About the day » Thursday July 15, 1976Calender converter

• Arthur VILEZ (78), Limeil-Brévannes (Val-de-Marne)
• Aimé Marie Josef Braet (77), Moerkerke
• Dirk Cornelis Bakkenes (83), Amersfoort
• Anna Maria Schuitema (82)
• Dirk Jacobsz Heemskerk (75), Oegstgeest
• Anoek Heine (3), Frankrijk
• Charles Brooks Whitney (92), Center Line, Macomb, Michigan
• Cyrillus Ivo Lassuy (81), Tielt
• Adrianus Cornelis Thomassen (60), Oosterhout
• Adriana Maarsman (59)

• 1975 » Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
• 1975 » Cherry, American wrestler and manager
• 1975 » Danny Law, English cricketer
• 1976 » Diane Kruger, German actress and model
• 1976 » Gabriel Iglesias, Mexican-American comedian and voice actor
• 1976 » Marco Di Vaio, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Steve Cunningham, American boxer
• 1977 » André Nel, South African cricketer
• 1977 » D. J. Kennington, Canadian racing driver
• 1977 » Lana Parrilla, American actress

• 1965 » Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933)
• 1979 » Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico, 1964-1970 (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)

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.
• 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 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.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
• September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

The temperature on July 15, 1976 was between 10.9 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.