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  • Myanmar
    1976
    Conflict in Myanmar

    KNU called for a Federal Union with fair Karen Representation

    Myanmar
    1976

    The initial aim of the largest Karen opposition group, the Karen National Union (KNU), and its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), was to obtain independence for the Karen people. However, since 1976 they have instead called for a federal union with fair Karen representation and the self-determination of the Karen people.




  • Tbilisi, Georgia
    1976
    Garry Kasparov

    The Soviet Junior Championship

    Tbilisi, Georgia
    1976

    Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship in Tbilisi in 1976, scoring 7 points of 9, at age 13.




  • U.S.
    1976
    Visa Inc.

    The directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the directors of IBANCO determined that bringing the various international networks together into a single network with a single name internationally would be in the best interests of the corporation; however, in many countries, there was still great reluctance to issue a card associated with Bank of America, even though the association was entirely nominal in nature.




  • Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976
    Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge

    Completely Deaf

    Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.
    1976

    Doss continued to receive treatment from the military, but after an overdose of antibiotics rendered him completely deaf in 1976, he was given 100% disability; he was able to regain his hearing after receiving a cochlear implant in 1988. Despite the severity of his injuries, Doss managed to raise a family on a small farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.




  • Jobra, Bangladesh
    1976
    Muhammad Yunus

    Yunus's visits to the village of Jobra

    Jobra, Bangladesh
    1976

    In 1976, during visits to the poorest households in the village of Jobra near Chittagong University, Yunus discovered that very small loans could make a disproportionate difference to a poor person. Yunus lent US$27 of his money to 42 women in the village, who made a profit of BDT 0.50 (US$0.02) each on the loan. Thus, Yunus is credited with the idea of microcredit.




  • Paris, France
    1976
    Bernard Arnault

    Liquidating the Construction Division

    Paris, France
    1976

    In 1976, Arnault convinced his father to liquidate the construction division of the company for 40 million French francs and to change the focus of the company to real estate.




  • Mexico City, Mexico
    1976
    Carlos Slim

    Galas de México

    Mexico City, Mexico
    1976

    In 1976, Slim branched out by acquiring a 60 percent share of Galas de México, a small printer of cigarette-pack labels for US$1 million


  • U.S.
    1976
    Nike, Inc.

    The Company Hired Its First Advertising Agency

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the company hired John Brown and Partners, based in Seattle, as its first advertising agency.


  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Microprocessor

    The RCA 1802

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (aka CDP1802, RCA COSMAC) (introduced in 1976), which was used on board the Galileo probe to Jupiter (launched 1989, arrived 1995).


  • Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Relocation to Washington, D.C

    Washington, D.C, U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, the family relocated to Washington, D.C., and settled in suburban Annandale, Virginia, when McCandless' father was hired as an antenna specialist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); McCandless' mother worked as a secretary at Hughes Aircraft. The couple went on to establish a successful consultancy business out of their home, specializing in Walt's area of expertise.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976
    World Bank

    Developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1976

    From 1976 to 1980 developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 1976
    DC Comics

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director

    U.S.
    Jan, 1976

    Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director in January 1976.


  • New York, U.S.
    1976
    Robin Williams

    Leaving Juilliard

    New York, U.S.
    1976

    During the summers of 1974, 1975 and 1976, Williams worked as a busser at The Trident in Sausalito, California. He left Juilliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman, who said there was nothing more Juilliard could teach him. Gerald Freedman, another of his teachers at Juilliard, said that Williams was a "genius" and that the school's conservative and classical style of training did not suit him; no one was surprised that he left.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Computer animation

    The first use of 3D wireframe

    U.S.
    1976

    The first use of 3D wireframe imagery in mainstream cinema was in the sequel to Westworld, Futureworld (1976), directed by Richard T. Heffron. This featured a computer-generated hand and face created by the University of Utah graduate students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke which had initially appeared in their 1972 experimental short A Computer Animated Hand. The Oscar-winning 1975 short animated film Great, about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, contains a brief sequence of a rotating wireframe model of Brunel's final project, the iron steamship SS Great Eastern. The third movie to use this technology was Star Wars (1977), written and directed by George Lucas, with wireframe imagery in the scenes with the Death Star plans, the targeting computers in the X-wing fighters, and the Millennium Falcon spacecraft.


  • Kingston, Jamaica
    Wednesday Jan 7, 1976
    International Monetary Fund

    Jamaica Accords

    Kingston, Jamaica
    Wednesday Jan 7, 1976

    The changes to the IMF articles of agreement reflecting these changes were ratified in 1976 by the Jamaica Accords.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    First choice of only four percent of Democratic voters

    U.S.
    Monday Jan 26, 1976

    When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries, he was considered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians; his name recognition was two percent. As late as January 26, 1976, Carter was the first choice of only four percent of Democratic voters.


