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Events from the year 1976 in the United States. Major events include Jimmy Carter defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford in the presidential election of that year, the incorporation of Apple Computer Company and Microsoft , and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that Karen Ann Quinlan could be disconnected from her ventilator.
The 1976 Summer Olympics begin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. East Timor is declared the 27th province of Indonesia. July 18 – 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci earns the first of seven perfect scores of 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics. July 19 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. July 20
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The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 was signed into law by U.S. President Gerald Ford. 1976 General Washington stamp. Legislation was signed by President Ford for a posthumous promotion of George Washington (who had died in 1799) to the highest military rank in U.S. history, General of the Armies. The U.S. Army would delay carrying out the ...
It’s the Year of the Dragon, ... With ongoing wars across the globe and with the United States in an election year, he said, it’s important to approach contentious discussions in good faith ...
Eight-year sentences were given to 79-year-old former President Yun Po-sun and to former presidential candidate Kim Dae-jung (who would later serve as President from 1998 to 2003). [ 140 ] Archaeologists in the U.S. state of South Carolina raised an 18th Century merchant ship from the Black River near Oakland after starting salvage of its ...
Inflation stands at 16.5% – lower than last year's level, but still one of the highest since records began in 1750. [42] However, at one stage during this year inflation exceeded 24%. [43] Opening of Rutland Water, the largest reservoir in England by surface area (1,212 hectares (2,995 acres)). [44]
Chinese New Year is on Saturday, February 10th. Also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, Chinese New Year is celebrated at the second new moon following the Winter Solstice. This ...