About the day » Thursday January 1, 1976Calender converter

• Nikki Renatta Oviatt, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada († 1992)
• Tietje Wartena, Leeuwarden
• Kerri L. Drenth, Waterloo, IA
• Enzo-Manfredi CONSOLO, Rome Italy († 1998)

• Adrianus Johannes van Ringelenstein (80)
• Bert Kramer (17), Eindhoven
• Allegonda Hendrica Nelissen (85), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Meddens (63), Baambrugge
• Adriaan Pieter Rouffaer (77), Vlissingen
• Adrianus Johannis van Ringelenstijn (80), (GL) Deil
• Albert Daniels (55), Munsterbilzen
• Alois, Thomas Van Betsbrugge (67), Oeselgem, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Anna Grace Sheen (77)
• Antonius Adrianus Westers (94)

• 1971 » Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
• 1971 » Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach
• 1972 » Lilian Thuram, French footballer
• 1974 » Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry
• 1975 » Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1975 » Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 » Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster
• 1979 » Vidya Balan, Indian actress

• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1984 » Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)

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

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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• 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 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
• June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

The temperature on January 1, 1976 was between 2.8 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.