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January
*January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...
– The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (GA) on 16 December 1966 through GA. Resolution 2200A (XXI), and came into force on 3 January 197 ...
enters into force.
* January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
* 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...
– The Pol Pot
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until Cambodian–Vietnamese War, his overthrow in 1979. During ...
regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1976 to 1979, under the government of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge's capture of the capital Phno ...
.
* January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the C ...
– Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...
.
* January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
** The United States vetoes a United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as th ...
.
** 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 (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...
begin in Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal 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 Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...
, Austria.
** The 7.5 Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
and Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
* February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire
*1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
– The Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the Armed forces, military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three branches: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and the Royal Aus ...
is formed by unification of the Australian Army
The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia. It is a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army ...
, the Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...
and the Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal Air force, aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the Governor-Gener ...
.
* February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...
– General Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Ramat Muhammed (; 8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian military officer and the fourth head of state of Nigeria. He led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi a ...
of Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
is assassinated in a military coup.
* 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.
...
– Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
's constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
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.
* 320 – Chandragupta ...
– The Spanish Armed Forces
The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Spanish ...
withdraw from Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...
.
* 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 Constantin ...
– The Polisario Front
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Spanish language, Spanish: ; ), better known by its acronym Polisario Front, is a Sahrawi nationalism, Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupatio ...
, Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...
's national liberation movement
A liberation movement is an organization or political movement leading a rebellion, or a non-violent social movement, against a colonial power or national government, often seeking independence based on a nationalist identity and an anti-imperiali ...
, declares independence of the territory under the name "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara, is a partially recognized state in the western Maghreb, which claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, but controls only ...
".
March
*March
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 2 ...
– 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, eighty Cray-1s were sold, making it one of the ...
, the first commercially developed supercomputer
A supercomputer is a type of 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 instruc ...
, is released by Seymour Cray
Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 – October 5, 1996)
– was an American
* July 2 – North Vietnam dissolves the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Provisional Government of South Vietnam and unites the two countries to form the Communism, Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
* July 3
** ''Gregg v. Georgia'': The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment overturning the ''Furman v. Georgia'' case of 1972.
** The 1976 United Kingdom heat wave, great heat wave in the United Kingdom, which is currently suffering from drought conditions, reaches its peak.
* July 4
** The U.S. celebrates its United States Bicentennial, bicentennial, in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the 1776 adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.
** Entebbe Raid: Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian people, 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.
* 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 mercenary, mercenaries, three British and one American, are shot by firing squad in
* August 1
** The 1976 Summer Olympics ends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
** Trinidad and Tobago becomes a republic, replacing Elizabeth II as its head of state with President of Trinidad and Tobago, President Ellis Clarke.
** Defending F1 World Champion Niki Lauda suffers serious burns in the 1976 German Grand Prix, German Grand Prix after a huge accident that nearly cost him his life.
* August 2 – 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 – The clock of "Big Ben" at the Palace of Westminster in London suffers internal damage and requires frequent repairs. The clock is stopped at times on 26 of the next 275 days.
* August 6 – Former United Kingdom Postmaster General John Stonehouse is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
* August 7 – Viking program: ''Viking 2'' enters into orbit around Mars.
* August 8 – As part of the American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger, ABA dispersal draft, 1976, a dispersal draft is conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which have folded.
* August 11 – A sniper rampage in Wichita, Kansas on a Holiday Inn results in 3 deaths while 7 others are wounded.
* August 14
** Around 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in
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* 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
* February 3
** Isla Fisher, Australian actress
** Tim Heidecker, American comedian
** Tijana Dapčević, Tijana, Macedonian singer
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* March 3
**Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
**Isabel Granada, Filipino actress and singer (d. 2017)
* March 5 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
* 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
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* July 1
** Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
** Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
* July 2
** Kon Arimura, Malaysian-Japanese radio personality, film critic and film commentator
** Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976), 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
** 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
** Rufus Johnson, American rapper also known as Bizarre
* July 7
** Lina Teoh, Malaysian actress, television host and model
** Bérénice Bejo, Argentine actress
** Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright
* July 8
** Ellen MacArthur, English yachtswoman
** 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
** Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
** Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
** Adrian Grenier, American actor, musician and director
** Elissa Slotkin, American politician
* July 11 – Eduardo Nájera, Mexican basketball player
* July 12
** Anna Friel, English actress
** Tracie Spencer, American R&B singer
** Kyrsten Sinema, American politician
* July 14 – Geraint Jones, Papua New Guinea cricketer
* July 15
** Diane Kruger, German actress
** Gabriel Iglesias, American actor, voice actor and comedian
* July 16
** Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player
** Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler
* July 17
** Luke Bryan, American country music singer-songwriter
** Marcos Senna, Brazilian born-Spanish footballer
** 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
* July 21
** Cori Bush, American politician
** Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian long jumper
** Jaime Murray, English actress
* July 23 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
* July 25 – Timur Mutsurayev, Chechen bard
* July 26 – Pável Pardo, Mexican footballer
* July 28 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer
* July 31 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
* September 1
** Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
** Ivano Brugnetti, Italian race walker
** Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
* September 3
** Jevon Kearse, American football player
** Samuel Kuffour, Ghanaian footballer
** 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 11 – Marco Rose, German football player and coach
* September 12 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
* September 13 – Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress
* September 15 – Rob Wiethoff, American actor
* September 16 – Tina Barrett, English singer (S Club 7)
* September 17 – 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 professional wrestling promoter
* September 25
** 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 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial arts fighter
* September 29 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
* Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Iraqi-born leader of the Islamic state (d. 2022)
* October 1 – Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
* October 2 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
* October 2 - Qaisar Mahmood
* October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
* October 4
** Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine born-Italian footballer
** Alicia Silverstone, American actress
** Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2017)
* October 5 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
* October 6
** Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
** Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer (d. 2025)
* October 7
** Taylor Hicks, American singer
** Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist
** Gilberto Silva, Brazilian football player
** Santiago Solari, Argentine football player and coach
* 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 12 – Kajsa Bergqvist, Swedish high jumper
* 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
** 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
** Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Irish actor
* October 23
** Cat Deeley, British television presenter
** Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
* October 25
** Steve Jones (Northern Irish footballer), Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer
** Anton Sikharulidze, Russian figure skater
* October 26
** Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
** Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canadian speed skater
** Thurop Van Orman, American animator and voice actor
* October 29
**Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
**Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (The Script) (d. 2023)
* October 31
** Guti, Spanish football player and coach
** Piper Perabo, American actress
* 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
* 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
** Tevin Campbell, American singer and actor
** Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
* November 13 – Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.
