson, American golfer
* February 25 – Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model and musician
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– Yukari Tamura, Japanese voice actress and songwriter
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– Barry Opdam, Dutch footballer
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– Tony Gonzalez, American football player
* February 28
** Ali Larter, American actress and model
** Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor
* February 29
** Ja Rule, American rapper
** Shane Johnson (actor), Shane Johnson, American actor
** Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
** Mark Pollock, blind Irish adventurer and author
March
![Ayako Kawasumi 20060805 Otakon 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Ayako_Kawasumi_20060805_Otakon_02.jpg)
*
March 1
** Akhil Gogoi, Indian activist and politician
** Aleksey Jdanov, Uzbekistani football player
** Luke Mably, British actor
** Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976), Peter Bell, Australian rules footballer
* March 3
**Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
**Isabel Granada, Filipino actress and singer (d. 2017)
*
March 4
** Robbie Blake, English footballer
** Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player
** Sean Covel, American film producer
** Tommy Jönsson, Swedish football player
** Regi Penxten, Belgian DJ and record producer
** Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey player
* March 5
** Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
** Lucian Msamati, English actor
**Neil Jackson, English actor
* March 6 – Ken Anderson (wrestler), Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler (Mr. Anderson)
* March 8
** Sergej Ćetković, Montenegrin singer
** Gaz Coombes, English musician and singer-songwriter (Supergrass)
** Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
*
March 9 – Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentinean model
* March 10
** Miroslav Kostadinov, Bulgarian singer and songwriter
** Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese model, actress and singer
* March 11
** Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
** Craig Parkinson, British actor
* March 12 – Zhao Wei, Chinese singer and actress
* March 13
** Danny Masterson, American actor
** Jamie Pressnall, American tap dancer and musician
*
March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
** Corey Stoll, American actor
** Daniel Gillies, Canadian actor
** Brian Quinn (comedian), Brian Quinn, American actor
** Merlin Santana, American actor (d. 2002)
* March 15
** Abhay Deol, Indian actor
** Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
*
March 16
** Nick Spano, American actor
** Blu Cantrell, American R&B singer
** Pál Dárdai, Hungarian football player and manager
** Kim Johnsson, Swedish hockey player
** Zhu Chen, Chinese chess grandmaster
*
March 17
** Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (d. 2009)
** Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
* March 18
** Emma Willis, English television presenter and former model
** FanFan, American-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter
* March 19
** Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
** Andre Miller, American basketball player
** Alessandro Nesta, Italian football player
*
March 20 – Chester Bennington, American singer (Linkin Park) (d. 2017)
* March 21
** Rachael MacFarlane, American actress and singer, sister of Seth MacFarlane
** Dariush Ramezani, Iranian cartoonist
*
March 22
** Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
** Shawty Lo, American rapper (d. 2016)
** Wayne Turner (basketball), Wayne Turner, American basketball player
** Kellie Shanygne Williams, American actress
** Reese Witherspoon, American actress
*
March 23
** Sir Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist
** Keri Russell, American actress
** Sa Beining, Chinese host
*
March 24
** Aaron Brooks (American football), Aaron Brooks, American football player
** Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer
** Peyton Manning, American football player
* March 25 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian professional boxer
*
March 26
** Blaise Alexander, American automobile racing driver (d. 2001)
** Amy Smart, American actress
** Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker
*
March 27 – Carl Ng, Hong Kong/British actor and model
*
March 29 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
*
March 30
** Jessica Cauffiel, American actress and singer
** Ty Conklin, American ice-hockey player
** Ayako Kawasumi, Japanese voice actress
April
![Wyatt Cenac Earth launch Shankbone](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Wyatt_Cenac_Earth_launch_Shankbone.jpg)
*
April 1
** Troy Baker, American actor and musician
** Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player
** David Oyelowo, English-American actor
**Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
*
April 2
** Lucy Diakovska, German-Bulgarian pop singer
** Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
** Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
*
April 3 – Will Mellor, English actor
* April 4 – James Roday, American actor, director and screenwriter
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
** Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
** Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer
** Sterling K. Brown, African-American actor
* April 6 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress
* April 7 – Eric Wareheim, American comedian
* April 9 –
** Kris Radlinski, English rugby league player
** Blayne Weaver, American actor and filmmaker
** Ramkarpal Singh, Malaysian politician
*
