August 1976
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This article covers breaking news and events in August 1976.
See also: Nekrolog August 1976
Daily events
Sunday 1st August
- Vienna / Austria : In the early morning hours, the Reichsbrücke plunges into the water across the full width of the Danube . A person dies in the accident.
- Verbandsgemeinde Adenau / Germany : Niki Lauda had a serious accident with his Ferrari 312T2 at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring .
- Trinidad and Tobago : The island state is transformed from a monarchy under Elizabeth II into a republic under the Commonwealth of Nations .
Monday 2nd August
- Rodgau / Germany : Teaching begins at the Georg Büchner School , a cooperative comprehensive school .
Tuesday 3rd August
- Soviet Union : Political officer Valery Sablin , who led a mutiny on the Storoschewoi , a frigate of the Soviet Navy on November 9, 1975 , is executed. His mutiny inspired the author Tom Clancy in the constitution of his novel The Hunt for Red October , the 1990 Sean Connery in the lead role filmed is.
- Valcalepio / Italy : The wine-growing region receives the status of a Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC for short).
- Hildesheim / Germany : The Gallberg , an area of 42.5 hectares, is declared a nature reserve. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the city of Hildesheim.
Wednesday 4th August
- Punta de los Llanos / Argentina : The Roman Catholic Bishop Enrique Angelelli holds a mass in El Chamical in memory of the priests Carlos de Dios Murias and Gabriel Longueville who were murdered by the police. After the mass, two cars from the security forces followed him and pushed his car off the road at Punta de los Llanos. Angelelli dies at the scene of the accident.
- Owerri / Nigeria : Heartland FC football club is founded as Iwuanyanwu Nationale .
- Germany : The law on international patent conventions comes into force. It implements the Strasbourg Patent Convention , the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPC).
Thursday 5th August
- London / United Kingdom : Big Ben , the heaviest of the five bells of the famous clock tower at the Palace of Westminster at 13.5 t , has its first failure. As a result, he had to be stopped for a total of 26 days over the next nine months, until May 9, 1977.
- Vienna / Austria : The German-language scenic premiere of the musical Candide by Leonard Bernstein will take place in the town hall. Originally conceived as an operetta , the work is based on the satirical novel Candide or the Optimism of the French philosopher Voltaire .
- Italy : The sexploitation film Eva nera by Joe D'Amato celebrates its world premiere. Loosely associated with the Black Emanuelle film series, the work plays with the dangers of snakes and sex.
Friday 6th August
- Austria : The Communist League Vienna and other local leagues join forces to form the Communist League of Austria (KBÖ). The resulting party is based on the politics of the Communist Party of China and exists until 1981.
- France : The 39th edition of the professional French soccer division 1 starts with its first matchday. At the end of the season, on June 8, 1977, FC Nantes prevailed and became champions for the fourth time .
- Vienna : Five days after the Reichsbrücke collapsed , Fritz Hofmann resigns from his position as the city councilor responsible for planning. On the same day, the first attempts to rescue the parts of the bridge on both banks by the Austrian army failed.
Saturday 7th August
- Mars : The Viking 2 space probe enters Mars orbit.
- Syria : Mahmud al-Ayyubi hands over the office of Prime Minister to Abdul Rahman Kleifawi after about three and a half years (since December 21, 1972) .
Sunday 8th August
- Austria : The ORF radiates the satirical detective - TV series Kottan determined on the channel FS 1 from the first time.
- London / United Kingdom : Drayton Park station is reopening after it had been closed almost a year earlier on October 4th 1975 .
- Amphoe Si Thep / Thailand : The district gets the full Amphoe status. It was established on December 13, 1970 as a "branch circle" ( King Amphoe ) from parts of the Wichian Buri district .
Monday 23 August
- Florida / United States : John Roselli , a mafioso who was supposed to testify before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) about the murder of John F. Kennedy , is found dead in a 55 gallon oil drum off the coast. He was strangled and shot and his legs had been sawed off.
See also
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August .
- Category: Day of commemoration, celebration or action in August (catalog with Wikipedia articles for August).
Web links
Commons : August 1976 - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ CONADEP : Nunca más: The case of the Bishop of La Rioja, Monsignor Enrique Angelelli, and of the priests of Chamical, Father Gabriel Longueville and Father Carlos de Dios Murias ( Memento of October 14, 2003 in the Internet Archive ). Report on disappearances in Argentina, 1984.
- ↑ Everything about the most famous tower clock in the world - Big Ben ( Memento from July 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ amphoe.com
- ↑ Deep Six for Johnny (English) . In: Time Magazine . Retrieved May 23, 2012.