January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
Day of death April 13, 1976
The temperature on April 13, 1976 was between 0.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
May 7 » The Honda Accord is officially launched.
July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
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