WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1976
Find out what all happened January to October 1976

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

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

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

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

A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground). (13. October 1976)

The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C. (13. October 1976)

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

Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo. (25. July 1976)

The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. (27. February 1976)

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

Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd. (16. June 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)

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

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

Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party. (7. April 1976)

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

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

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