* November 15 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
* November 17 – Diane Neal, American actress
* November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
* November 19
** Jack Dorsey, American software architect, businessman, co-founder of Twitter
** 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 – 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
* January 3 – John Ainsworth-Davis, Welsh surgeon and athlete (b. 1895)
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* October 5
** Lars Onsager, Norwegian-born American physical theoretical physicist, 1968 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
** Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
* October 6 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
* October 9 – Troy H. Middleton, American general and educator (b. 1889)
* October 10 – Silvana Armenulić, Yugoslav singer (b. 1939)
* October 14
** Edith Evans, Dame 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 25 – Raymond Queneau, French writer (b. 1903)
* October 31 – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer (b. 1878)
* November 3 – Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (b. 1898)
* 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 12 – Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
* November 15 – 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)
– was an American
Cray Research
Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics. Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed i ...
, 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 functi ...
(ERDA) in Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos (, meaning ''The Poplars'') is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the Nuclear weapon, atomic bomb—the primary objective of ...
.
* March 1
Events Pre-1600
* 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
** U.K. Home Secretary Merlyn Rees
Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, (né Merlyn Rees; 18 December 1920 – 5 January 2006) was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1 ...
ends Special Category Status
In July 1972, William Whitelaw, the Conservative British government's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, granted Special Category Status (SCS) to all prisoners serving sentences in Northern Ireland for Troubles-related offences. This had be ...
for those sentenced for scheduled terrorist
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...
crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
.
** Bradford Bishop
William Bradford Bishop Jr. (born August 1, 1936) is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive, fugitive from justice since 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
The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and William ...
list.
* March 4
Events Pre-1600
* AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
** The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour Party (UK), Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of N ...
is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
, resulting in Direct rule over Northern Ireland
__NOTOC__
In Northern Irish politics, direct rule () is the administration of Northern Ireland directly by the Government of the United Kingdom. It was practised for 26 consecutive years between 1972 and 1998 during the Troubles, and has since ...
by the Government of the United Kingdom
His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government or otherwise UK Government, is the central government, central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
in London.
** The Maguire Seven
The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were two groups of people, mostly Northern Irish, who were wrongly convicted in English courts in 1975 and 1976 of the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 and the Woolwich pub bombing of 7 November 1974. ...
are found guilty in London of possessing explosives for use by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and subsequently jailed for 14 years; their convictions were overturned in 1991.
* March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– A cable car disaster occurs when a supporting cable breaks in Cavalese
Cavalese (''Cavalés'' in local dialect, ''Gablöss'' in local german dialect) is a ''comune'' of 4,004 inhabitants in Trentino, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiem ...
, Italy, resulting in 43 deaths.
* March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– 11 – Two coal mine explosions claim 26 lives at the Blue Diamond Coal Co. Scotia Mine, in Letcher County, Kentucky
Letcher County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 21,548. Its county seat is Whitesburg, Kentucky, Whitesburg. It was created in 1842 f ...
.
* March 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
* 1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, ...
– Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 197 ...
resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* March 20
Events Pre-1600
*1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
*1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is an American actress and member of the Hearst family. She is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.
She first became known for the events following her 197 ...
is found guilty of armed robbery of a San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
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; ...
.
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
*1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
* 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian- Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...
** Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
military forces depose president Isabel Perón
Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas; 4 February 1931) is an Argentine politician who served as the 41st president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the List of elected and appointed female heads of s ...
.
** A general strike
A general strike is 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 coalitions ...
takes place in the People's Republic of the Congo
The People's Republic of the Congo () was a Marxist–Leninist socialist state that existed in the Republic of the Congo from 1969 to 1992.
The People's Republic of the Congo was founded in December 1969 as the first Marxist-Leninist state ...
.
* March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
* 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
** The Body Shop
The Body Shop International Limited, trading as the Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care, and perfume company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, who opened her first store in Brighton, England. The company is now based in London Bridge ...
, the retail chain for skin care
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products and cosmetics
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founded by Anita Roddick
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics co ...
, opens its first branch in Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...
, England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
* March 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
** The South African Defence Force
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag'') comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Fo ...
withdraws from Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
and concludes Operation Savannah
Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II.
This SOE mission, requested by the Air Ministry, was to ambush and kill as many pilots as ...
.
** The first of the Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...
subway system opens.
* March 29
Events Pre-1600
* 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
* 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– The military dictatorship
A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which Power (social and political), power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a Polit ...
of General Jorge Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla ( ; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and the ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operati ...
comes to power in Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
.
* March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
* 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– The New Jersey
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Supreme Court rules that patient in a persistent vegetative state
A vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative state, the patie ...
in the Karen Ann Quinlan case
''In re Quinlan'' (70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647 (NJ 1976)) was a landmark 1975 court case in the United States in which the parents of a woman who was kept alive by artificial means were allowed to order her removal from artificial ventilation.
Kar ...
can be disconnected from her ventilator
A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathi ...
. 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 n ...
.
April
*April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
* 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Co ...
Company is formed by Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder o ...
and Steve Wozniak
Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Inc., Apple Computer with ...
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 busine ...
(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 en ...
, when it is sold to the public.
** The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect
The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect was a hoax phenomenon broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 1 April 1976. The hoax purported that a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Pluto (Pluto would later be reclassified by astronomers as a dwarf pla ...
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's early interest in astro ...
.
* April 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...
– Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a member of the House of Norodom, Cambodian royal house who led the country as Monarchy of Cambodia, King, List of heads of state of Cambodia, Chief of State and Prime Minister of Cambodi ...
is forced to resign as Head of State of Kampuchea by the Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihano ...
led by Pol Pot
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until Cambodian–Vietnamese War, his overthrow in 1979. During ...
and is placed under house arrest.
* April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
* 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
* 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
– The Eurovision Song Contest 1976
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the 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 (band), Teach-In. Organised by the Euro ...
is won by Brotherhood of Man
Brotherhood of Man were a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s with three number one hits in the UK. They won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with " Save Your Kisses for Me".
Created in 1969 by songwriter and record producer ...
, representing the United Kingdom, with their song ''Save Your Kisses for Me
"Save Your Kisses for Me" is a song recorded by British group Brotherhood of Man, written by Tony Hiller with band members Lee Sheriden and Martin Lee. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 held in The Hague, winning the contest.
The song be ...
''.
* April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
** James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the L ...
becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...
.
** Tiananmen Incident: Large crowds lay wreaths at Beijing's ''Monument of the Martyrs'' to commemorate the death of Premier Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...
. Poems against the Gang of Four
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are also displayed, provoking a police crackdown.
** Segovia prison break
The Segovia prison break () occurred in Segovia, Spain on 5 April 1976 when 29 political prisoners escaped from Segovia prison. This was the largest prison break in Spain since the Spanish Civil War. The prisoners escaped by means of tunnels they ...
: in Spain's largest prison break since the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
, 29 political prisoners escape from Segovia
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prison.
* April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
** The 1976 West Bank local elections
Local elections were held in the West Bank on 12 April 1976, on the order of Israeli military authorities and under the 1955 Jordanian municipal elections law. About 63,000 voters cast their ballot, a voter turnout of 72%. The result was a victory ...
were held.
* April 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
* 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
** The Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion
The Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion () was an industrial disaster in an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland on 13 April 1976. 40 workers were killed and 60 people injured. This was Finland's worst industrial disaster.
Explosion
The explosion ...
in Lapua
Lapua (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland's South Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region.
It is located next to the Lapua River. The town has a population of
() and cov ...
, Finland kills 40.
** The United States Treasury Department
The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments.
The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and ...
reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Notes 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 and issues them to the Federal Re ...
on Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (, 1743July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the United States Declaration of Indepe ...
's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial
The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. It was a central event in the memo ...
celebration.
* April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide.
* ...
– As a measure to curb population growth
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, the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.
* April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callini ...
– A violent F5 tornado strikes around Brownwood, Texas
Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,862 as of th2020 census Brownwood is in the Texas Hill Country and is home to Howard Payne University, which was founded in 1889.
History
...
, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least by the tornado and survived uninjured.
* 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 mur ...
– The Great Bookie Robbery in Melbourne
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, Australia: Bandits steal A$1.4 million in bookmakers' settlements from Queen Street, Melbourne.
* April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
– Portugal's new constitution is enacted.
* April 29
Events Pre-1600
* 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.
* 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
– Sino-Soviet split
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: 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
Events Pre-1600
* 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
* 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
* 1169 & ...
– Neville Wran
Neville Kenneth Wran, (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986. He was the national president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986 and chairman o ...
becomes Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster system, Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales actin ...
.
* May 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.
* 1415 – Religious reformer John Wycliffe is condemned a ...
** 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 ...
(Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
** A train crash in Schiedam
Schiedam () is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen and south of the city Delft. In the south, Schi ...
, the Netherlands, kills 24 people.
* May 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
* 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
– An earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless.