April 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (d. 2006)
* April 12 – Andrei Lipanov, Russian ice skater
*
April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
** Glenn Howerton, American actor
** Jonathan Brandis, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
* April 14 – Anna DeForge, American basketball player
* April 15
** Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice-hockey player
** Brock Huard, American football player
** Steve Williams (rower), Steve Williams, British rower
*
April 16
** David Lyons (actor), David Lyons, Australian actor
** Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
** Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (d. 2017)
** Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
* April 17 – Monet Mazur, American actress
* April 18
** Gavin Creel, American actor and singer-songwriter
** Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
** Sean Maguire, British actor and singer
* April 19
**Wyatt Cenac, American actor, writer and director
**Kim Young-oh, South Korean illustrator
* April 20
** Joey Lawrence, American actor
** Shay Given, Irish football goalkeeper
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
** Petero Civoniceva, Australian rugby league player
* April 22 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
– Darren Huckerby, English footballer
* April 24
** George P. Bush, American attorney and politician
** Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
*
April 25
** Tim Duncan, American basketball player
** Denis Kartsev, Russian professional ice hockey player
** Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
** Kim Jong-kook (singer), Kim Jong-kook, South Korean singer, television personality
** Amir Fryszer Guttman, Israeli singer
* April 26 – Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress
* April 27 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
* April 28 – Michael Carbonaro, American actor, magician and improv artist
*
April 29
** Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and record producer
** Shiho Kawaragi, Japanese voice actress
*April 30 – Ankaralı Namık, Turkish singer
May
![Colin Farrell by Gage Skidmore](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Colin_Farrell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
*
May 1
** Darius McCrary, American actor
** James Murray (comedian), James Murray, American actor
** Michele Frangilli, Italian archer
* May 3
** Beto (footballer, born May 1976), Beto, Portuguese footballer
** Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
*
May 4
** Jason Michaels, American baseball player
** Anza (singer), Anza, Japanese actress and singer best known for playing the character of ''Sailor Moon'' in some Sailor Moon musical
* May 5
** Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer and sports broadcaster
** Sage Stallone, American actor, film director, producer and distributor (d. 2012)
*
May 6 – Marshall Burt, American railroader and politician
* May 7
** Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
** Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL, First recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Afghanistan War (d. 2005)
* May 8
** Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American folk-pop singer
** Ian "H" Watkins, Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Steps (band), Steps) and actor
* May 10
** Rhona Bennett, American actress, singer and model
** Rogério Oliveira da Costa, Brazilian-born football striker (d. 2006)
* May 14 – Martine McCutcheon, British actress and singer
* May 15
**Tyler Walker (baseball), Tyler Walker, American baseball player
** Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976), Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
** Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
** Ryan Leaf, American football quarterback
**Anže Logar, Slovenian politician, minister of foreign affairs
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
– Ana Paula Valadão, Brazilian worship leader, singer-songwriter, pastor, author and television presenter
* May 19 – Kevin Garnett, African-American basketball player
* May 20 – Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan Major League Baseball, baseball player
* May 22
** Chris Brazzell, Canadian and American football player
** Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress
*
May 25
** Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
** Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
** J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor
** Erinn Hayes, American actress
** Nadine Heredia, Peruvian politician, First Lady of Peru
** Ethan Suplee, American actor
**Vincent Piazza, American actor
* May 26 – Paul Collingwood, English cricketer
* May 28
** Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
** Liam O'Brien, American actor
*
May 31
** Tony Hopper, English footballer (d. 2018)
** Colin Farrell, Irish actor
** Roar Ljøkelsøy, Norwegian ski jumper
June
![Official portrait of Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP crop 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg)
*
June 1 – Angela Perez Baraquio, Miss America 2001
*
June 2
** Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
** Tim Rice-Oxley, English rock musician/composer (Keane (band), Keane)
** Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho
* June 3 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
*
June 4 – Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and political activist
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
** Aesop Rock, American hip-hop artist
** Marc Worden, Canadian actor and voice actor
** Joe Gatto (comedian), Joe Gatto, American comedian
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
** Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian actress and singer
** Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder
* June 7
** Necro (rapper), Necro, American rapper
** Nora Salinas, Mexican actress and model
* June 8 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
* June 9
** Ameesha Patel, Indian actress
* June 10
** Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals
** Mariana Seoane, Mexican actress
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– Thomas Sørensen, Danish football goalkeeper
*
June 13
** Kym Marsh, British singer (Hear'Say) and actress
** Jason "J" Brown, British singer (5ive)
*
June 14 – Alan Carr, English comedian
*
June 16 – Tom Lenk, American actor
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
** Peter Svidler, Russian chess grandmaster
** Scott Adkins, English actor
* June 18
** Petri Haapimaa, Finnish footballer and coach
** Brady Haran, Australian-British founder and cast of Numberphile channel
** Blake Shelton, American singer
* June 19
** Anar Baghirov, Azerbaijani lawyer
** Ryan Hurst, American actor
*
June 20
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
* 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
* June 21 – Antonio Cochran, American football player
* June 22
** Mikko Luoma, Finnish ice-hockey player
** Mike O'Brien (actor), Mike O'Brien, American actor, writer and comedian
* June 23
** Brandon Stokley, American football player
** Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
** Patrick Vieira, French footballer
** Gavin Williamson, British politician, Secretary of State for Education
* June 24 – Suhaimi Mat Hassan, Malaysian football referee
*
June 25
** Sylvain N'Diaye, Senegalese footballer
** Hennie Otto, South African professional golfer
** Neil Walker (swimmer), Neil Walker, American swimmer
*
June 26
** Cédric Jimenez, French film producer, film director and screenwriter
** Wilson Lima, Brazilian politician and journalist
** Alexander Zakharchenko, Ukrainian separatist rebel (d. 2018)
*
June 27 – Joseph Sikora, American actor
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
** Nawaf Al-Temyat, Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player
** Jason J. Lewis, American voice actor
** David Palmer (squash player), David Palmer, Australian squash player
** Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
*
June 29
** Annette Beutler, Swiss professional racing cyclist
** Katsutoshi Domori, Japanese football player
** Takahiro Mazuka, Japanese sprinter
** Omar Doom, American actor, musician and artist
** Ma Yili, Chinese actress
** Angelo Lekkas, Australian rules footballer
*
June 30
** Tamara Sedmak, Swiss television presenter, model and actress
** Kazumasa Shimizu, Japanese football player
** Jason Bostic, American football defensive back
** Christine Schürrer, German serial killer
** Gilbert Yvel, Dutch mixed martial artist
July
![Benedict Cumberbatch (48470894756) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Benedict_Cumberbatch_%2848470894756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* July 1
** Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and actor
** Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
** U. K. Shyam, Singaporean athlete
** Haaz Sleiman, Lebanese-American actor
** Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
** Kellie Bright, English actress
*
July 2
** Kon Arimura, Malaysian-Japanese radio personality, film critic and film commentator
** Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
** Tommy Pistol, American actor and director
*
July 3
** Shane Lynch, Irish singer
** Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
** Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean rugby union player
** Andrea Barber, American actress
** Henry Olonga, Zambian-Zimbabwean cricketer
*
July 4
** Rohan Nichol, Australian actor
** Aryan Vaid, Indian male model
** Jo Chen, American-Taiwanese comic book artist and writer
** Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
* July 5
** Jamie Elman, Canadian-American actor
** Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
** Liberty Phoenix, Venezuelan actress
** Rufus Johnson, American rapper also known as Bizarre
*
July 6 – Dimitrije Banjac, Serbian actor, comedian and screenwriter
*
July 7
** Kim Jong-chun, South Korean football player
** Lina Teoh, Malaysian actress, television host and model
** Bérénice Bejo, Argentine actress
** Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright
** Natasha Collins, English actress and model (d. 2008)
* July 8
** Ellen MacArthur, English yachtswoman
** Josh Taumalolo, Tongan rugby union player
** Grettell Valdez, Mexican television and film actress and fashion model
* July 9
** Fred Savage, American actor and director
** Arturo Carmona, Mexican actor
** Elliot Cowan, English actor
*
July 10
** Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
** Adrian Grenier, American actor, musician and director
* July 11 – Eduardo Nájera, Mexican basketball player
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II of ...
** Anna Friel, English actress
** Tracie Spencer, American R&B singer
* July 13 – Lisa Riley, British actress and presenter
* July 14 – Geraint Jones, Papua New Guinea cricketer
*
July 15
** Diane Kruger, German actress
** Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist
** Jim Jones (rapper), Jim Jones, American rapper, member of hip hop group The Diplomats
** Gabriel Iglesias, American actor, voice actor and comedian
** Murder of Leslie Mahaffy, Leslie Mahaffy, Canadian murder victim (d. 1991)
*
July 16
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 105 ...
