What Happened In June 1976 In History

Historical Events for June, 1976

• 5th » The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapases.
• 16th » Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• 25th » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order (Mormonism) called Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of Latter Day Saint move
• 27th » Air France Operation Entebbe or Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• 28th » The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• 29th » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1976

• 1st » Marlon Devonish, English sprinter
• 2nd » Earl Boykins, American basketball player
• 2nd » Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 2nd » Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Keane (band) named Keane and Mt. Desolation)
• 3rd » Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
• 3rd » Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and singer
• 3rd » Gregg McClymont, Scottish historian and politician
• 3rd » Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 4th » Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 4th » Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• 5th » Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
• 5th » Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
• 5th » Ross Noble, English comedian and actor
• 5th » Aesop Rock, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen (hip hop group) known as The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon)
• 5th » Jack Ross (footballer born 1976) e.g Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
• 6th » Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 6th » Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder
• 6th » Vlado Georgiev, Serbian singer-songwriter
• 7th » Necro (rapper) Necro, American rapper, producer, and director (Secret Society (band) Secret Society, and The Godfathers (rap duo) The Godfathers)
• 7th » Cassidy Rae, American actress
• 8th » Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
• 8th » Trish Goff, American model and actress
• 8th » Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
• 8th » Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician
• 10th » Alari Lell, Estonian footballer
• 10th » James Moore (Canadian politician) named James Moore, Canadian journalist and politician
• 10th » Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician
• 10th » Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 10th » Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist
• 11th » Gran Naniwa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
• 11th » Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner
• 12th » Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
• 12th » Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
• 13th » Jason "J" Brown, English singer (Five (band) known as Five)
• 13th » Tygh Runyan, Canadian-American actor and guitarist (The Awkward Stage)
• 14th » Alan Carr, English comedian and actor
• 14th » Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
• 15th » Gary Lightbody, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Snow Patrol, Listen... Tanks!, Tired Pony, and The Reindeer Section)
• 15th » Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete
• 16th » Cian Ciaran, Welsh keyboard player (Super Furry Animals)
• 16th » Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 17th » Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
• 17th » Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
• 17th » Keisuke Ogihara, Japanese rapper (Rip Slyme)
• 18th » Alana de la Garza, American actress
• 18th » Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 18th » Witte Wartena, Dutch illustrator
• 19th » Dennis Crowley, American businessman, co-founded Foursquare
• 19th » Bryan Hughes, English footballer
• 19th » Ryan Hurst, American actor
• 19th » Patrick Surtain, American football player
• 19th » Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
• 20th » Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
• 20th » Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and guitarist (Switchfoot, Mortal (band) named Mortal, and Fold Zandura)
• 20th » Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
• 20th » Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
• 21st » Antonio Cochran, American football player
• 21st » Mike Einziger, American guitarist and songwriter (Incubus (band) e.g Incubus and Time Lapse Consortium)
• 21st » Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer and coach
• 22nd » Gordon Moakes, English bass player (Bloc Party and Young Legionnaire)
• 23rd » Mizchif, Zimbabwean-South African rapper (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Wade Barrett (soccer) named Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager
• 23rd » Joe Becker (musician) known as Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
• 23rd » Patrick Monahan (comedian) called Patrick Monahan, Iranian-Irish comedian
• 23rd » Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer
• 23rd » Brandon Stokley, American football player
• 23rd » Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player
• 23rd » Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer
• 23rd » Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager
• 24th » Louisa Leaman, English author
• 24th » Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
• 25th » José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
• 25th » Iestyn Harris, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 25th » Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 26th » Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 26th » Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
• 26th » Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster
• 26th » Gordon Moakes, English bass player and singer (Bloc Party and Young Legionnaire)
• 27th » Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
• 27th » Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer)
• 28th » Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• 28th » Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
• 29th » Daniel Carlsson (rally driver) called Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
• 29th » Bret McKenzie, New Zealand guitarist, producer, and actor (Flight of the Conchords, The Black Seeds, and Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra)

Famous Deaths for June 1976

• 2nd » Kenneth Mason (geographer) named Kenneth Mason, English geographer (b. 1887)
• 2nd » Juan José Torres, Bolivian army officer and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
• 5th » Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
• 6th » J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil known as Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 6th » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1891)
• 10th » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873)
• 11th » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 12th » Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1887)
• 15th » Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 20th » Lou Klein, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
• 21st » Margaret Herrick, American librarian (b. 1902)
• 24th » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
• 25th » Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
• 28th » Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (b. 1927)
• 30th » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (b. 1898)

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