  • U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    1973 oil crisis

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins

    U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins. Small changes in Entitlements Program.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping

    Utah, U.S.
    Feb, 1976

    In February 1976, Bundy stood trial for the DaRonch kidnapping. On the advice of his attorney, John O'Connell, Bundy waived his right to a jury due to the negative publicity surrounding the case. After a four-day bench trial and a weekend of deliberation, Judge Stewart Hanson Jr. found him guilty of kidnapping and assault.


  • England
    Monday Feb 9, 1976
    Prince Charles

    Charles Took Command of The Coastal Minehunter HMS Bronington

    England
    Monday Feb 9, 1976

    On 9 February 1976, Charles took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last ten months of active service in the navy.


  • United Kingdom
    1976
    Internet

    12 computers and 75 terminal devices were attached

    United Kingdom
    1976

    In 1976, 12 computers and 75 terminal devices were attached, and more were added until the network was replaced in 1986. NPL, followed by ARPANET, were the first two networks in the world to use packet switching, and were interconnected in the early 1970s. The NPL team also carried out simulation work on packet networks, including datagram networks.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1976
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    A picture of Margaret and Llewellyn in swimsuits on Mustique was published on the front page of a tabloid

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1976

    In February 1976, a picture of Margaret and Llewellyn in swimsuits on Mustique was published on the front page of a tabloid, the News of the World. The press portrayed Margaret as a predatory older woman and Llewellyn as her toyboy lover.


  • California, U.S.
    1976
    Nancy Pelosi

    Democratic National Committee

    California, U.S.
    1976

    After moving to San Francisco, Pelosi became friends with 5th District congressman Phillip Burton, and began working her way up in Democratic politics. In 1976, she was elected as a Democratic National Committee member from California, a position she would hold until 1996.


  • Medellín, Colombia
    Mar, 1976
    Pablo Escobar: Narcos

    Marriage

    Medellín, Colombia
    Mar, 1976

    In March 1976, the 26-year-old Escobar married María Victoria Henao, who was 15. The relationship was discouraged by the Henao family, who considered Escobar socially inferior; the pair eloped. They had two children: Juan Pablo (now Sebastián Marroquín) and Manuela.


  • California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976
    Microprocessor

    The Zilog Z80

    California, U.S.
    Mar, 1976

    The Zilog Z80 (1976) was also a Faggin design, using low voltage N channel with depletion load and derivative Intel 8-bit processors: all designed with the methodology Faggin created for the 4004.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976
    Audrey Hepburn

    Robin and Marian

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 11, 1976

    After 1967, Hepburn chose to devote more time to her family and acted only occasionally in the following decades. She attempted a comeback playing Maid Marian in the period piece Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery co-starring as Robin Hood, which was moderately successful.


  • Seoul, South Korea
    Wednesday Mar 17, 1976
    St. Patrick's Day

    Irish Association of Korea's Saint Patrick's Day

    Seoul, South Korea
    Wednesday Mar 17, 1976

    The Irish Association of Korea has celebrated Saint Patrick's Day since 1976 in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. The place of the parade and festival has been moved from Itaewon and Daehangno to Cheonggyecheon.


  • Dungannon, Northern Ireland
    Wednesday Mar 17, 1976
    St. Patrick's Day

    loyalists's detonated car bomb

    Dungannon, Northern Ireland
    Wednesday Mar 17, 1976

    In Northern Ireland, the celebration of St Patrick's Day was affected by sectarian divisions. A majority of the population were Protestant Ulster unionists who saw themselves as British, while a substantial minority were Catholic Irish nationalists who saw themselves as Irish. Although it was a public holiday, Northern Ireland's unionist government did not officially observe St Patrick's Day. During the conflict known as the Troubles (the late 1960s–late 1990s), public St Patrick's Day celebrations were rare and tended to be associated with the Catholic community. In 1976, loyalists detonated a car bomb outside a pub crowded with Catholics celebrating St Patrick's Day in Dungannon; four civilians were killed and many injured. However, some Protestant unionists attempted to 're-claim' the festival, and in 1985 the Orange Order held its own St Patrick's Day parade. Since the end of the conflict in 1998, there have been cross-community St Patrick's Day parades in towns throughout Northern Ireland, which have attracted thousands of spectators.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 19, 1976
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Snowdons publicly acknowledged that their marriage had irretrievably broken down

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 19, 1976

    On 19 March 1976, the Snowdons publicly acknowledged that their marriage had irretrievably broken down. Some politicians suggested removing Margaret from the civil list. Labour MPs denounced her as "a royal parasite" and a "floosie".


