WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1976
Find out what all happened November to December 1976

The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. (10. December 1976)

René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence. (15. November 1976)

Angola joins the United Nations. (1. December 1976)

The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. (24. November 1976)

Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. (2. December 1976)

Western Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations. (15. December 1976)

The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history. (15. December 1976)

A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated. (8. November 1976)

The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded. (26. December 1976)

Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. (23. November 1976)

An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but will play a concert only two days later. (3. December 1976)

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