WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1976
Find out what all happened February to September 1976

Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet. (21. September 1976)

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

The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA. (17. September 1976)

The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. (2. February 1976)

Seychelles joins the United Nations. (21. September 1976)

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

Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir. (16. September 1976)

Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed. (24. February 1976)

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

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

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

Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War (12. August 1976)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi. (6. 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 opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team. (17. July 1976)

The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect, soon revealed as an April Fools' Day hoax, is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore. (1. April 1976)

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