March 1976

March 1, 1976 (Monday)

March 2, 1976 (Tuesday)

March 3, 1976 (Wednesday)

March 4, 1976 (Thursday)

  • The Maguire Seven, members of a family resident in West Kilburn, London, UK, are found guilty of possessing explosives used in IRA terrorist activity; their sentences would eventually be quashed in 1991.[5]
  • Died: Walter H. Schottky, 89, German physicist

March 5, 1976 (Friday)

  • Died: Otto Tief, 86, Estonian politician and military commander

March 6, 1976 (Saturday)

March 7, 1976 (Sunday)

  • Cyclone Colin dissipates off the Australian coast, having forced the suspension of shipping services into Brisbane and causing winds of up to 93 km an hour, resulting in one death.

March 8, 1976 (Monday)

March 9, 1976 (Tuesday)

March 10, 1976 (Wednesday)

March 11, 1976 (Thursday)

March 12, 1976 (Friday)

March 13, 1976 (Saturday)

  • An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 kills four people and injures 50 in Guatemala.[12]

March 14, 1976 (Sunday)

March 15, 1976 (Monday)

  • In Argentina, the Montoneros terrorist group detonates a bomb at Army headquarters, killing one person and injuring a further 29.[15]

March 16, 1976 (Tuesday)

  • UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigns at the age of 60, claiming mental and physical exhaustion;[16] in later years, there would be speculation that Wilson was aware of having early symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.[17]
  • Born: Zhu Chen, Chinese chess grandmaster, in Wenzhou

March 17, 1976 (Wednesday)

March 18, 1976 (Thursday)

  • A second trial is ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court for boxer Rubin Carter and his associate John Artis, who were originally convicted of murder in 1967.[18]
  • In Australia, Queensland Federal Treasurer Phillip Lynch tries to reassure investors, saying there is no reason for the suspension of five building societies to affect other States.
  • Ireland's Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and his wife, beginning an official visit to the United States, are greeted by President Gerald Ford and Mrs Betty Ford at the White House.

March 19, 1976 (Friday)

March 20, 1976 (Saturday)

March 21, 1976 (Sunday)

March 22, 1976 (Monday)

March 23, 1976 (Tuesday)

March 24, 1976 (Wednesday)

March 25, 1976 (Thursday)

March 26, 1976 (Friday)

March 27, 1976 (Saturday)

March 28, 1976 (Sunday)

March 29, 1976 (Monday)

March 30, 1976 (Tuesday)

March 31, 1976 (Wednesday)

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