** John Ovia, Papua New Guinean cricketer
** Zak Smith, American artist and adult film performer
** Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player
** Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler
*
July 17
** Luke Bryan, American country music singer-songwriter
** Marcos Senna, Brazilian footballer
** Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress and author
** Matt Holmes (actor), Matt Holmes, Australian actor
** Eric Winter, American actor and fashion model
*
July 18 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress and model
*
July 19
** Diether Ocampo, Filipino actor, singer and model
** Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
** Eric Prydz, Swedish DJ and producer
*
July 20
** Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
** Annie Man, Hong Kong actress
*
July 21
** Jaime Murray, English actress
** Kang Sung-yeon, South Korean actress
* July 23 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
* July 24
** Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese Formula One driver
** Johnny McDaid, Irish musician, songwriter and music producer
** Rashida Tlaib, American politician and lawyer
* July 25 – Timur Mutsurayev, Chechen bard
*
July 26 – Martha Roby, American politician
*
July 27
** Scott Mason (cricketer), Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
** Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (d. 2019)
*
July 28 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer
*
July 31
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
* 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
– Rod Monroe (American football), Rod Monroe, American football player (d. 2017)
August
![SarahChalkeDec08](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/SarahChalkeDec08.jpg)
*
August 1
** Don Hertzfeldt, American animator
** Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
** Iván Duque Márquez, Colombian politician, 33rd President of Colombia
** Amar Upadhyay, Indian television actor and model
*
August 2
Events Pre-1600
*338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
*216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
– Sam Worthington, English-born Australian actor
* August 3 – Sarah Kendall, Australian-born comedian
* August 4
** Paul Goldstein (tennis), Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
** David Lewis (Canadian actor), David Lewis, Canadian actor
*
August 5
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
– Napoleon Beazley, juvenile offender (d. 2002)
*
August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
** Andero Ermel, Estonian actor
** Soleil Moon Frye, American actress, director and screenwriter
** Melissa George, Australian actress
** Travis Kalanick, American businessman and computer programmer; co-founder of Uber
*
August 8
** JC Chasez, American singer ('N Sync)
** Drew Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees)
* August 9
** Jessica Capshaw, American actress
** Aled Haydn Jones, Welsh radio producer and presenter
** Mark Priestley, Australian actor (d. 2008)
** Audrey Tautou, French actress
*
August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
– Will Friedle, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
* August 12
** Mikko Lindström, Finnish rock guitarist
** Lina Rafn, Danish singer
*
August 14
Events Pre-1600
* 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
* August 15
** Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian Prime Minister, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
** Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
– Kadri Rämmeld, Estonian actress
*
August 18
** Lee Seung-yeop, South Korean baseball player
** Bryan Volpenhein, American rower
* August 23 – Scott Caan, American actor
*
August 24
** Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
** Yang Yang (A), Yang Yang, Chinese short track skater
*
August 25 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
*
August 26 – Mike Colter, American actor
*August 27
** Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
** Carlos Moyá, Spanish tennis player
** Mark Webber (racing driver), Mark Webber, Australian racing driver
* August 29 – Luana Piovani, Brazilian actress and model
*
August 30 – Cristian Gonzáles, Uruguayan-born Indonesian footballer
* August 31 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
September
![051119SMcC0014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/051119SMcC0014.jpg)
*
September 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
* 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
** Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
** Ivano Brugnetti, Italian race walker
** Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
*
September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of the s ...
** Jevon Kearse, American football player
** Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
*
September 4 – Brian Myrow, American baseball player
* September 5 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress
*
September 6
** Naomie Harris, British actress
** Mark Wilkerson, American musician
** Robin Atkin Downes, English actor and voice actor
* September 7 – Stevie Case, American video game celebrity
* September 8 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
* September 9
** Mick Blue, Austrian pornographic actor and director
** Emma de Caunes, French actress
** Lúcia Moniz, Portuguese singer and actress
*
September 10 – Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
* September 12 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
*
September 13 – Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress
*
September 15
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
*1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...
– Rob Wiethoff, American actor
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
– Tina Barrett, English singer (S Club 7)
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Nicole Reinhart, American track and road racing cyclist (d. 2000)
* September 18 – Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer), Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
* September 19
** Raja Bell, American basketball player
**Isha Koppikar, Indian actress
** Alison Sweeney, American actress
** Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee
*
September 20
** Jon Bernthal, American actor
** Yui Horie, Japanese voice actress
** Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
* September 23 – Rob James-Collier, British actor and model
*
September 24 – Stephanie McMahon, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American wrestling promoter
*
September 25
Events Pre-1600
* 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
* 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt a ...
** Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
** Chiara Siracusa, Maltese singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2005 runner-up
* September 26
** Michael Ballack, German footballer
** Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress
* September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
*
September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial arts fighter
* September 29 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
October
![Deadpool 2 Japan Premiere Red Carpet Ryan Reynolds (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Deadpool_2_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Ryan_Reynolds_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Iraqi-born leader of the Islamic state (d. 2022)
* October 1
** Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
** Giuliana Jakobeit, German voice actress
* October 2 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
* October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
*
October 4
** Mauro Camoranesi, Italian footballer
** Alicia Silverstone, American actress
** Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2017)
* October 5
** Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
** Mauro Colagreco, Italian Argentine chef
**Matt Hamill, American mixed martial arts fighter
*
October 6
** Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
** Barbie Shu, Taiwanese actress and singer
* October 7
** Taylor Hicks, American singer
** Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist
** Gilberto Silva, Brazilian football player
*
October 8 – Peter Stickles, American actor
*
October 9
** Sam Riegel, American voice actor and director
** Nick Swardson, American actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter
*
October 10
** Bob Burnquist, Brazilian skateboarder
** Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
* October 11 – Emily Deschanel, American actress
* October 14 – Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
* October 15 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress
*
October 18 – Galder, Norwegian musician
*
October 19
** Joe Duplantier, French musician
** Ryuji Imada, Japanese golfer
** Dan Smith (ice hockey), Dan Smith, Canadian ice-hockey player
** Michael Young (baseball), Michael Young, American baseball player
** Desmond Harrington, American actor
** Omar Gooding, American actor
*
October 20
** Dan Fogler, American actor, comedian and writer
** Plamen Goranov, Bulgarian photographer, mountain climber and a Varna-based local protest leader (d. 2013)
* October 21
** Jeremy Miller, American actor
** Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian artistic gymnast
** Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Irish actor
* October 23
** Cat Deeley, British television presenter
** Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– Steve Jones (Northern Irish footballer), Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer
*
October 26
** Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
** Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canadian speed skater
** Thurop Van Orman, American animator and voice actor
**Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-born German actress
* October 29 – Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
* October 31 – Piper Perabo, American actress
November
![Feed America, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Anna Faris (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Feed_America%2C_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs_2%2C_Anna_Faris_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* November 1
** Chad Lindberg, American actor
** Sam Presti, American basketball executive, general manager of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder since 2007
*
November 2 – Thierry Omeyer, French handball goalkeeper
* November 5
** Oleh Shelayev, Ukrainian footballer
** Sean Brown (ice hockey), Sean Brown, Canadian ice-hockey player
** Sebastian Arcelus, American actor
* November 6
** Pat Tillman, American football player, victim of friendly fire (d. 2004)
** Troy Hambrick, American football player
** Wiley Wiggins, American actor
** Sal Vulcano, American actor
* November 7 – Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
* November 8 – Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
* November 9
** Josh Kaufman, American singer-songwriter, winner of ''The Voice (U.S. TV series), The Voice'' The Voice (U.S. season 6), season 6
** Federica De Bortoli, Italian voice actress
* November 11 – Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
*
November 12
Events Pre-1600
* 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
*1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
* 13 ...
** Tevin Campbell, American singer and actor
** Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
* November 13 – Janine Leal, Venezuelan television presenter and model.
* November 17 – Diane Neal, American actress
* November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
*
November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
** Jack Dorsey, American software architect, businessman, co-founder of Twitter
** Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
** Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (d. 2007)
* November 20
** Dominique Dawes, African-American Olympic gymnast
** Ji Yun-nam, North Korean footballer
** Laura Harris, Canadian actress
* November 22
** Torsten Frings, German footballer
** Ville Valo, Finnish rock singer (HIM (Finnish band), HIM)
*
November 24
** Chen Lu (figure skater), Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
** Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice-hockey player
*
November 25
** Donovan McNabb, American football player
** Hienadz Shutau, Belarusian demonstrator (d. 2020)
*
November 26
Events Pre-1600
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
*1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...