* May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
* 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
– Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing militant, journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the repute ...
of the Red Army Faction
The Red Army Faction (, ; RAF ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang ( ), was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970 and active until 1998, considered a terrorist organisat ...
is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell.
* May 11
Events Pre-1600
* 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
*868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...
**U.S. President Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
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 communicati ...
.
** An accident involving a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pungent smell. It is widely used in fertilizers, ...
takes place in Houston, Texas
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, resulting in the deaths of 7 people.
* May 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1344 – A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades.
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, v ...
– The Atari
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and bl ...
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.
*13 ...
– The Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...
sweep the Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...
in four games to win the Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () 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, and the International Ic ...
in ice hockey. Flyers forward Reggie Leach
Reginald Joseph Leach (born April 23, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, and Detroit Red ...
became the only non-goaltender from a finals losing team to win the Conn Smythe Trophy
The Conn Smythe Trophy () is awarded annually to the most valuable player (MVP) of his team during the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup playoffs. It is named after Conn Smythe, the longtime owner, general manager, and head coach of the ...
as MVP of the playoffs after scoring a record 19 goals in 16 playoff games.
* May 21
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as '' Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlab ...
– The Yuba City bus disaster
The Yuba City bus disaster occurred on May 21, 1976, in Martinez, California, 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 incl ...
, the second-worst bus crash in U.S. history, leaves 28 students and one teacher killed.
* 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 ...
** Washington, D.C. Concorde
Concorde () is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France and the United Kingdom signed a treaty establishin ...
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
Events Pre-1600
* 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...
– U.S. President Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
defeats challenger Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
in 3 Republican presidential primaries: Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
, Tennessee
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and Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
.
* 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 .
* 1381 – ...
– Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
automobile race: Johnny Rutherford
John Sherman Rutherford III (born March 12, 1938), also known as "Lone Star JR", is an American former automobile racing driver. During an Indy Car career that spanned more than three decades, he scored 27 wins and 23 pole positions in 314 start ...
wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or .
* May 31
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by th ...
– Syria intervenes in the Lebanese Civil War in opposition to the Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...
, which it has previously supported.
June
*June 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
* 1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
* 1495 – A monk, John Cor, rec ...
– The United Kingdom and Iceland
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end the Third Cod War
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, with the UK accepting Iceland's extension of its territorial waters to 200 nautical miles in exchange for defined fishing rights.
* June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 260 – Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
* 455 – Sack of Rome: ...
** A car bomb fatally injures ''Arizona Republic
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History
Early years
The newspap ...
'' reporter Don Bolles
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.
** The Philippine
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government opens relations with the Soviet Union
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.
* June 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1411 – King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
*1525 – 1525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and ...
– The Boston Celtics
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defeat the Phoenix Suns
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128–126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the National Basketball Association Finals
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at the Boston Garden
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. 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
* 830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons.
* 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Sh ...
– The Teton Dam
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collapses in southeast Idaho
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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, appointe ...
– The Double Six Crash, a plane crash in Kota Kinabalu
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, Malaysia
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, kills everyone on board, including Sabah
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an Chief Minister
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Tun Fuad Stephens
Muhammad Fuad Stephens, (born Donald Aloysius Marmaduke Stephens; 14 September 1920 – 6 June 1976) was a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the 1st and 5th Chief Minister of Sabah from September 1963 to December 1964 and aga ...
.
* 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.
*1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aib ...
– 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, Iowa, Jordan.
* June 16 – The Soweto uprising in South Africa begins.
* June 20
** Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the U.S. military, following the murder of the U.S. Ambassador.
** 1976 Italian general election, General elections are held in Italy, resulting in the best result for the Communist Party (PCI) in a general election.
** Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia beats Germany national football team, West Germany 5–3 on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties to win UEFA Euro 1976, Euro 76 when the game ends 2–2 after extra time.
* June 25 – Strikes start in Poland (Ursus, Warsaw, Ursus, 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
** Group of Six, G-6 is renamed "G7, Group of 7" (G-7) with the inclusion of Canada.
** Palestinian militants Operation Entebbe, hijack an Air France plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to Entebbe, Uganda.
* June 29
** Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom.
** The 1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe, Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
July
* July 2 – North Vietnam dissolves the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Provisional Government of South Vietnam and unites the two countries to form the Communism, Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
* July 3
** ''Gregg v. Georgia'': The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment overturning the ''Furman v. Georgia'' case of 1972.
** The 1976 United Kingdom heat wave, great heat wave in the United Kingdom, which is currently suffering from drought conditions, reaches its peak.
* July 4
** The U.S. celebrates its United States Bicentennial, bicentennial, in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the 1776 adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.
** Entebbe Raid: Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian people, 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.
* 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 mercenary, mercenaries, three British and one American, are shot by firing squad in Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
, following the Luanda Trial.
** Seveso disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Seveso, Italy, causes extensive 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 – 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.
** Price Club, as predecessor of Costco, a worldwide membership-registration-only retailer, is founded in California.
* July 15
** Jimmy Carter is nominated for U.S. president at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
** Twenty-six Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver are 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping, 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–July 20, 20 – Albert Spaggiari and his gang break into the vault of the Société Generale Bank in Nice, France.
