What Happened In October 1976 In History

Historical Events for October, 1976

• 4th » Official launch of the InterCity 125 high speed train.
• 6th » Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by Luis Posada Carriles Cubana Flight 455, 1976 known as terrorists with connections to the Central Intelligence Agency
• 6th » Thammasat University massacre named Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom Kittikachorn or Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggerin
• 13th » A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
• 13th » The first Electron microscope electron micrograph of an Ebola virus viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at University of California, Davis U.C. Davis, who was then working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention C.D.C.
• 19th » Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
• 20th » The ferry MV George Prince ferry disaster e.g 'George Prince' is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan, Louisiana or Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the fer
• 22nd » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1976

• 1st » Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
• 1st » Kona Carmack, American model and actress
• 1st » Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1st » Ümit Karan, German-Turkish footballer
• 1st » Richard Oakes (guitarist) known as Richard Oakes, English guitarist (Suede)
• 1st » Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1st » Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
• 1st » Dora Venter, Hungarian porn actress
• 2nd » Mandisa, American singer
• 2nd » Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
• 2nd » John Thornton (American football) known as John Thornton, American football player
• 3rd » Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer (DragonForce and Demoniac)
• 3rd » Seann William Scott, American actor
• 4th » Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 4th » Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
• 4th » Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
• 4th » Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer
• 4th » Craig Robert Young, English actor
• 5th » Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
• 5th » Song Seung-heon, South Korean actor and singer
• 5th » Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 6th » Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 6th » Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 6th » Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
• 6th » Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 7th » Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 7th » Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter and actor (Little Memphis Blues Orchestra)
• 7th » Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 7th » Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 7th » Charles Woodson, American football player
• 8th » Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
• 8th » Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
• 8th » Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
• 8th » Seryoga, Belorussian rapper, actor, and producer
• 9th » William Alexander (author) or William Alexander, American author and educator
• 9th » Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer
• 9th » Sam Riegel, American voice actor, director, and screenwriter
• 9th » Nick Swardson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 10th » Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder
• 10th » Pat Burrell, American baseball player
• 10th » Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Mogwai and Crippled Black Phoenix)
• 11th » Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
• 11th » Raivo Kotov, Estonian architect
• 12th » Sarah Lane (television personality) or Sarah Lane, American television host
• 14th » Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 14th » Nataša Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
• 14th » Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player
• 15th » Christian Allen, American video game designer
• 15th » Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
• 16th » Ryan Fitzgerald, Australian footballer and radio host
• 17th » Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
• 17th » Rena Inoue, Japanese-American figure skater
• 17th » Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer
• 18th » Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
• 19th » Joy Bryant, American actress
• 19th » Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 19th » Omar Gooding, American actor
• 19th » Desmond Harrington, American actor
• 19th » Dan Smith (ice hockey) named Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 19th » Michael Young (baseball) called Michael Young, American baseball player
• 20th » Nikolaos Bacharidis, Greek footballer
• 20th » Dan Fogler, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Nicola Legrottaglie, Italian footballer
• 21st » Jeremy Miller, American actor
• 21st » Lavinia Miloşovici, Romanian gymnast
• 21st » Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » Andrew Scott (actor) e.g Andrew Scott, Irish actor
• 21st » Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
• 21st » Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
• 22nd » Jon Foreman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Switchfoot and Fiction Family)
• 22nd » Helen Svedin, Swedish model
• 22nd » Laidback Luke, DJ and Producer
• 23rd » Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host
• 23rd » Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor
• 24th » Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
• 24th » Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
• 24th » Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
• 25th » Steve Jones (Northern Irish footballer) called Steve Jones, Irish footballer
• 25th » Brett Kirk, Australian footballer
• 26th » Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
• 27th » Wilson Raimundo Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Maneet Chauhan, Indian American chef
• 28th » Keiron Cunningham, English-Welsh rugby player and coach
• 28th » Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
• 28th » Simone Loria, Italian footballer
• 29th » Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
• 29th » Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 29th » Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
• 30th » Stephanie Izard, American chef
• 30th » Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
• 30th » Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
• 30th » Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
• 31st » Guti (footballer) called Guti, Spanish footballer
• 31st » Piper Perabo, American actress and producer

Famous Deaths for October 1976

• 5th » Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (b. 1929)
• 5th » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 6th » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
• 9th » Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)
• 10th » Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 10th » Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer (b. 1951)
• 11th » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
• 14th » Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
• 15th » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 18th » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
• 25th » Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)
• 27th » Deryck Cooke, English historian and author (b. 1919)

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