About the day » Wednesday July 21, 1976Calender converter

• Katherine Michelle DAVIS, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia († 1979)
• Dennis Wilmans

• Elisabeth Dorothea Roolker (63)
• Adrianus den Hartog (88), 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland
• Dirk Sophidus Wilbrink (83), Sassenheim
• Adriana Maria Bulkmans (60), Breda
• Charles William Barrett [KsBu] (68), Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Eldridge Telliofore Tourengean Tourganeau (57), Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Bartha Bakker (84)
• Edouard Charles PATERNOTTE (85), Coupray, Marne (Haute), Frankrijk
• Anna Maria Schabon (73), Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België
• Essie May Bates (71), Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1974 » Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 » René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Cara Dillon, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Christopher Barzak, American author and educator
• 1975 » Mike Sellers, American football player
• 1975 » Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1976 » Jaime Murray, English actress
• 1977 » Paul Casey, English golfer
• 1978 » Anderson da Silva Gibin, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 » Justin Bartha, American actor

• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Dennis
11. Michael
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.
• July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
• August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
• October 6 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
• December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

The temperature on July 21, 1976 was between 12.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 25.9 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.