1976

1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

Clockwise from top-left: the Argentine coup d'état overthrew Isabel Perón as President of Argentina; VHS is released; an earthquake in Guatemala killed 23,000 people; a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa under apartheid takes place; the United States celebrates its bicentennial ; a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the IDF at Entebbe Airport in Uganda takes place; the 1976 Summer Olympics are held in Montreal , Quebec ; an earthquake hits Tangshan killing 242,769 people.
Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor during the United States Bicentennial celebration.
October 4 : The InterCity 125 high-speed train is introduced in the UK; services begin two days later.