  • Oman
    Monday Mar 22, 1976
    Qaboos bin Said al Said

    Marriage

    Oman
    Monday Mar 22, 1976

    On 22 March 1976, Qaboos bin Said married his first cousin, Kamila née Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said (born 1951), daughter of Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur Al Said and his second wife, Sayyida Shawana bint Nasir Al Said. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. She remarried in 2005. The marriage produced no heirs, and Qaboos bin Said wrote secret documents naming the successor to his realm.


  • Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    Foundation

    Cupertino, California , U.S.
    Thursday Apr 1, 1976

    Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.


  • Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel, Mexico
    Monday Apr 5, 1976
    01:27:00 PM
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Death

    Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel, Mexico
    Monday Apr 5, 1976
    01:27:00 PM

    Hughes is reported to have died on April 5, 1976, at 1:27 p.m. on board an aircraft owned by Robert Graf and piloted by Jeff Abrams. He was en route from his penthouse at the Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital in Houston.


  • Lebanon
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    Lebanese civil war causes a drop in Iraq exports

    Lebanon
    1976

    Lebanese civil war causes a drop in Iraq exports through trans-Lebanon pipelines to the Mediterranean.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program

    U.S.
    1976

    In 1976, Congress created the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low-income homeowners and renters reduce their demand for heating and cooling through better insulation.


  • Ecuador
    May, 1976
    Pablo Escobar: Narcos

    First Murder order

    Ecuador
    May, 1976

    In May 1976, Escobar and several of his men were arrested and found in possession of 39 pounds (18 kg) of white paste, attempting to return to Medellín with a heavy load from Ecuador. Initially, Pablo tried to bribe the Medellín judges who were forming a case against him and was unsuccessful. After many months of legal wrangling, he ordered the murder of the two arresting officers, and the case was later dropped. Roberto Escobar details this as the point where Pablo began his pattern of dealing with the authorities, by either bribery or murder.


  • Nairobi, Kenya
    Wednesday May 5, 1976
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Nairobi Conference

    Nairobi, Kenya
    Wednesday May 5, 1976

    UNCTAD IV held in Nairobi in May 1976, showed relative success compared to its predecessors. An Overseas Development Institute briefing paper of April 1979 highlights one reason for success as being down to the 1973 Oil Crisis and the encouragement of LDCs to make gains through producers of other commodities. The principal result of the conference was the adoption of the Integrated Programme for Commodities. The programme covered the principal commodity exports and its objectives aside from the stabilization of commodity prices were: 'Just and remunerative pricing, taking into account world inflation', the expansion of processing, distribution, and control of technology by LDCs, and improved access to markets.


  • Sudan
    Jun, 1976
    Ebola Most Major Outbreaks

    First Ebola Outbreak

    Sudan
    Jun, 1976

    The first Ebola outbreak was in Sudan from June 1976 to November 1976, known as the SUDV with 284 human cases and 151 human deaths making the case fatality rate 53%. The outbreak occurred in Nzara (the source town), Maridi, Tambura, and Juba (cities in present-day South Sudan). The index cases were workers in a cotton factory. The disease was spread by close contact with an acute case, usually from patients to their nurses. Many medical care personnel was infected.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Utah State Prison

    Utah, U.S.
    Jun, 1976

    In June he was sentenced to one-to-15 years in the Utah State Prison.


  • Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake

    Maroon Lake, Colorado, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 10, 1976

    On June 10, Ted broke into a camping trailer on Maroon Lake, 10 miles (16 km) south of Aspen, taking food and a ski parka; but instead of continuing southward, he walked back north toward Aspen, eluding roadblocks and search parties along the way.


  • Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course

    Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 13, 1976

    Bundy stole a car at the edge of Aspen Golf Course. Cold, sleep-deprived, and in constant pain from his sprained ankle, he drove back into Aspen, where two police officers noticed his car weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over. He had been a fugitive for six days.


  • U.S.
    1976
    Black History Month

    Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions

    U.S.
    1976

    Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history".


  • Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976
    Juneteenth

    30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park

    Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 19, 1976

    Around 30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth the following year.


  • Uganda
    Sunday Jun 27, 1976
    Shimon Peres

    248 Paris-bound travelers

    Uganda
    Sunday Jun 27, 1976

    On 27 June 1976, Peres, as Minister of Defense, along with Rabin, had to deal with a coordinated act of terrorism when 248 Paris-bound travelers on an Air France plane were taken hostage by pro-Palestinian hijackers and flown to Uganda, Africa, 2,000 miles away.


