April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death October 4, 1976
The temperature on October 4, 1976 was between 11.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
Day of burial October 7, 1976
The temperature on October 7, 1976 was between 11.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
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.
July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
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