What Happened In January 1976 In History

Historical Events for January, 1976

• 2nd » The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• 3rd » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
• 5th » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• 12th » The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 21st » Commercial service of 'Concorde' begins with the Concorde Scheduled flights e.g London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1976

• 2nd » Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
• 2nd » Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
• 2nd » Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
• 2nd » Phil Radford, American ecologist and environmentalist
• 2nd » Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• 3rd » Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
• 3rd » Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
• 4th » Benoît Joachim, Luxembourgish cyclist
• 4th » Ted Lilly, American baseball player
• 5th » Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
• 5th » Shintarō Asanuma, Japanese voice actor
• 5th » Matt Wachter, American bass player (Thirty Seconds to Mars and Angels & Airwaves)
• 6th » Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor
• 6th » Lu Yi (actor) or Lu Yi, Chinese actor and singer
• 6th » Danny Pintauro, American actor
• 6th » Daniel Tynell, Swedish skier
• 6th » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 7th » Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
• 7th » Tomas Ražanauskas, Lithuanian footballer
• 7th » Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 7th » Kierston Wareing, English actress
• 7th » Harish Raghavendra, Indian playback singer
• 8th » Raffaëla Anderson, French adult film performer and non-fiction writer
• 8th » Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Rilo Kiley)
• 8th » Josh Meyers, American actor
• 8th » Carl Pavano, American baseball player
• 9th » Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 9th » Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter
• 9th » Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and actor
• 9th » Todd Grisham, American sportscaster
• 9th » Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor
• 10th » Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
• 10th » Ian Poulter, English golfer
• 10th » Alec Shelbrooke, English politician
• 11th » Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
• 11th » Kaire Vilgats, Estonian singer
• 12th » Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
• 13th » Michael Peña, American actor
• 13th » Bic Runga, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Tania Vicent, Canadian speed skater
• 13th » Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
• 14th » Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 15th » Corey Chavous, American football player
• 15th » Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 15th » Scott Murray (rugby union) e.g Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
• 15th » Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer
• 16th » Viktor Maslov (racer) known as Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
• 16th » Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
• 19th » Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
• 19th » Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
• 20th » Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television host
• 20th » Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• 21st » Emma Bunton, English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls)
• 21st » Patrick de Lange, Dutch baseball player
• 22nd » Jimmy Anderson (baseball) e.g Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player
• 22nd » James Dearth, American football player
• 23rd » Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
• 23rd » Angelica Lee, Malaysian-Taiwanese actress and singer
• 23rd » Tony Lucca, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 23rd » Nigel McGuinness, English wrestler
• 24th » Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer
• 24th » Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 24th » Olga Vymetálková, Czech tennis player
• 25th » Stephanie Bellars, American wrestler
• 25th » Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian race car driver
• 25th » Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
• 26th » Hitomi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 26th » Willie Adler, American guitarist and songwriter (Lamb of God (band) called Lamb of God)
• 27th » Clint Ford, American voice actor
• 27th » Ahn Jung-Hwan, South Korean footballer
• 27th » Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer
• 27th » Todd MacCulloch, American basketball player
• 27th » Zoriah Miller, American photographer
• 27th » Fred Taylor (American football) or Fred Taylor, American football player
• 28th » Lee Ingleby, English actor
• 28th » Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
• 28th » Mark Madsen, American basketball player
• 28th » Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
• 29th » Chris Castle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 29th » Charles Divins, American model and actor
• 29th » Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist
• 30th » Andy Milonakis, American actor and rapper
• 31st » Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
• 31st » Buddy Rice, American race car driver
• 31st » Paul Scheer, American comedian and actor

Famous Deaths for January 1976

• 4th » Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Greek artist (b. 1878)
• 5th » John A. Costello, Irish politician, 3rd Taoiseach known as Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
• 5th » Mal Evans, English manager (b. 1935)
• 8th » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 12th » Agatha Christie, English author (b. 1890)
• 13th » Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
• 14th » Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• 19th » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1886)
• 23rd » Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (b. 1913)
• 23rd » Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
• 25th » Chris Kenner, American singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
• 26th » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 28th » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (b. 1924)
• 31st » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal, inspired the Miranda warning known as Miranda rights (b. 1941)
• 31st » Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)

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