WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1976
Find out what all happened January to August 1976

Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date. (9. March 1976)

The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. (4. January 1976)

The collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, in the United States. (5. June 1976)

Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. (4. July 1976)

Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417 (19. February 1976)

Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War (22. July 1976)

Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. (15. January 1976)

The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage. (2. January 1976)

In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident. (5. April 1976)

Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000. (18. January 1976)

In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. (4. February 1976)

The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. (29. June 1976)

History of East Timor: East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia. (17. July 1976)

The Apple I is created. (11. April 1976)

Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars. (7. August 1976)

The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. (28. June 1976)

Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira. (1. July 1976)

The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea. (5. January 1976)

Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. (18. July 1976)

The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. (2. February 1976)