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Lars Onsager was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the No…
Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Walter Warlimont was a German Army staff officer and general during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of the departments in the Oberkommando der …
Walter Warlimont, German general (born 1894)
Mirsada Bajraktarević, known professionally as Mirjana Bajraktarević, was a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and songwriter. She was the sister of Silvana Armenulić and Dina Bajraktarević…
Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Alfredo Bracchi was a versatile Italian writer, whose production ranged from song lyrics to movie scripts.
Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (born 1897)
Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher, principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "ghost in the machine". Some of Ryle's ideas in phil…
Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (born 1900)
Zilha Armenulić, professionally known as Silvana, was a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, and actress. Dubbed the “Queen of Sevdalinka” (“kraljica sevdalinke”), she was one of the most …
Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)
Dame Edith Mary Evans was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. …
Edith Evans, English actress (born 1888)
Carlo Gambino was a Sicilian crime boss who was the leader and namesake of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Following the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment …
Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (born 1902)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as a…
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (born 1895)
Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (born 1903)
Deryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (born 1919)
The 1976 Friuli earthquake, also known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli, occurred on 6 May 1976, at 21:00:13 with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum EMS intensity of X. The sh…
An earthquake struck Northern Italy, killing 990 people and injuring up to 3,000
A wine competition is an organized event in which trained judges or consumers competitively rate different vintages, categories, and/or brands of wine. Wine competitions generally …
In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wine
The Bunbury woodchip bombing was a politically motivated bombing that took place on 19 July 1976 at a woodchip export terminal in Bunbury, Western Australia.
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
Aarne Edward Juutilainen, nicknamed "Marokon kauhu", was a Finnish army captain who served in the French Foreign Legion in Morocco between 1930 and 1935. After returning to Finland…
Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)
The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United State…
The American band the Ramones released their debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock move
The Great American Revolution is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, United States. Manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf and designed b…
Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California
The Teton Dam was an earthen dam in the western United States, on the Teton River in eastern Idaho. It was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, one of eight federal agencies au…
The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, U
The Double Six Crash, also known as the Double Six Tragedy, was a crash, involving a GAF N-22B Nomad of Sabah Air, which took place on 6 June 1976 at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, killi…
A plane crashed near Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Malaysia, killing politicians Fuad Stephens (pictured) and Pet
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six know…
The first identifiable case of Ebola occurred in Sudan
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
The Israel Defense Forces, alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service bra…
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France…
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to Au…
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern…
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. The lander touched down on…
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.