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What Happened In February 1976 In History

Historical Events for February, 1976

  • 2nd » The Groundhog Day gale of 1976 named Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
  • 4th » In Guatemala and Honduras an 1976 Guatemala earthquake e.g earthquake kills more than 22,000.
  • 5th » The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
  • 6th » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately Lockheed bribery scandals known as $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakue
  • 15th » The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
  • 24th » Cuba: Constitution of Cuba 1976 Constitution named national Constitution is proclaimed.
  • 27th » The formerly Spain named Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1976

  • 1st » Phil Ivey, American poker player
  • 2nd » Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
  • 2nd » James Hickman, English swimmer
  • 3rd » Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
  • 3rd » Tim Heidecker, American comedian, actor, and singer
  • 3rd » Dwayne Rudd, American football player
  • 4th » Stevie Knight, English wrestler
  • 5th » Altan Aksoy, Turkish footballer
  • 5th » John Aloisi, Australian footballer
  • 5th » Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
  • 5th » Nancy Feber, Belgian tennis player
  • 5th » Tony Jaa, Thai actor and martial artist
  • 5th » Sione Jongstra, Dutch triathlete
  • 5th » Brian Moorman, American football player
  • 6th » Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
  • 6th » Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball player
  • 6th » Princess Marie of Denmark
  • 6th » Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
  • 7th » Kelly Choi, South Korean-American television host
  • 7th » Sreto Ristić, German footballer
  • 8th » Sharon Duncan Brewster, English actress
  • 8th » Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 8th » Adam Piatt, American baseball player
  • 8th » Abi Titmuss, English model and actress
  • 8th » Nicolas Vouilloz, French race car driver
  • 9th » Steve Burguiere, American radio host and producer
  • 9th » Charlie Day, American actor
  • 9th » Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
  • 10th » Lance Berkman, American baseball player
  • 10th » Keeley Hawes, English actress
  • 10th » Carmelo Imbriani, Italian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 10th » Vedran Runje, Croatian footballer
  • 11th » Tony Battie, American basketball player
  • 11th » Brice Beckham, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Peter Hayes (musician) e.g Peter Hayes, American singer and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
  • 11th » Jorge Luiz dos Santos Dias, Brazilian footballer
  • 11th » André Wickström, Finnish-Swedish comedian and actor
  • 12th » Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
  • 12th » Silvia Saint, Czech porn actress
  • 13th » Feist (singer) e.g Feist, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (By Divine Right and Broken Social Scene)
  • 13th » Jörg Bergmeister German race car driver
  • 13th » Chantal de Bruijn, Dutch field hockey player
  • 13th » Dave Padden, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Annihilator (band) called Annihilator and Terror Syndrome)
  • 13th » Martín Sastre, Uruguayan director and screenwriter
  • 14th » Erica Leerhsen, American actress
  • 15th » Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter (Incubus (band) e.g Incubus)
  • 15th » Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
  • 15th » Giorgos Karagoutis, Greek basketball player
  • 15th » Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., American drummer and songwriter (The Killers and Big Talk)
  • 16th » Kyo (musician) named Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Dir en grey)
  • 16th » Eric Byrnes, American baseball player
  • 16th » Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor and singer
  • 17th » Kelly Carlson, American actress
  • 17th » Lefteris Fafalis, Greek skier
  • 17th » William Roussel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mütiilation)
  • 17th » Scott Williamson, American baseball player
  • 18th » Leilani Munter, American race car driver
  • 18th » Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
  • 18th » Bernadette Sembrano, Filipino journalist
  • 19th » Jahidi White, American basketball player
  • 20th » Rohan Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
  • 20th » Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness (band) e.g The Darkness and Stone Gods)
  • 21st » Michael McIntyre, English comedian and actor
  • 21st » Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 22nd » Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
  • 23rd » Scott Elarton, American baseball player
  • 23rd » Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
  • 23rd » Satoshi Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
  • 23rd » Irina Zahharenkova, Estonian pianist
  • 24th » Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
  • 24th » Crista Flanagan, American actress
  • 24th » Eric Griffin, American guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13)
  • 24th » Zach Johnson, American golfer
  • 24th » Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
  • 24th » Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alkaline Trio and Heavens (band) named Heavens)
  • 25th » Rashida Jones, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
  • 25th » Samaki Walker, American basketball player
  • 26th » Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
  • 26th » Chad Urmston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dispatch (band) named Dispatch and State Radio)
  • 27th » Tony Gonzalez (tight end) known as Tony Gonzalez, American football player
  • 27th » Yukari Tamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 27th » Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
  • 28th » Kaido Külaots, Estonian chess player
  • 28th » Ali Larter, American actress
  • 28th » Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor and producer
  • 28th » Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
  • 29th » Zoë Baker, English-New Zealand swimmer
  • 29th » Katalin Kovács, Hungarian canoe racer
  • 29th » Terrence Long, American baseball player
  • 29th » Ja Rule, American rapper and actor

Famous Deaths for February 1976

  • 1st » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1st » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
  • 5th » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
  • 6th » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
  • 6th » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
  • 9th » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
  • 11th » Frank Arnau, German author (b. 1894)
  • 11th » Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
  • 11th » Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)
  • 12th » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
  • 13th » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
  • 13th » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
  • 17th » Jean Servais, Belgian actor (b. 1910)
  • 18th » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
  • 22nd » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
  • 22nd » Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (b. 1943)
  • 23rd » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
  • 29th » Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902)

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