* July 17
** The 1976 Summer Olympics begin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
** East Timor is declared the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, 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, 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, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
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 the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
.
* 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 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 and will end in the deaths of 29 attendees.
* July 28 – The 1976 Tangshan earthquake, Tangshan earthquake 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
** Bruce Jenner wins the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
** In Santiago, Chile, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro from Brazil beats Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate from Argentina and are the Copa Libertadores de América champions in Association football.
* July 31
** 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 ends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
** Trinidad and Tobago becomes a republic, replacing Elizabeth II as its head of state with President of Trinidad and Tobago, President Ellis Clarke.
** Defending F1 World Champion Niki Lauda suffers serious burns in the 1976 German Grand Prix, German Grand Prix after a huge accident that nearly cost him his life.
* August 2 – 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 – The clock of "Big Ben" at the Palace of Westminster in London suffers internal damage and requires frequent repairs. The clock is stopped at times on 26 of the next 275 days.
* August 6 – Former United Kingdom Postmaster General John Stonehouse is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
* August 7 – Viking program: ''Viking 2'' enters into orbit around Mars.
* August 8 – As part of the American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger, ABA dispersal draft, 1976, a dispersal draft is conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which have folded.
* August 11 – A sniper rampage in Wichita, Kansas on a Holiday Inn results in 3 deaths while 7 others are wounded.
* August 14
** Around 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
.
** The Senegalese political party ''African Independence Party – Renewal, PAI-Rénovation'' is legally recognized, becoming the third legal party in the country.
* August 17 – The 8.0 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake, Moro Gulf earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.
* August 18 – At Panmunjom, North Korea, two United States soldiers are killed while trying to Operation Paul Bunyan, chop down part of a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone which has obscured their view.
* August 19 – U.S. President Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
edges out challenger Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
to win the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City.
* 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 resigns as Prime Minister of France; 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, resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the Lockheed Corporation.
* August 30 – James Alexander George Smith McCartney is sworn in as the first chief minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
September
* September 1 ** 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 in the framework of a dictatorship. ** The state of emergency in the Republic of Ireland legally still in force since 1939 is lifted. * September 3 ** Viking program: The ''Viking 2'' spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, taking the first close-up color photographs of the planet's surface. ** A Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Venezuelan Air Force 1976 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash, crashed near Lajes Field, Azores Islands, Portugal, killing all 68 occupants on board. * September 6 ** Cold War: Soviet Union, Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan, and requests refugee, political asylum in the United States. ** Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin 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 9 – Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong dies in Beijing after a series of heart attacks. * September 10 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision, Zagreb mid-air collision: A British Airways Trident and a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (modern-day Zagreb, Croatia), killing all 176 aboard. * September 15 – Darryl Sittler scores the winning goal in the 1976 Canada Cup for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first Canada Cup in ice hockey. * September 16 ** 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 National Reorganization Process, Argentine dictatorship takes place. * September 17 – The space shuttle ''Space Shuttle Enterprise, Enterprise'' is rolled out of a hangar in Palmdale, California, United States. * September 21 ** The Seychelles join theUnited Nations
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.
** Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
* September 24 – Patty Hearst
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She first became known for the events following her 197 ...
is sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in the armed robbery of a San Francisco
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bank in 1974
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(an executive clemency order from U.S. President Jimmy Carter will set her free after only 22 months).
October
* October 4 – The InterCity 125 high-speed train is introduced in the United Kingdom. * October 6 ** Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by Cuban dissident movement, anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados; all 73 people on board are killed. ** Students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand are Thammasat University massacre, massacred, 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. ** InSan Francisco
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, 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 the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
incorrectly 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 due to th ...
.
* October 8 – Thorbjörn Fälldin replaces Olof Palme as Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Sweden.
* 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 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 19
** The Battle of Aishiya is fought in Lebanon.
** The Copyright Act of 1976 extends copyright duration for an additional 19 years in the United States.
** The Common chimpanzee, Chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes'') is placed on the list of endangered species.
* October 20 – The Mississippi River ferry MV George Prince ferry disaster, 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.
* October 26 – Transkei gains "independence" from South Africa.
November
* November 2 – 1976 United States presidential election: Jimmy Carter narrowly defeats incumbentGerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the American Civil War, Civil War.
* November 12 – Disappearance of Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew from Inverness in Scotland; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case.
* November 15 – The first megamouth shark is discovered off Oahu, Oahu in Hawaii.
* November 19 – Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal.
* November 24 – 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake: Between 4,000 and 5,000 are killed in a 7.3 earthquake at Van, Turkey, Van and Muradiye in eastern Turkey.
* November 26
** Microsoft is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.
** The Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat is established.
December
* December 1 **Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
joins the United Nations
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.
** José López Portillo takes office as President of Mexico.
** Sir Douglas Nicholls is appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia, the first Australian Aboriginal appointed to Viceroy, vice-regal office.
* December 3 – Patrick Hillery is sworn in after being elected unopposed as the 6th President of Ireland.
* 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
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.
** 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
* Random breath testing is introduced in Victoria (Australia). * 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.Births
January
* January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...
