October 1976 calendar

October 1976
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 1976.
The US president was Gerald Ford (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was James Callaghan (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on October 1976: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1976?

Events

01 Oct 1976 1st Dutch casino opens
02 Oct 1976 Let My People Come closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 106 performances
03 Oct 1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
04 Oct 1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
05 Oct 1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
06 Oct 1976 Gang of Four arrested in Beijing
08 Oct 1976 Sex Pistols sign with EMI
09 Oct 1976 Robber Bridegroom opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 145 performances
10 Oct 1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' (New York Giants) Stadium opens.
11 Oct 1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
12 Oct 1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight
13 Oct 1976 A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
14 Oct 1976 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
15 Oct 1976 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs. Dole
16 Oct 1976 Toronto Maple Leafs' Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds.
18 Oct 1976 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr
19 Oct 1976 Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
20 Oct 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
21 Oct 1976 55th weaapon accord signed
22 Oct 1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
24 Oct 1976 7th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10
25 Oct 1976 5th Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight
26 Oct 1976 Trinidad and Tobago becomes a republic.
28 Oct 1976 Train collision at Goes Neth, 7 die
30 Oct 1976 Going Up closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 49 performances
31 Oct 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 yrs 141 days
06 Oct 1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.