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 (a.k.a. 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
02 Jul 1976 End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.