– Paz Vega, Spanish actress
* January 3 – Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
* January 4 – August Diehl, German actor
* January 6 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor
* January 13
** Michael Peña, American actor
** Mario Yepes, Colombian football player
* January 16 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
* January 21 – Emma Bunton, English musician
* January 23
** Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteer
** Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer
* January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
August DiehlAhn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer and television personality
* January 28 – Rick Ross, American rapper
February
* 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
* February 3
** Isla Fisher, Australian actress
** Tim Heidecker, American comedian
** Tijana Dapčević, Tijana, Macedonian singer
* 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
** Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
** Tony Jaa, Thai martial art film actor/choreographer/director
** Brian Moorman, American football player
* February 6 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
* February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire
*1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
– Charlie Day, American actor
* February 10 – Lance Berkman, American baseball player
* February 11 – Brice Beckham, American actor
* February 12 – 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 – Svein Berge, Norwegian musician (Röyksopp)
* February 18 – Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
* 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
** 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.
...
– 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 Constantin ...
– Sergei Semak, Russian football player and coach
* February 28
** Ali Larter, American actress and model
** Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor
* February 29
** Ja Rule, American rapper
** Mark Pollock, blind Irish adventurer and author
March
* March 3
**Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
**Isabel Granada, Filipino actress and singer (d. 2017)
* March 5 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
* 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
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Argentinean model
* March 10 – Miroslav Kostadinov, Bulgarian singer and songwriter
* March 12 – Zhao Wei, Chinese singer and actress
* March 13 – Danny Masterson, American actor
* March 14 – Merlin Santana, American actor (d. 2002)
* March 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
* 1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, ...
** 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
** Eric Sorensen (politician), Eric Sorensen, American meteorologist and politician
* March 19
** Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
** Andre Miller, American basketball player
** Alessandro Nesta, Italian football player
* March 20
Events Pre-1600
*1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
*1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– Chester Bennington, American singer (Linkin Park) (d. 2017)
* March 21 – Rachael MacFarlane, American actress and singer, sister of Seth MacFarlane
* March 22
** Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
** Shawty Lo, American rapper (d. 2016)
** 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
Events Pre-1600
*1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
* 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian- Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...
** Aaron Brooks (American football), Aaron Brooks, American football player
** Peyton Manning, American football player
* March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration.
* 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
– Amy Smart, American actress
* March 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
**Brandon Johnson, American politician, mayor-elect of Chicago
**Liu Limin, Chinese swimmer
* March 29
Events Pre-1600
* 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
* 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– 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
* April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
* 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** Troy Baker, American actor and musician
** David Oyelowo, English-American actor
* April 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...
** Lucy Diakovska, German-Bulgarian pop singer
** Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
** Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
* April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
* 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
* 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
– Will Mellor, English actor
* April 4
** Emerson (footballer, born 1976), Emerson, Brazilian footballer
** James Roday, American actor, director and screenwriter
** Paula Yacoubian, Lebanese politician and journalist
* April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
** Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
** Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer
** Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer
** Sterling K. Brown, African-American actor
* April 6 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress
* April 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (d. 2006)
* April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– Andrei Lipanov, Russian ice skater
* April 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
* 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
** 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
** Steve Williams (rower), Steve Williams, British rower
* April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide.
* ...
** David Lyons (actor), David Lyons, Australian actor
** Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (d. 2017)
** Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
* April 18
** Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
** Sean Maguire, British actor and singer
* April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callini ...
**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 mur ...
– Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
* April 22 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
* April 23 – Darren Huckerby, English footballer
* April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
** 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
* April 26 – Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress
* April 27 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
* April 28 – Joseph N'Do, Cameroonian international footballer
May
* May 1
Events Pre-1600
* 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
* 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
* 1169 & ...
** Darius McCrary, American actor
** Michele Frangilli, Italian archer
* May 3
** Beto (footballer, born May 1976), Beto, Portuguese footballer
** Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
* May 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.
* 1415 – Religious reformer John Wycliffe is condemned a ...
– 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
* May 8 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American folk-pop singer
* 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
** Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976), Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
** Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
** Anže Logar, Slovenian politician, minister of foreign affairs
* May 17 – Mayte Martínez, Spanish athlete
* May 20 – Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan Major League Baseball, baseball player
* May 23 – Ricardinho (footballer, born May 1976), Ricardinho, Brazilian football player and coach
* May 25
Events Pre-1600
* 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...
** Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
** Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
** Erinn Hayes, American actress
** Nadine Heredia, Peruvian politician, First Lady of Peru
* May 26 – Paul Collingwood, English cricketer
* May 28
** Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
** Liam O'Brien, American actor
* May 31
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by th ...
** Colin Farrell, Irish actor
** Roar Ljøkelsøy, Norwegian ski jumper
June
* June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 260 – Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
* 455 – Sack of Rome: ...
** 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
Events Pre-1600
* 1411 – King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
*1525 – 1525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and ...
** Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and political activist (d. 2024)
** Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
* June 5
Events Pre-1600
* 830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons.
* 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Sh ...
** Aesop Rock, American hip-hop artist
** Marc Worden, Canadian actor and voice actor
* 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, appointe ...
** Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian actress and singer
** Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder
* June 7
** Necro (rapper), Necro, American rapper
** Nora Salinas, Mexican actress and model
** Mirsad Türkcan, Serbian born-Turkish basketball player
* June 8 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
* 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.