– Maia Campbell, American actress and singer
* November 27 – Jaleel White, African-American actor
* November 28 – Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor and comedian
* November 29
** Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
** Anna Faris, American actress
** Ehren McGhehey, American stunt performer and actor
December
![Danny McBride WonderCon 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Danny_McBride_WonderCon_2013.jpg)
* December 1
** Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
** Laura Ling, American journalist 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea, imprisoned by
North Korea in 2009
* December 3
** Cornelius Griffin, American football player
** Marcos Denner, Brazilian footballer
* December 4 – Amie Comeaux, American country music singer (d. 1997)
* December 5
** Amy Acker, American actress
** Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese singer
* December 6 – Alicia Machado, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss Universe 1996
* December 7
** Mark Duplass, American actor, screenwriter and director
** Georges Laraque, Canadian ice-hockey player
** Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model
* December 8
** Zoe Konstantopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician
** Dominic Monaghan, English-German actor
* December 13
** Mark Paston, New Zealand footballer
** Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer
* December 14 – Leland Chapman, American bail bondsman
* December 15 – Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
* December 17
** Takeo Spikes, American football player
** The Hageman Brothers, Dan Hageman, American screenwriter and television producer
* December 18
** Koyuki, Japanese actress
* December 21 – Mirela Maniani, Greek javelin thrower
* December 23
** Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler
** Amjad Sabri, Pakistani Qawwali singer (d. 2016)
** Christopher Pizzey, English actor and comedian
* December 24 – Ángel Matos, Cuban taekwondo athlete
* December 25
** Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish metal keyboardist (Nightwish)
** Armin van Buuren, Dutch music producer and DJ
* December 26
** Nadia Litz, Canadian actress and producer
** Dmitri Tertyshny, Russian professional ice hockey (d. 1999)
* December 27 – Fernando Pisani, Canadian ice-hockey player
* December 28 – Joe Manganiello, American actor
* December 28 - Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian actor, YouTuber and magician.
* December 29 – Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writer
* December 31 – Ceza, Turkish rapper
* December 31
** Vanessa Kerry, American physician and health care administrator
** Chris Terrio, American film director/screenwriter
Date unknown
* Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan caricaturist
* Birgit C. Muller, Austrian fashion designer, producer and philanthropist
Deaths
January
![Paul Robeson 1942 crop](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Paul_Robeson_1942_crop.jpg)
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– John Ainsworth-Davis, Welsh surgeon and athlete (b. 1895)
*
January 5
** John A. Costello, former Taoiseach of the
Republic of Ireland (b. 1891)
** Mal Evans, English road manager to The Beatles (b. 1935)
** Károly Takács, Hungarian Olympic shooter (b. 1910)
* January 8 –
Zhou Enlai, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
* January 10 – Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer (b. 1910)
* January 12 – Agatha Christie, English detective fiction writer (b. 1890)
* January 13 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
* January 14
** Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
** Muhammad Sakizli, 2nd Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1892)
* January 15 – Gengo Hyakutake, Japanese admiral (b. 1882)
* January 19 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
* January 22 – Hermann Jónasson, Icelandic politician, 7th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1896)
* January 23 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, writer and activist (b. 1898)
* January 24 – Emil Bodnăraș, Romanian communist politician and army officer and Soviet agent (b. 1904)
* January 26 – Gabriele Allegra, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1907)
* January 29 – Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (b. 1896)
* January 31 – Ernesto Miranda, American criminal and namesake of the Miranda right (b. 1941)
February
![Florence Ballard (1965)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Florence_Ballard_%281965%29.jpg)
* February 1
** Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
** Hans Hofmann, German artist (b. 1880)
** George Whipple, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1878)
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Roger Livesey, Welsh actor (b. 1906)
* February 6 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker and script writer (b. 1925)
*
February 9 – Percy Faith, Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor (b. 1908)
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
** Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
** Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1894)
** Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Mathematician and biochemical theorist (b. 1894)
*
February 12 –
Sal Mineo, American actor (b.
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
)
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
**
Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Ramat Muhammad (8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian general who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War ...