  • U.S.
    Jul, 1976
    Apple Inc.

    The Apple I Went on Sale

    U.S.
    Jul, 1976

    The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 and was market-priced at $666.66 ($2,935 in 2018 dollars, adjusted for inflation).


  • Uganda
    Sunday Jul 4, 1976
    Shimon Peres

    Entebbe rescue operation

    Uganda
    Sunday Jul 4, 1976

    Peres and Rabin were responsible for approving what became known as the Entebbe rescue operation, which took place on 4 July 1976.


  • New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1976
    Statue of Liberty

    New Lighting System

    New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1976

    A powerful new lighting system was installed in advance of the American Bicentennial in 1976. The statue was the focal point for Operation Sail, a regatta of tall ships from all over the world that entered New York Harbor on July 4, 1976, and sailed around Liberty Island. The day concluded with a spectacular display of fireworks near the statue.


  • Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976
    Frank Sinatra

    4th Marriage

    Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 11, 1976

    Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. The couple married on July 11, 1976, at Sunnylands, in Rancho Mirage, California, the estate of media magnate Walter Annenberg.


  • China
    Wednesday Jul 28, 1976
    03:42:00 AM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1976 Tangshan Earthquake

    China
    Wednesday Jul 28, 1976
    03:42:00 AM

    The 1976 Tangshan earthquake, also known as Great Tangshan earthquake, was a natural disaster resulting from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China on 28 July 1976, at 3:42 in the morning. At least 242,000 people died (some have said three times that), making this the third (or possibly second) deadliest earthquake in recorded history.


  • Zaire (Republic of Congo)
    Aug, 1976
    Ebola Most Major Outbreaks

    Zaire first Outbreak

    Zaire (Republic of Congo)
    Aug, 1976

    In August 1976, the EBOV virus appeared in Yambukuand surrounding areas in what was then Zaire (the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). It spread through personal contact and by use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals and clinics. Hitting 318 human cases and killing 280 with a fatality rate of 88%.


  • Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976
    Angelina Jolie

    The Family Separation

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    1976

    After her parents' separation in 1976, Jolie and her brother lived with their mother, who had abandoned her acting ambitions to focus on raising her children. Jolie's mother raised her as a Catholic but did not require her to go to church.


  • Yugoslavia
    Sep, 1976
    Carlos the Jackal

    Organization of Armed Struggle

    Yugoslavia
    Sep, 1976

    In September 1976, Carlos was arrested, detained in Yugoslavia, and flown to Baghdad. He chose to settle in Aden, where he tried to found his own Organization of Armed Struggle, composed of Syrian, Lebanese and German rebels. He also connected with the Stasi, East Germany's secret police. They provided him with an office and safe houses in East Berlin, a support staff of 75, and a service car, and allowed him to carry a pistol while in public.


  • U.S.
    1976
    1973 oil crisis

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled

    U.S.
    1976

    U.S. stripper well oil prices decontrolled.


  • Beijing, China
    Thursday Sep 9, 1976
    Mao Zedong

    Death

    Beijing, China
    Thursday Sep 9, 1976

    Mao suffered two major heart attacks in 1976, one in March and another in July, before a third struck on September 5, rendering him an invalid. Mao Zedong died nearly four days later just after midnight, at 00:10, on September 9, 1976, at age 82. The Communist Party of China delayed the announcement of his death until 16:00 later that day, when a radio message broadcast across the nation announced the news of Mao's passing while appealing for party unity.


  • Bezirk Dresden, East Germany (now Saxony, Germany)
    Sunday Sep 26, 1976
    Michael Ballack

    Born

    Bezirk Dresden, East Germany (now Saxony, Germany)
    Sunday Sep 26, 1976

    He was born in Görlitz, a town in Bezirk Dresden, East Germany (now Saxony, Germany), which straddles the Polish border.


  • Rome, Italy
    Monday Sep 27, 1976
    Francesco Totti

    Birth

    Rome, Italy
    Monday Sep 27, 1976

    Totti was born in Rome to parents Lorenzo and Fiorella Totti.


  • 30 Hudson Yards, New York, U.S.
    1976
    Atari, Inc.

    Selling Atari to Warner Communications

    30 Hudson Yards, New York, U.S.
    1976

    Bushnell knew he had another potential hit on his hands but bringing the machine to market would be extremely expensive. Looking for outside investors, Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for an estimated $28–32 million. Nolan continued to have disagreements with Warner Management over the direction of the company, the discontinuation of the pinball division, and most importantly, the notion of discontinuing the 2600.


  • Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Escape kit

    Utah, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    In October, he was found hiding in bushes in the prison yard carrying an "escape kit"—road maps, airline schedules, and a social security card—and spent several weeks in solitary confinement.


  • Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan
    1976
    Bactria

    Viktor discovered the remains of a Bronze Age culture

    Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan
    1976

    Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi discovered the remains of a Bronze Age culture in the Karakum Desert in 1976. The culture came to be known as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex.


  • La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Wednesday Oct 20, 1976
    Diego Maradona

    ِDebut for Argentinos Juniors

    La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Wednesday Oct 20, 1976

    On 20 October 1976, Maradona made his professional debut for Argentinos Juniors, 10 days before his 16th birthday.


  • Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976
    Ted Bundy

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder

    Colorado, U.S.
    Oct, 1976

    Colorado authorities charged him with Caryn Campbell's murder. After a period of resistance, he waived extradition proceedings and was transferred to Aspen in January 1977.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976
    Jimmy Carter

    1976 United States presidential election

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 2, 1976

    The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan. Carter's win represented the lone Democratic victory in a presidential election held between 1968 and 1988.


  • La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Nov 14, 1976
    Diego Maradona

    First Goal

    La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Nov 14, 1976

    Maradona scored his first goal in the Primera División against Marplatense team San Lorenzo on 14 November 1976, two weeks after turning 16.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976
    Bill Gates

    Microsoft was registered

    New Mexico, U.S.
    Friday Nov 26, 1976

    On November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.


  • Jobra, Bangladesh
    Dec, 1976
    Muhammad Yunus

    Yunus Finally Secured a Loan

    Jobra, Bangladesh
    Dec, 1976

    In December 1976, Yunus finally secured a loan from the government Janata Bank to lend to the poor in Jobra. The institution continued to operate, securing loans from other banks for its projects.


  • Havana, Cuba
    Thursday Dec 2, 1976
    Raúl Castro

    The First Vice President of Cuba

    Havana, Cuba
    Thursday Dec 2, 1976

    He served as First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State of the National Assembly of People's Power and Council of Ministers when these were established in 1976.


  • Havana, Cuba
    Thursday Dec 2, 1976
    Fidel Castro

    President of Cuba

    Havana, Cuba
    Thursday Dec 2, 1976

    Cuba's government underwent a restructuring along Soviet lines, claiming that this would further democratize and decentralize power away from Castro. Officially announcing Cuba's identity as a socialist state, the First National Congress of the Cuban Communist Party was held, and a new constitution adopted that abolished the position of President and Prime Minister. Castro remained the dominant figure in governance, taking the presidency of the newly created Council of State and Council of Ministers, making him both head of state and head of government.


  • Jamaica
    Friday Dec 3, 1976
    Bob Marley

    A Free Concert Organised by The Jamaican Prime Minister

    Jamaica
    Friday Dec 3, 1976

    On 3 December 1976, two days before "Smile Jamaica", a free concert organised by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home. Taylor and Marley's wife sustained serious injuries but later made full recoveries. Bob Marley received minor wounds in the chest and arm.


  • U.K.
    1976
    April Fools' Day

    Pranks (U.K.)

    U.K.
    1976

    Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect: In 1976, British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore told listeners of BBC Radio 2 that unique alignment of two planets would result in an upward gravitational pull making people lighter at precisely 9:47 am that day. He invited his audience to jump in the air and experience "a strange floating sensation". Dozens of listeners phoned in to say the experiment had worked, among them a woman who reported that she and her 11 friends were "wafted from their chairs and orbited gently around the room."


  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    1976
    Mamie Till

    Mamie obtained a master's degree

    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    1976

    In 1976, Mamie obtained a master's degree in educational administration from Loyola University Chicago.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 21, 1976
    1973 oil crisis

    640-foot (200 m) oil tanker Argo Merchant runs aground on the Nantucket Shoals

    U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 21, 1976

    640-foot (200 m) oil tanker Argo Merchant runs aground on the Nantucket Shoals, spilling 7.6 million US gallons (29,000 m3) of No. 6 fuel oil.


  • Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976
    Joe Biden

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton

    Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1976

    Biden has received honorary degrees from the University of Scranton (1976).


  • West Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1976
    Freddie Mercury

    Mercury told Austin of his sexuality

    West Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1976

    In December 1976, Mercury told Austin of his sexuality, which ended their romantic relationship.


  • Kyoto, Japan
    1976
    Nintendo

    Producing its hradware

    Kyoto, Japan
    1976

    Nintendo began to produce its own hardware in 1977, with the Color TV-Game home video game consoles. Four versions of these consoles were produced, each including variations of a single game; for example, Color TV-Game 6 features six versions of Light Tennis.


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