243 notable events from 1976 — murders, air crashes and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- 1976 Friuli earthquake
May 6, 1976 · Italy · Earthquake
- James Ernest Hitchcock
Jul 31, 1976 · Murder & homicide
- Entebbe raid
Jul 4, 1976 · Uganda · Kidnapping & hostage
- National Reorganization Process
Mar 24, 1976–Dec 10, 1983 · Paraguay · Murder & homicide
- 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping
Jul 16, 1976 · United States · Crime & justice
- Seveso disaster
Jul 10, 1976 · Italy · Industrial & structural disaster
- Joe Metheny
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Gary Gilmore
Jan 1, 1976 · Shooting
- Montejurra incidents
May 9, 1976 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Soweto uprising
Jun 16, 1976 · South Africa · Massacre
- 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak
Nov 1, 1976 · DR Congo · Epidemic & disease
- Damour massacre
Jan 20, 1976 · Lebanon · Massacre
- 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Jul 28, 1976 · China · Earthquake
- 1976 Argentine coup d'état
Mar 24, 1976 · Argentina · War & armed conflict
- Panmunjom axe murder incident
Aug 18, 1976 · North Korea · Murder & homicide
- John Roselli
Jul 28, 1976 · War & armed conflict
- Oakland County Child Killer
Feb 15, 1976–Mar 16, 1977 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Attempted assassination of Bob Marley
Dec 3, 1976 · Jamaica · Murder & homicide
- Tuesday arsonist case
Nov 16, 1976–Feb 1, 1977 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Montie Rissell
Aug 4, 1976–May 1, 1977 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Keihan 100th anniversary train accident
Sep 9, 1976 · Japan · Rail accident
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 455
Oct 6, 1976 · Barbados · Bombing & explosion
- Karantina massacre
Jan 18, 1976 · Lebanon · Massacre
- 1976 Tiananmen incident
Apr 5, 1976 · China · Riot & unrest
- Defection of Viktor Belenko
Sep 6, 1976 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Bum Farto
Feb 16, 1976 · United States · Disappearance
- Tamara Ivanyutina
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1987 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Yuba City bus disaster
May 21, 1976 · United States · Road accident
- 6 October 1976 massacre
Oct 6, 1976 · Thailand · Massacre
- Połaniec murder
Dec 24, 1976 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong
Sep 9, 1976 · China · Death & funeral
- Night of the Pencils
Sep 16, 1976 · Argentina · Massacre
- 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision
Sep 10, 1976 · Croatia · Aviation accident
- Red Terror (Ethiopia)
1976–1977 · Ethiopia · Terrorism
- 1976 Tehran UFO incident
Sep 19, 1976 · Aviation accident
- Tel al-Zaatar massacre
Aug 12, 1976 · Lebanon · Massacre
- Truro murders
Dec 23, 1976–Feb 12, 1977 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Operation Eland
Aug 9, 1976 · Mozambique · War & armed conflict
- Gregg v. Georgia
Jul 2, 1976 · United States · Crime & justice
- Rajan case
Mar 1, 1976 · India · Murder & homicide
- Insurgency in Aceh
Dec 4, 1976 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- TWA Flight 355
Sep 10, 1976 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Katsumi Shigeru's mistress
May 6, 1976 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Kingsmill massacre
Jan 5, 1976 · United Kingdom · Massacre
- 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak
from Jul 21, 1976 · United States · Epidemic & disease
- 1976 Guatemala earthquake
Feb 4, 1976 · Guatemala · Earthquake
- Indian Airlines Flight 171
Oct 12, 1976 · India · Aviation accident
- 1976 Schiedam train accident
May 4, 1976 · Netherlands · Rail accident
- Yoshio Kodama residence kamikaze attack
Mar 23, 1976 · Japan · Terrorism
- 1976 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing
Jan 1, 1976 · Bombing & explosion
- 1976 Cavalese cable car crash
Mar 9, 1976 · Italy · Disaster
- June 1976 in Polish protests
Jun 1976 · Poland · Riot & unrest
- Assassination of Orlando Letelier
Sep 21, 1976 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- East German coffee crisis
1976–1978 · Crisis
- Thor Christiansen
Nov 20, 1976–Apr 18, 1979 · United States · Attack (other)
- Murder of Lori Smith
May 4, 1976 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Vitoria massacre
Mar 3, 1976 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Jeffrey Daugherty
Mar 11, 1976 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Loyada Hostage Taking
Feb 3, 1976–Feb 4, 1976 · Djibouti · Kidnapping & hostage
- Alcamo Marina Massacre
Jan 27, 1976 · Italy · Massacre
- Seewen murder case
Jun 5, 1976 · Switzerland · Crime & justice
- Steven David Catlin
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1984 · Murder & homicide
- Richard Gerald Jordan
Jan 12, 1976 · War & armed conflict
- Turkish Airlines Flight 452
Sep 19, 1976 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- Heul Girl
Oct 24, 1976 · Murder & homicide
- Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
Mar 24, 1976 · Argentina · Terrorism
- Arthur Frederick Goode III
Mar 5, 1976 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Rondas campesinas
from 1976 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- Sewer Murders
1976–1983 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Pamela Buckley and James Freund
Aug 9, 1976 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Ronald and James Allridge
Apr 12, 1976–Mar 25, 1985 · United States · Murder & homicide
- American Airlines Flight 625
Apr 27, 1976 · Virgin Islands · Aviation accident
- Reavey and O'Dowd killings
Jan 4, 1976 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48
May 9, 1976 · Spain · Aviation accident
- James Edward Wood
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1993 · Murder & homicide
- 1976 Hokkaido Prefectural Government office building bombing
Mar 2, 1976 · Japan · Terrorism
- Detainees disappeared during dictatorship in Argentina
1976–1983 · Argentina · Terrorism
- 1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre
Jul 12, 1976 · United States · Shooting
- An-2 aircraft strike on a building in Novosibirsk
Sep 26, 1976 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Great Fire of Sakata
Oct 29, 1976 · Japan · Fire
- 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake
Aug 16, 1976 · Philippines · Earthquake
- Disappearance of Andy Puglisi
Aug 22, 1976 · United States · Disappearance
- Middle East Airlines Flight 438
Jan 1, 1976 · Saudi Arabia · Aviation accident
- Anthony LaRette
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1980 · Murder & homicide
- SAETA Flight 011 (1976)
Aug 15, 1976 · Ecuador · Aviation accident
- Flagstaff Hill incident
May 6, 1976 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight 1802
May 15, 1976 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- San Patricio Church massacre
Jul 4, 1976 · Argentina · Massacre
- 1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash
Oct 13, 1976 · Bolivia · Aviation accident
- Alaska Airlines Flight 60
Apr 5, 1976 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1976 swine flu outbreak
Jan 1976–1977 · United States · Epidemic & disease
- EgyptAir Flight 864
Dec 25, 1976 · Thailand · Aviation accident
- Higashimurayama Police Station officer murder case
Oct 18, 1976 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Samuel Christopher Hawkins
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1977 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Quenette Shehane
Dec 20, 1976 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Edward Lagrone
Jan 1, 1976–Jan 1, 1991 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Schmucker trial
1976–1991 · Murder & homicide
- Turkman gate demolition and rioting
May 31, 1976 · India · Riot & unrest
- 1976 Anapa mid-air collision
Sep 9, 1976 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Escape of Zosimov
Sep 23, 1976 · Azerbaijan · War & armed conflict