*1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aib ...
– 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
** Estelle Folest, French politician
** Peter Svidler, Russian chess grandmaster
* June 18
** Petri Haapimaa, Finnish footballer and coach
** Brady Haran, Australian-British founder and cast of Numberphile channel
** Blake Shelton, American singer
* June 19 – Ryan Hurst, American actor
* June 20 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
* June 21 – Antonio Cochran, American football player
* June 22 – Mike O'Brien (actor), Mike O'Brien, American actor, writer and comedian
* June 23
** Brandon Stokley, American football player
** Paola Suárez, Argentine tennis player
** Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
** Patrick Vieira, French footballer
** Gavin Williamson, British politician, Secretary of State for Education
* June 25 – Maurren Maggi, Brazilian athlete and politician
* 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
** Nawaf Al-Temyat, Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player
** David Palmer (squash player), David Palmer, Australian squash player
* June 29
** Annette Beutler, Swiss professional racing cyclist
** Katsutoshi Domori, Japanese football player
** Angelo Lekkas, Australian rules footballer
* June 30
** Tamara Sedmak, Swiss television presenter, model and actress
** Jason Bostic, American football defensive back
** Christine Schürrer, German serial killer
** Gilbert Yvel, Dutch mixed martial artist
July
* July 1
** Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
** Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
* July 2
** Kon Arimura, Malaysian-Japanese radio personality, film critic and film commentator
** Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976), 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
** 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
** Rufus Johnson, American rapper also known as Bizarre
* July 7
** Lina Teoh, Malaysian actress, television host and model
** Bérénice Bejo, Argentine actress
** Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright
* July 8
** Ellen MacArthur, English yachtswoman
** 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
** Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
** Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
** Adrian Grenier, American actor, musician and director
** Elissa Slotkin, American politician
* July 11 – Eduardo Nájera, Mexican basketball player
* July 12
** Anna Friel, English actress
** Tracie Spencer, American R&B singer
** Kyrsten Sinema, American politician
* July 14 – Geraint Jones, Papua New Guinea cricketer
* July 15
** Diane Kruger, German actress
** Gabriel Iglesias, American actor, voice actor and comedian
* July 16
** Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player
** Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler
* July 17
** Luke Bryan, American country music singer-songwriter
** Marcos Senna, Brazilian born-Spanish footballer
** 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
* July 21
** Cori Bush, American politician
** Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian long jumper
** Jaime Murray, English actress
* July 23 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
* July 25 – Timur Mutsurayev, Chechen bard
* July 26 – Pável Pardo, Mexican footballer
* July 28 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer
* July 31 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
August
* August 1 ** Iván Duque, Colombian politician, 33rd President of Colombia ** Don Hertzfeldt, American animator ** Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer ** Hasan Şaş, Turkish football player and coach ** Amar Upadhyay, Indian television actor and model * August 2 ** Kati Wilhelm, German biathlete ** Pritam Singh, Singaporean lawyer and politician * August 4 ** Paul Goldstein (tennis), Paul Goldstein, American tennis player * August 5 – Napoleon Beazley, juvenile offender (d. 2002) * August 6 ** 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) * August 9 ** Jessica Capshaw, American actress ** Audrey Tautou, French actress * August 11 ** Iván Córdoba, Colombian football player and manager ** Will Friedle, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian * August 12 ** Mikko Lindström, Finnish rock guitarist ** Lina Rafn, Danish singer * August 14 – 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 18 ** Lee Seung-yuop, Lee Seung-yeop, South Korean baseball player ** Bryan Volpenhein, American rower * August 21 – Liezel Huber, South African born-American tennis player * August 25 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish 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 ** Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer * August 30 – Cristian Gonzáles, Uruguayan-born Indonesian footballer * August 31 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballerSeptember
* September 1
** Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
** Ivano Brugnetti, Italian race walker
** Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
* September 3
** Jevon Kearse, American football player
** Samuel Kuffour, Ghanaian footballer
** 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 11 – Marco Rose, German football player and coach
* September 12 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
* September 13 – Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress
* September 15 – Rob Wiethoff, American actor
* September 16 – Tina Barrett, English singer (S Club 7)
* September 17 – 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 professional wrestling promoter
* September 25
** 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 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial arts fighter
* September 29 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
October
* Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Iraqi-born leader of the Islamic state (d. 2022)
* October 1 – Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
* October 2 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
* October 2 - Qaisar Mahmood
* October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
* October 4
** Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine born-Italian footballer
** Alicia Silverstone, American actress
** Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2017)
* October 5 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
* October 6
** Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
** Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer (d. 2025)
* October 7
** Taylor Hicks, American singer
** Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist
** Gilberto Silva, Brazilian football player
** Santiago Solari, Argentine football player and coach
* 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 12 – Kajsa Bergqvist, Swedish high jumper
* 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
** 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
** Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Irish actor
* October 23
** Cat Deeley, British television presenter
** Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
* October 25
** Steve Jones (Northern Irish footballer), Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer
** Anton Sikharulidze, Russian figure skater
* October 26
** Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
** Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canadian speed skater
** Thurop Van Orman, American animator and voice actor
* October 29
**Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
**Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (The Script) (d. 2023)
* October 31
** Guti, Spanish football player and coach
** Piper Perabo, American actress
November
* 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
* 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
** Tevin Campbell, American singer and actor
** Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
* November 13 – Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.
