1976

Events

 * March 1 - Bradford Bishop murders his wife, mother, and three sons, then goes on the run.
 * March 29 - The National Reorganization Process takes power in Argentina following a successful coup. Their leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, declares himself president.
 * May 5 - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran.
 * June 12 - Juan María Bordaberry resigns as President of Uruguay.
 * July 7 - Donald Neilson is found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of blackmail, and is sentenced to five concurrent life sentences.
 * July 29 - David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam, commits his first confirmed murder, killing 18-year old Donna Lauria by shooting her in the head in the Pelham Bay area of The Bronx. Her friend, 19-year old Jody Valenti, was also shot, but survived.
 * November 1 - Michel Micombero is overthrown as dictator of Burundi by Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who declares himself president.
 * December 2 - Fidel Castro is elected President of Cuba.
 * December 4 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa declares the formation of the Central African Empire, crowning himself Emperor and taking the regnal name Bokassa I.

Births

 * January 13 - Arturo Guzmán Decena
 * January 20 - Josh Powell
 * February 11 - Toni Lawrence
 * March 29 - Jennifer Capriati
 * June 9 - Hope Rippey
 * August 5 - Napoleon Beazley
 * August 9 - Nawaf al-Hazmi
 * September 15 - Big Lurch
 * October 5 - Ramzan Kadyrov
 * December 7 - Duncan Hunter

Villain deaths

 * September 9 - Mao Zedong
 * September 19 - Choi Yong-kun
 * November 19 - Stanislav Vaupshasov

Victim deaths

 * July 29 - Donna Lauria
 * September 1 - Cary Ann Medlin