July 1976 calendar

July 1976
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1976: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1976?

Events

01 Jul 1976 Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black President of US Conference of Mayors
02 Jul 1976 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong
03 Jul 1976 Adolfo Suarez becomes Premier of Spain
04 Jul 1976 Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt, New York
06 Jul 1976 Soyuz 21 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station.
07 Jul 1976 E Henry Knoche, becomes Deputy Director of CIA
08 Jul 1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
09 Jul 1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5
10 Jul 1976 105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale
11 Jul 1976 1st US football club in Austria forms
12 Jul 1976 Ian Dury and Kilburns disband
13 Jul 1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
14 Jul 1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic Presidential Nomination in New York City
15 Jul 1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California
16 Jul 1976 Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after six years.
17 Jul 1976 Indonesian President Suharto annexes East Timor
18 Jul 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
19 Jul 1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands.
20 Jul 1976 Last US troops leave Thailand
21 Jul 1976 Guys & Dolls opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances
22 Jul 1976 Let My People Come opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 106 performances
23 Jul 1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0
24 Jul 1976 John Naber is 1st to swin 200m backstroke under 2 minutes
25 Jul 1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m
26 Jul 1976 In Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate Republican delegates away from President Gerald Ford.
27 Jul 1976 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
28 Jul 1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
29 Jul 1976 In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the ''Son of Sam'') kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
30 Jul 1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as Premier of Italy
31 Jul 1976 Seychelles Independence

Famous Birthday

Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor and film producer who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio.
Diane Kruger
German actress and former fashion model.
Elsa Pataky
Spanish actress.
Alice Taglioni
French actress (of Corsican father), she became Miss Corsica in 1996.
Adrian Grenier
American actor.
Bérénice Bejo
Argentine-French actress, known for playing Christiana in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale and Peppy Miller in the 2011 film The Artist.
Fred Savage
American actor famed for the television series "Wonder Years.
Anna Friel
English actress.
Nina Moric
Judit Polgár
Hungarian chess player.
Mathieu Madénian
French humourist, formerly lawyer, born to an Armenian father and a German father, he should have been present at Charlie Hebdo office but...
Ellen MacArthur
British sailor, achieved the second-fasted solo around the world on 2/11/2001, 7:36 PM, Les Sables d'Olonne despite extreme conditions.
Jacoby Shaddix
American singer (Papa Roach).
Kimberley (South Africa)
Luke Bryan
American musician.
Stéphane Rideau
Vinessa Shaw
American actress.
Audrey Crespo-Mara
Tera Patrick
American pornographic actress.
Ludovic Giuly
French footballer, currently playing for Monts d'Or Azergues Foot in the Championnat de France amateur as a attacking midfielder and could...
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Famous Deaths

Norman Foster
Baron Foster of Thames Bank English architect founded Foster and Partners.
Anneliese Michel
German woman believed to be possessed by demons (d. 1976).
Sal Tas
Dutch journalist, dies at 70.
Jacob Soetendorp
Rabbi, dies at 62.
Lucie Mannheim
Actress (39 Steps), dies at 77.
Gene Roth
Actor (Rosie, Tormented, Nightfall), dies at 73.
Max Butting
Composer, dies at 87.
Wilhelmina Von Bremen
4X100 relay sprinter (1932 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 64.
Antoni S?onimski
Polish poet (Born 1895).
Zhu De
Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (Born 1886).
Leon de Greiff
Colombian poet (Born 1895).
Carmelo Soria
Spanish diplomat (assassinated) (Born 1921).
Joseph Rochefort
American Naval officer and cryptanalyst (Born 1900).
Mickey Cohen
American gangster who was an elusive member of the rackets and a henchman for Bugsy Siegel, who was head of the California gambling rackets.
Gustav Heinemann
German politician who was once the President-elect of West Germany.
Joachim Peiper
German military officer, also known as Jochen Peiper.
Frederick Hawksworth
English GWR chief mechanical engineer (Born 1884).
Ted Mack
Denver, Colorado -- TV host (Original Amateur Hour).
Fritz Lenz
German geneticist and physician (d. 1976).
Yonatan Netanyahu
Israeli soldier and Entebbe rescue commander (Born 1946).
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