About the day » Friday October 15, 1976Calender converter

• Jerry Visser
• Joyce Ann Bosma, Oak Lawn, IL
• Jason Keith Mullins, Boyle County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Jo-Anne Elisabeth Oldenshaw, Leeton,NS, Nederland

• Anna Gertrud Maria Schuman (65), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Clarence Clavin Chalker **** (52), Glascock County,Ga
• Cornelia Burggraaf (80)
• Adriaan Oostvogels (58), Wernhout
• Albertus Gomes (69), Rotterdam
• Antonia Theodora Hendriks (70), Newbough VIC Australië
• Cornelia de Groot (78), Nijmegen
• Barendina KOLE (79), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alphonse Dehaese (93), Sint-Truiden, België
• Abraham Naaktgeboren (75), Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland)

• 1974 » Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer
• 1974 » Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
• 1975 » Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
• 1975 » Glen Little, English footballer and manager
• 1976 » Christian Allen, American video game designer
• 1976 » Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
• 1977 » David Trezeguet, French footballer
• 1977 » Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
• 1977 » Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1978 » Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1965 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1976 » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1978 » W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
• July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
• July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.

The temperature on October 15, 1976 was between 8.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.