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What Happened In September 1976 In History

Historical Events for September, 1976

  • 3rd » Viking program: The American 'Viking 2' spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
  • 6th » Cold War: Soviet Air Force pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests refugee called political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
  • 10th » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Adria Airways Inex-Adria McDonnell Douglas DC-9 DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia, killing 176.
  • 11th » A group of Croatian nationalists plant a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they reveal the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation are not executed properly and the
  • 16th » Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Yerevan reservoir.
  • 17th » The first Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Enterprise known as Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
  • 19th » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
  • 19th » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to 1976 Tehran UFO incident called investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withd
  • 21st » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
  • 21st » Seychelles joins the United Nations.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1976

  • 1st » Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer (Scissor Sisters)
  • 1st » Marcos Ambrose, Australian race car driver
  • 1st » Clare Connor, English cricketer
  • 1st » Jada Fire, American porn actress
  • 1st » Érik Morales, Mexican boxer
  • 1st » Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
  • 1st » Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
  • 2nd » Erin Hershey Presley, American actress
  • 2nd » Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
  • 3rd » Ashley Jones, American actress
  • 3rd » Jevon Kearse, American football player
  • 3rd » Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
  • 3rd » Raheem Morris, American football player and coach
  • 4th » Katreeya English, English-Thai singer, actress, and model
  • 4th » Denílson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
  • 4th » Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
  • 5th » Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
  • 5th » Richard Marsland, Australian actor, screenwriter, and radio host (d. 2008)
  • 5th » Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
  • 6th » N.O.R.E., American rapper (Capone-N-Noreaga)
  • 6th » Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Joy, Los Hermanos, and Orquestra Imperial)
  • 6th » Naomie Harris, English actress
  • 6th » Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
  • 6th » Tom Pappas, American decathlete
  • 6th » Hyun Young, South Korean actress and singer
  • 7th » Oliver Hudson, American actor
  • 8th » Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
  • 8th » Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
  • 8th » Brendan Kelly (musician) e.g Brendan Kelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lawrence Arms, The Broadways, and The Falcon (band) named The Falcon)
  • 8th » Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter and producer
  • 8th » Sjeng Schalken, Dutch-Monacan tennis player
  • 9th » Chace Ambrose, American actor and screenwriter
  • 9th » Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan model and actor
  • 9th » Emma de Caunes, French actress
  • 9th » Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
  • 9th » Joey Newman, American composer and conductor
  • 9th » Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer
  • 9th » Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (Ulver, Borknagar, and Head Control System)
  • 10th » Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
  • 10th » Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
  • 10th » Matt Morgan, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
  • 10th » Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player
  • 11th » Tomáš Enge, Czech race car driver
  • 11th » Elephant Man (musician) known as Elephant Man, Jamaican rapper and DJ
  • 11th » Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
  • 12th » Bizzy Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Bone Brothers)
  • 12th » 2 Chainz, American rapper (Playaz Circle)
  • 12th » Lauren Stamile, American actress
  • 12th » Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
  • 13th » Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
  • 13th » Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer
  • 13th » Puma Swede, Swedish porn actress and dancer
  • 13th » José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 14th » Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
  • 15th » Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand (band) known as Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur)
  • 15th » Matt Thornton (baseball) or Matt Thornton, American baseball player
  • 16th » Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (S Club)
  • 16th » Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach
  • 17th » Peja (rapper) e.g Peja, Polish rapper and producer (Slums Attack)
  • 17th » Daniella Rush, Czech porn actress
  • 18th » Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
  • 18th » Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
  • 19th » Raja Bell, American basketball player
  • 19th » Jay Electronica, American rapper and producer
  • 19th » Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
  • 19th » Isha Koppikar, Indian model and actress
  • 19th » Alison Sweeney, American actress and director
  • 19th » Jim Ward (musician) known as Jim Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (At the Drive-In, Sparta (band) known as Sparta, and Sleepercar)
  • 19th » Jessica York, American television host
  • 20th » Jon Bernthal, American actor
  • 20th » Agata Buzek, Polish actress
  • 20th » Yo Hitoto, Japanese singer
  • 20th » Yui Horie, Japanese voice actress and singer (Aice5)
  • 20th » Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
  • 20th » Reuben Singh, English businessman
  • 21st » Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mew (band) e.g Mew and Apparatjik)
  • 21st » Poul Hübertz, Danish footballer
  • 22nd » David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 22nd » Xiao Huang-Chi, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
  • 22nd » Martin Solveig, French DJ and producer
  • 23rd » Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 23rd » Katarina Čas, Slovenian actress
  • 23rd » Faune A. Chambers, American actress
  • 23rd » Rob James-Collier, English model and actor
  • 23rd » Kip Pardue, American actor
  • 23rd » Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
  • 24th » Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
  • 24th » Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and manager
  • 24th » Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2013)
  • 24th » Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer
  • 25th » Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Stiffed (band) named Stiffed)
  • 25th » Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress, Miss Teen USA 1993
  • 25th » Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
  • 25th » Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 25th » Chiara Siracusa, Maltese singer
  • 26th » Michael Ballack, German footballer
  • 26th » Tyler Denk, American model and actor
  • 26th » Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player (Nightwish and Nattvindens Gråt)
  • 27th » Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
  • 27th » Jason Phillips (catcher) or Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
  • 27th » Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
  • 28th » Ali Asel, Kuwaiti footballer
  • 28th » Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and politician
  • 29th » Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer
  • 29th » Kelvin Davis, English footballer
  • 29th » Óscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
  • 29th » Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer and politician

Famous Deaths for September 1976

  • 2nd » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
  • 9th » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician (b. 1893)
  • 10th » Dalton Trumbo, American author and screenwriter (b. 1905)
  • 13th » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
  • 13th » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
  • 21st » Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile) called Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile (b. 1932)
  • 24th » Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
  • 26th » Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
  • 29th » Sheik Ali, Lebanese-Australian wrestler (b. 1927)

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