What Happened In April 1976 In History

Historical Events for April, 1976

• 1st » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
• 1st » Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S..
• 4th » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• 7th » Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) named Labour Party.
• 11th » The Apple I is created.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1976

• 1st » David Gilliland, American race car driver
• 1st » David Oyelowo, English actor
• 1st » Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer
• 1st » Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
• 2nd » Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 2nd » Geneva Cruz, Filipino singer and actress (Smokey Mountain (band) or Smokey Mountain)
• 2nd » Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Aaron Lohr, American actor and singer
• 2nd » Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 2nd » Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 3rd » Park Si-hoo, South Korean actor
• 4th » Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997)
• 4th » Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer
• 4th » James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 5th » Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian martial artist
• 5th » Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
• 5th » Ryan Drese, American baseball player
• 5th » Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 5th » Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• 5th » Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
• 5th » Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
• 6th » Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and producer
• 6th » James Fox (singer) named James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 6th » Chris Hoke, American football player
• 6th » Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player (Sigur Rós)
• 6th » Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator
• 7th » Kevin Alejandro, American actor
• 7th » Jessica Lee, English politician
• 7th » Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
• 9th » Kyle Peterson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 9th » Blayne Weaver, American actor and screenwriter
• 10th » Sara Renner, Canadian skier
• 10th » Clare Buckfield, English actress
• 11th » Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 12th » Brad Miller (basketball) or Brad Miller, American basketball player
• 13th » Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
• 13th » Valentina Cervi, Italian actress
• 13th » Patrik Eliáš, Czech-American ice hockey player
• 13th » Glenn Howerton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 13th » Yoo Ji-tae, South Korean actor and director
• 14th » Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scar Symmetry, Miseration, and Solution .45)
• 14th » Georgina Chapman, English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa (brand) e.g Marchesa
• 14th » Anna DeForge, American basketball player
• 14th » Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
• 14th » Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
• 15th » Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 15th » Susan Ward, American actress
• 15th » Steve Williams (rower) e.g Steve Williams, English rower
• 16th » Phil Baroni, American mixed martial artist
• 16th » Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget, and Thunder Express)
• 16th » Lukas Haas, American actor
• 16th » Dan Kellner, American fencer
• 16th » David Lyons (actor) e.g David Lyons, Australian actor
• 16th » Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
• 17th » Sizzla, Jamaican rapper
• 17th » Anna Geislerová, Czech actress
• 17th » Monet Mazur, American actress
• 17th » Alex Nesic, American actor
• 18th » Fayray, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 18th » Gavin Creel, American actor and singer
• 18th » Jo Gibb, Scottish actress and dancer
• 18th » Melissa Joan Hart, American actress, director, and producer
• 18th » Sean Maguire, English actor and singer
• 18th » Kevin Rankin (actor) called Kevin Rankin, American actor
• 18th » Justin Ross, American politician
• 19th » Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
• 19th » Scott Padgett, American basketball player, coach, and radio host
• 19th » Kim Young-oh, South Korean author and illustrator
• 20th » Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
• 20th » Shay Given, Irish footballer
• 20th » Joey Lawrence, American actor
• 20th » Chris Mason (ice hockey) named Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
• 20th » Lenka Němečková, Czech tennis player
• 21st » Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
• 21st » Abir Goswami, Indian actor (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 22nd » Paul Henderson (footballer) e.g Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
• 22nd » Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
• 23rd » Gabriel Damon, American actor
• 24th » Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
• 24th » Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player
• 25th » Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer
• 25th » Tim Duncan, American basketball player
• 25th » Kim Jong-kook (singer) known as Kim Jong-kook, South Korean singer (Turbo (South Korean band) named Turbo)
• 25th » Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
• 26th » Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
• 26th » Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
• 27th » Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist (Belle & Sebastian)
• 27th » Sally Hawkins, English actress
• 27th » Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
• 27th » Faisal Saif, Indian director, screenwriter, and critic
• 27th » Olaf Tufte, Norwegian rower
• 29th » Jay Orpin, Swedish-Finnish songwriter and producer
• 30th » Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
• 30th » Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn)

Famous Deaths for April 1976

• 1st » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 3rd » David M. Dennison, American physicist (b. 1900)
• 3rd » Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 4th » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer (b. 1889)
• 5th » Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
• 5th » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
• 9th » Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1903)
• 9th » Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 14th » José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
• 17th » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 18th » Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (b. 1911)
• 25th » Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906)
• 25th » Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)
• 26th » Sidney Franklin (bullfighter) named Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 26th » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 26th » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 28th » Richard Hughes (writer) or Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)

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