WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1976
Find out what all happened April to July 1976

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

Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party. (7. April 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)

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

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

The Yuba City bus disaster occurs in Martinez, California. 29 are killed making it the deadliest road accident in U.S. history. (21. May 1976)

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

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

The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine. (24. May 1976)

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

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

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

The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. (13. April 1976)

The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy. (10. July 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)

In New York, New York, David Berkowitz (aka the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. (29. July 1976)

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