* November 15 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
* November 17 – Diane Neal, American actress
* November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
* November 19
** Jack Dorsey, American software architect, businessman, co-founder of Twitter
** 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 – 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
* 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 ** Rafaela Crespín Rubio, Spanish politician ** 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 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 29 – Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writerDate unknown
* Pedro X. Molina, Nicaraguan caricaturistDeaths
January
* January 3 – John Ainsworth-Davis, Welsh surgeon and athlete (b. 1895)
* January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
* 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...
** 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
** Georges Stuttler, French footballer (b. 1897)
** Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...
, 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 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
* February 1 ** Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) ** Hans Richter (artist), Hans Richter, German artist and filmmaker (b. 1888) ** 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
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire
*1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
– Percy Faith, Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor (b. 1908)
* February 11
** Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
** Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1894)
** Dorothy Maud Wrinch, British mathematician and biochemical theorist (b. 1894)
* February 12 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
* February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...
** Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Ramat Muhammed (; 8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian military officer and the fourth head of state of Nigeria. He led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi a ...
, Nigerian general (b. 1938)
** Lily Pons, French-American operatic soprano and actress (b. 1898)
* February 17 – 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.
* 320 – Chandragupta ...
– Frieda Inescort, Scottish-born actress (b. 1901)
March
*March 4
Events Pre-1600
* AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
* March 5 – Otto Tief, Estonian politician and military commander (b. 1889)
* March 6 – Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1907)
* March 8 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
* March 10 – Haddon Sundblom, American illustrator and artist (b. 1899)
* March 14
** Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
** Jasimuddin, Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, composer and writer (b. 1903)
* March 17 – Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and film director (b. 1906)
* March 19 – Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (''free (band), Free'') (b. 1950)
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
*1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
* 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian- Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...
** 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 marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
* 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890)
April
* April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
* 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** 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 Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
– Howard Hughes, American aviation pioneer, film director and millionaire recluse (b. 1905)
* April 9
** Margaret Brundage, American illustrator (''Weird Tales'') (b. 1900)
** Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
** Renato Petronio, Italian rower, Olympic champion (1928 Summer Olympics, 1928) (b. 1891)
* April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– Miriam Cooper, American actress (b. 1891)
* April 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
* 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
– 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 17 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
* April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
** 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
* May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
* 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
** Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
** Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing militant, journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the repute ...
, German terrorist (b. 1934)
* May 11
Events Pre-1600
* 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
*868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...
– Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
* May 12 – Keith Relf, British rock musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943)
* May 15 – Samuel Eliot Morison, American historian (b. 1887)
* 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 ...
– 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. 1914)
* 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 .
* 1381 – ...
– Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. 1902)
* May 31
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by th ...
– Jacques Monod, French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1910)
June
* June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 260 – Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
* 455 – Sack of Rome: ...
** 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 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, appointe ...
** 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, Japanese admiral 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.
*1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aib ...
– 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 15 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
* June 16 – Hector Pieterson, South African activist (b. 1963)
* June 17 – Richard Casey, Baron Casey, Richard Casey, Australian statesman and diplomat (b. 1890)
* June 24
** Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
** Juliette Elmir, Lebanese-Argentine nurse and political activist (b. 1909)
* June 27 – C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy admiral (b. 1902)
* June 28 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (b. 1928)
* June 30 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball pitcher (b. 1898)
July
* 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 – 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 – 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 – Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1884)August
* August 2 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional film producer (b. 1890) * August 4 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor (b. 1894) * August 6 ** Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-born American cellist (b. 1903) ** Maria Klenova, Russian marine geologist (b. 1898) ** Betty Clooney, American singer (b. 1931), sister of singer Rosemary Clooney * 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 ** Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi national poet (b. 1899) ** Jimmy Reed, American blues musician (b. 1925)September
* September 5 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (b. 1894) * September 9 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary and political theorist, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (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 – Josef Sudek, Czech photographer (b. 1896) * September 16 – Bertha Lutz, Brazilian zoologist, politician, diplomat and feminist (b. 1894) * September 19 ** Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian-born British rabbi (b. 1886) ** Choe Yong-gon (army commander), Choi Yong-kun, North Korean general and defence minister (b. 1900) ** Robert Mellard, American US Army soldier (b. 1919) * 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 – Raymond Collishaw, Canadian World War I fighter ace (b. 1893)October
* October 5
** Lars Onsager, Norwegian-born American physical theoretical physicist, 1968 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
** Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
* October 6 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
* October 9 – Troy H. Middleton, American general and educator (b. 1889)
* October 10 – Silvana Armenulić, Yugoslav singer (b. 1939)
* October 14
** Edith Evans, Dame 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 25 – Raymond Queneau, French writer (b. 1903)
* October 31 – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer (b. 1878)
November
* November 3 – Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (b. 1898)
* 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 12 – Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
* November 15 – 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
* December 2 – Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh Pirates 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 20 ** Richard J. Daley, American politician (b. 1902) ** Ned Washington, American lyricist (b. 1901) * December 28 – Freddie King, American blues 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 FriedmanReferences
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