About the day » Sunday October 31, 1976Calender converter

• Elisabeth Ellen (Ellen) Hobers, Dordrecht
• Liselot Dieuwke Rote († 1976)
• Joyce Banis, Vlaardingen
• Yvonne Charlotte (Yvonne) Hobers, Dordrecht
• Kobe Lenjou, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cinde Lee Rumsey, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1995)

• Alphonsus de Maat (92), Kloosterzande, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelius Jans Barlagen (74), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Bessie S. Thompson (70), Stanilus California
• Elisabeth Renz (87), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Schalken (56), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cecil Milton Ton (75)
• Bartholomeus Christianus Loevens (66), Amsterdam
• Delmar E. Branson (86), Benton County, Oregon
• Columba Johanna van der Werf (75), Deurne
• Elly Janssen (37), Stokkem (B), België

• 1974 » Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer
• 1974 » Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 » Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager
• 1975 » Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer
• 1975 » Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1976 » Guti, Spanish footballer
• 1976 » Piper Perabo, American actress and producer
• 1978 » Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
• 1978 » Inka Grings, German footballer and manager
• 1978 » Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer

• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)

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.
• January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
• February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
• 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.
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

The temperature on October 31, 1976 was between 3.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.