WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1976
Find out what all happened April to October 1976

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

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew. (19. September 1976)

The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. (20. July 1976)

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

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

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

Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. (3. September 1976)

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

Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong's successor as chairman of Communist Party of China, following the latter's death barely a month earlier. (7. October 1976)

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

Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (25. June 1976)

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

Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. (21. July 1976)

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

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

Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (2. July 1976)

The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (8. May 1976)

The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team. (17. July 1976)

The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA. (17. September 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)