, Nigerian general (b. 1938)
** Lily Pons, French-American operatic soprano and actress (b. 1898)
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– Jean Servais, Belgian actor (b. 1910)
* February 20
** René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1887)
** Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and faith healer (b. 1907)
* February 22 – Florence Ballard, American singer (''The Supremes'') (b. 1943)
* February 23 – L. S. Lowry, British artist (b. 1887)
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– Frieda Inescort, Scottish-born actress (b. 1901)
March
![Luchino Visconti 1972](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Luchino_Visconti_1972.jpg)
*
March 4 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
* March 5
** Charles Lederer, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1910)
** Otto Tief, Estonian politician and military commander (b. 1889)
* March 6 – Maxie Rosenbloom, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1907)
* March 8 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
* March 10 – Haddon Sundblom, Swedish illustrator and American artist (b. 1899)
*
March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
– Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
*
March 17 – Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and film director (b. 1906)
* March 19 – Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (''free (band), Free'') (b. 1950)
* March 21 – Spider Sabich, Vladimir Peter "Spider" Sabich, American alpine pro ski racing champion (1971, 1972), Olympic skier (''Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1968 Winter Olympics'') and homicide victim (b. 1945)
*
March 24
** Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887)
** E. H. Shepard, English artist and book illustrator (b. 1879)
* March 25 – Josef Albers, German-American artist (b. 1888)
* March 28 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1899)
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890)
April
![20111015_174748_phil-ochs_(cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/20111015_174748_phil-ochs_%28cropped%29.jpg)
*
April 1
** Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891)
** Alfred Lennon, father of musician John Lennon (b. 1912)
* April 4 – Harry Nyquist, American information theory pioneer (b. 1889)
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
– Howard Hughes, American aviation pioneer, film director and millionaire recluse (b. 1905)
* April 8 – Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)
* April 9 – Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
* April 12 – Miriam Cooper, American actress (b. 1891)
*
April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– Sabri al-Asali, Syrian politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1903)
* April 14 – Mariano Ospina Pérez, Colombian politician, 17th President of Colombia (b. 1891)
* April 18 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
*
April 25
** Carol Reed, English film director (b. 1906)
** Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (b. 1886)
* April 26 – Andrei Grechko, Soviet general, Soviet Defence Minister, Minister of Defence (b. 1903)
May
![Heidegger 2 (1960)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Heidegger_2_%281960%29.jpg)
* May 3 – Ernie Nevers, American football player (b. 1902)
* May 7 – Alison Uttley, English children's author (b. 1884)
*
May 9
** Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
**
Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (b. 1934)
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
* May 12 – Keith Relf, British rock musician (''The Yardbirds'') (b. 1943)
* May 20 – Royal E. Ingersoll, American admiral (b. 1883)
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
– Hugo Wieslander, Swedish Olympic athlete (b. 1889)
* May 26
** Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b. 1889)
** Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (b. 1904)
* May 27 – Ruth McDevitt, American actress (b. 1895)
* May 28 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter (b. 1917)
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. 1902)
*
May 31 – Jacques Monod, French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1910)
June
![Sybil Thorndike](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Sybil_Thorndike.jpg)
*
June 2
** Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Egyptian diplomat and politician, 1st List of Secretaries General of the Arab League, Secretary-General of the Arab League (b. 1893)
** Juan José Torres, Bolivian politician and military leader, 50th President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– Robert Wichard Pohl, German physicist (b. 1884)
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
** J. Paul Getty, American industrialist, founder of Getty Oil (b. 1892)
** David Jacobs (Welsh athlete), David Jacobs, Welsh Olympic athlete (b. 1888)
** Fuad Stephens, Malaysian politician (b. 1920)
** Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b. 1891)
* June 7
** Bobby Hackett, American jazz musician (b. 1915)
** Shigetarō Shimada, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (b. 1883)
* June 9 – Sybil Thorndike, Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (b. 1882)
* June 10 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born film producer (b. 1873)
* June 11 – Toots Mondt, American WWF promoter (b. 1894)
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, Prime Minister of South Vietnam and 1st Vice President of South Vietnam (b. 1908)
*
June 16 – Hector Pieterson, South African activist (b. 1963)
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– Richard Casey, Baron Casey, Richard Casey, Australian statesman and diplomat (b. 1890)
* June 24 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
*
June 27 – C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy admiral (b. 1902)
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
- Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (b. 1928)
July
![Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2007-0037, Gustav Heinemann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2007-0037%2C_Gustav_Heinemann.jpg)
* July 1
** Anneliese Michel, German Roman Catholic woman who was believed to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
** Zhang Wentian, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1900)
*
July 4 –
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli commando leader (b. 1946)
*
July 6 – Zhu De, List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China, Head of State of China, China Red Army Commander-in-Chief (b. 1886)
*
July 7
** Norman Foster (director), Norman Foster, American film director (b. 1903)
** Gustav Heinemann, 6th President of Germany, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1899)
* July 11 – León de Greiff, Colombian poet (b. 1895)
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– James Wong Howe, American cinematographer (b. 1899)
* July 14 – Joachim Peiper, German military leader (b. 1915)
*
July 15 – Paul Gallico, American novelist, short story and sports writer (b. 1897)
*
July 16
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 105 ...
