WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1976
Find out what all happened March to August 1976

In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day. (24. March 1976)

One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. (10. July 1976)

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

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons. (16. March 1976)

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

Capital punishment is abolished in Canada. (14. July 1976)

Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. (19. July 1976)

The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. (28. July 1976)

In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers. (18. August 1976)

Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (1. April 1976)

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

Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea. (21. August 1976)

Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. (27. July 1976)

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

An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages. (6. May 1976)

Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. (4. April 1976)

Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. (27. June 1976)

The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine. (30. March 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 Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. (28. June 1976)