WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1976
Find out what all happened July to November 1976

Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government. (6. October 1976)

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

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

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

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi. (6. August 1976)

Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada. (22. October 1976)

Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed. (6. October 1976)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers. (18. August 1976)

Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted. (6. September 1976)

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

A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. (10. September 1976)

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