– Wilhelmina von Bremen, American sprint runner (b. 1909)
* July 22 – Sir Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist (b. 1890)
* July 23 – Basil Hopko, Czechoslovak Roman Catholic bishop and saint (b. 1904)
* July 24 – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b. 1912)
*
July 28
** Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881)
** Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (b. 1899)
*
July 29 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
*
July 30
Events Pre-1600
* 762 – Baghdad is founded.
*1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
*1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
– Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1884)
August
![Fritz Lang (1969)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Fritz_Lang_%281969%29.jpg)
*
August 2
Events Pre-1600
*338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
*216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
– Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional film producer (b. 1890)
*
August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
** Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (b. 1903)
** Maria Klenova, Russian marine geologist (b. 1898)
* August 9 – José Lezama Lima, Cuban writer and poet (b. 1910)
*
August 10 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (b. 1884)
* August 12 – Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (b. 1905)
* August 22 – Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
*
August 25 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1900)
*
August 26 – Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)
*
August 28 –
Anissa Jones, American actress and student (b. 1958)
* August 29 – Jimmy Reed, American blues musician (b. 1925)
September
![Mao Zedong in 1959 (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Mao_Zedong_in_1959_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* September 5 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricket captain (b. 1894)
* September 9 –
Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and political theorist,
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, bei ...
(b. 1893)
*
September 10 – Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1905)
*
September 13 – Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician), Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Ecuadorian political figure, 30th President of Ecuador (b. 1912)
* September 14 – Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, (b. 1893)
*
September 15
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
*1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...
– Josef Sudek, Czech photographer (b. 1896)
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
– Bertha Lutz, Brazilian zoologist, politician, diplomat and feminist (b. 1894)
*
September 21 –
Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (assassinated) (b. 1932)
* September 26 – Leopold Ružička, Yugoslav chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
*
September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
– Raymond Collishaw, Canadian World War I fighter ace (b. 1893)
October
![Barbara Nichols 1956](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Barbara_Nichols_1956.jpg)
* October 5
** Lars Onsager, Norwegian-born American physical theoretical physicist, 1968 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
** Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
*
October 9 – Troy H. Middleton, American general and educator (b. 1889)
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October 10 – Silvana Armenulić, Yugoslav singer (b.
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
)
* October 14
** Edith Evans, British actress (b. 1888)
** Suleiman Nabulsi, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1908)
* October 15 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mobster (b. 1902)
*
October 18 – Giacomo Lercaro, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1891)
* October 31 – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer (b. 1878)
November
![RozRussell](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/RozRussell.jpg)
* November 8 – Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (b. 1909)
* November 9 – Armas Taipale, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1890)
* November 11 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (b. 1898)
*
November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904)
* November 18 – Man Ray, American artist (b. 1890)
* November 20 – Trofim Lysenko, Soviet biologist and agronomist of Ukrainian origin (b. 1898)
* November 23 – André Malraux, French novelist (b. 1901)
* November 28 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
* November 29 – Godfrey Cambridge, American comedian and actor (b. 1933)
* November 30 – Ivan Yakubovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1912)
December
![Jango](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Jango.jpg)
* December 2 – Danny Murtaugh,
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...
baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
* December 3
** Alfredo Dinale, Italian Olympic cyclist (b. 1900)
** Angelo Iachino, Italian admiral (b. 1889)
** Mary Nash (actress), Mary Nash, American actress (b. 1884)
* December 4
** Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951)
** Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
* December 6 – João Goulart, Brazilian politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
* December 12 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927)
* December 15 – Grégoire Kayibanda, Rwandan politician, 2nd President of Rwanda (b. 1924)
* December 19 – Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893)
* December 20
** Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago since 1955 (b. 1902)
** Ned Washington, American lyricist (b. 1901)
* December 28 – Freddie King, American rock guitarist (b. 1934)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Burton Richter, Samuel Chao Chung Ting
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – William Lipscomb, William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Baruch S. Blumberg, D Carleton Gajdusek
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Saul Bellow
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Betty Williams (Nobel laureate), Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Milton Friedman
References
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