1976: what happened around the world

In 1976, 135 events recorded on Erask's globe began — 1976 Tangshan earthquake, Soweto uprising and Seveso disaster among the best known. 81 more were already under way, such as Cultural Revolution and Iranian Revolution. 159 things were founded or built that year, from Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City.

135events began
81already under way
159founded or built
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Revolts, massacres and attacks50

+10 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires39

Wars, battles and sieges23

Disasters16

Treaties, councils and politics4

Expeditions3

Already under way in 197681

Came to an end in 19766

Founded or built in 1976159

+129 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1976

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →