1976
100 Club Punk Festival
Appears at the 100 Club Punk Festival, helping define the London punk scene.
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Appears at the 100 Club Punk Festival, helping define the London punk scene.
The then-unknown band called the Sex Pistols open for The 101ers at a venue called "The Nashville Rooms"
Releases A Night on the Town, continuing his move into polished mid-1970s pop rock.
Contributes keyboards and composition to A Trick of the Tail during the first Collins-fronted era.
Sings lead on A Trick of the Tail, proving Genesis can continue after Gabriel.
Nuon Chea leads the Council of Ministers in an acting capacity
Nuon Chea becomes Acting Prime Minister during Pol Pot's temporary absence
Nuon Chea's acting premiership ends after a brief temporary term
Nuon Chea remains acting head of government for Democratic Kampuchea
The band's first single, "Anarchy in the UK", is released
Drums on Anarchy in the UK, giving the first single its direct and forceful attack.
Plays guitar on Anarchy in the UK, the band's first single and a defining punk release.
The band's first single, "Anarchy in the UK", is released
Co-writes and plays bass on Anarchy in the UK, one of the band's central early songs.
The band's first single, "Anarchy in the UK", is released
Delivers the vocal on Anarchy in the UK, making the single a notorious statement of punk revolt.
Anarchy in the UK gives the Sex Pistols their first Official Singles Chart entry and introduces Lydon's confrontational vocal style nationally.
CPK Central Committee appoints Khieu Samphan as President of the State Presidium
Wrathall becomes President of Rhodesia after Clifford Dupont leaves office.
Healey presents a Budget linking tax reductions to agreement on a further round of wage restraint.
Maos widow is arrested
Zhang Chunqiao is arrested as the new leadership moves against the Cultural Revolution radicals
Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four, including Mao's widow Jiang Qing
Wang Hongwen is arrested with the Gang of Four after Mao's death
Jiang Qing is arrested with other Gang of Four leaders
Yao Wenyuan is arrested as part of the Gang of Four
Jiang Qing is arrested with other Gang of Four leaders
Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four, including Mao's widow Jiang Qing
Kept in the Tokyo Detention House & then released on bail. Accepted bribes from Lockheed to persuade Nipon Airways to buy their airliners
Wang Hongwen is arrested with the Gang of Four after Mao's death
Yao Wenyuan is arrested as part of the Gang of Four
Zhang Chunqiao is arrested as the new leadership moves against the Cultural Revolution radicals
People's Representative Assembly confirms Khieu Samphan as head of state
Remains a prominent Conservative backbencher after losing the party leadership.
Appears at The Bands farewell concert
Takes part in the conference of European Communist and workers' parties in East Berlin.
Interviews the Sex Pistols on live television, triggering complaints and tabloid outrage.
Uses the television controversy to increase the Sex Pistols' notoriety and public profile.
Appears on the Today programme interview that turns the Sex Pistols into a national controversy.
Rolling Stones release the album, "Black and Blue"
Rolling Stones release the album, "Black and Blue"
Calculates emission rates for massless particles from an uncharged, nonrotating black hole using Hawking radiation and black hole perturbation theory.
Explores the thermodynamic interpretation of black holes and the relationship between horizon area, entropy and temperature.
Performs at the Black Swan in Sheffield with The Clash appearing as support.
Mozambique closes its borders with Rhodesia & mobilizes its armed forces
Britain presents to the US the oldest known copy of the Magna Carta
Calls for a Government of national unity on television
Forbidden to lay wreaths on the Martyrs Memorial in honour of Chou, causes disorder
300,000 Chinese file past Maos body in the Great Hall of the People
UNITAs capital falls to the FNLA
Suharto annexes East Timor
Appointed Chairman of the Central Committee
Appointed Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's for the GDR, 2nd term
The Who's Charlton Athletic concert is measured at 126 decibels.
Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff after being selected to succeed General Tikka Khan.
Mark Perry, founder of the leading London punk periodical, Sniffin Glue, let loose with what he would later call his "big quote": "Punk died the day The Clash signed to CBS
The Clash sign to CBS Records for œ100,000, a remarkable amount for a band that had played a total of about thirty gigs and almost none as a headliner
Rhodes and Levene meet surreptitiously with Strummer after a 101ers gig, Rhodes gives him 48 hours to make up his mind whether he wanted to join the new band that would "rival the Pistols"
After rehearsing with Strummer for less than a month, The Clash made their debut, supporting the Sex Pistols at the Black Swan in Sheffield
The Clash perform at the 100 Club Punk Festival, sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Subway Sect
The band is named The Clash by Simonon who make their debut opening for the Sex Pistols at The Black Swan (a. k. a. The Mucky Duck, now known as the Boardwalk Sheffield, England)
Rhodes and Levene meet surreptitiously with Strummer after a 101ers gig, Rhodes gives him 48 hours to make up his mind whether he wanted to join the new band that would "rival the Pistols"
The band is named The Clash by Simonon who make their debut opening for the Sex Pistols at The Black Swan (a. k. a. The Mucky Duck, now known as the Boardwalk Sheffield, England)
The new band have their first gig supporting the Sex Pistols
The Clash perform at the 100 Club Punk Festival, sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Subway Sect
Great-Britain & Iceland terminate the codfish war, it is agreed that only 24 British vessels would be allowed in the 200 mile zone and four conservation areas would be completely closed to the British
Regains the European, British & Commonwealth heavy weight title
Britain and France open the trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington
The supersonic Concorde jet is put into service by Britain and France
Addresses Conservative Party Conference for the 1st time since Thatchers leadership
The OAU condemns South Africas invasion of Angola
The OAU condemns South Africa for its invasion of Angola
Indira Gandhi addresses the Pugwash Conference in Madras and defends India's peaceful nuclear programme.
Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state
9 EC Foreign Minister's sign documents authorizing elections to a European Parliament
Parliament extends its term during the Emergency and national elections are postponed.
Anew constitution comes into effect in Democratic Kampuchea
Military & political leaders agree to end military rule & establish democracy
Appointed President of Uganda, for life
Assumes power in Thailand
Assumes power in Thailand
FROLINAT guerrillas fail to assassinate Malloum
Overthrown in a military coup
Overthrown in a military coup
Scores West Ham United's second goal to make the Cup Winners' Cup final against Anderlecht 2-2.
Scores the opening goal for West Ham United in the European Cup Winners' Cup final against Anderlecht.
Scores twice as Anderlecht defeat West Ham United 4-2 to win their first European trophy.
Scores twice in Anderlecht's 4-2 European Cup Winners' Cup final victory over West Ham United.
George Harrison signs himself to Dark Horse Records after the Beatles recording contract with EMI expires
Martial law is imposed after riots result in 30 deaths
25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
Demonstrations break out against a Government proposal to teach Afrikaans
Police open fire & 76 students are killed
The Government drops its proposal to teach Afrikaans
25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Releases Desire.
The pound falls to $1.68.
The pound falls to $1.67.
The pound falls to $1.59.
The pound falls to $1.57.
Appointed President of Uganda, for life
Argentina ousts a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands
Heads the Italian government as the member states sign the act introducing direct European Parliament elections.
Heads the Irish government when member states establish direct European Parliament elections.
Supports the agreement enabling citizens to elect European Parliament representatives directly.
Supports the act establishing direct universal elections to the European Parliament.
255,000 perish during an earthquake
Dismissed as Director of the CIA
Dismissed by the LDP for not protecting Tanaka who is under arrest for bribery
A demonstration turns into a riot & the "Gang of Four" depose Xiaoping
Mao approves Deng Xiaoping's removal from all posts after the Tiananmen Incident
The dockers employment monopoly within 1/2 not 5 mile radius is kept
Reaffirms détente while declaring continued Soviet support for Communist and national liberation movements.
255,000 perish during an earthquake
Announces in the Commons that the Governments inflation policy has been abandoned
The pound falls to $1.68
Britain applies to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $3.9 billion
Britain applies for an International Monetary Fund loan of 2,300 million pounds
The Government wins a majority of 13 in support its economic policy
Britains trade deficit in September is reported to be 365 million pounds
Britain slashes welfare spending.
The British pound falls below the equivalent of $2 for the first time.
Britain applies to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $3.9 billion.
Healey defends his measures to support the pound at the annual party conference.
Healey secures Commons support for the government’s economic strategy during the sterling crisis.
Britain slashes welfare spending
Britain slashes welfare spending as the Government announces major public expenditure reductions.
The British pound falls below the equivalent of $2 for the first time
Wins 37 votes in the 1st round of the leadership election & withdraws. Transfers his support to Michael Foot
Jimmy Carter wins 51% of the popular vote & 297 electoral college votes
9 EC Foreign Minister's sign documents authorizing elections to a European Parliament
Defeats Shirley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Labour Party Deputy Leadership
Gerald Ford wins 48% of the popular vote & 247 electoral college votes
Wins 56 votes in the first round of the leadership election and later withdraws.
Helmut Schmidts coalition Government is returned with a reduced majority
The United Nations adopts a resolution to hold free & open elections under its supervision
Michael Foot defeats Shiley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Deputy Leadership
Parliamentary elections are postponed during the Emergency.
Completes the Second Presidential Term as President of Iceland.
The Second Strougal Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
The Second Trygve Bratteli Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Leaves an estate estimated at $2 billion
Regains the European, British & Commonwealth heavy weight title
With Stephen Fulling and William Unruh, calculates the quantum stress-energy tensor in a collapse model supporting the standard picture of black hole evaporation.
With Paul Davies and William Unruh, calculates the quantum stress-energy tensor near an evaporating black hole.
Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor
The Forty-second Amendment adds a constitutional list of Fundamental Duties for citizens.
Smith attends negotiations on an interim authority and the transfer to majority rule.
Smith attends the opening of the Geneva Conference on Rhodesia's political future.
Smith returns home after delegates fail to agree a timetable for independence.
Forms a caretaker Government
Democratic Kampuchea government announced with Khieu Samphan as head of state
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Great-Britain & Iceland terminate the codfish war, it is agreed that only 24 British vessels would be allowed in the 200 mile zone and four conservation areas would be completely closed to the British
Great-Britain & Iceland terminate their codfish war, it is agreed that only 24 British vessels would be allowed in the 200 mile zone and four conservation areas would be completely closed to the British
John Lennons application to remain in the US as a permanent resident is approved at a special hearing
Appears with the Sex Pistols on Thames Television's Today programme, where the band's language creates a national media controversy.
Appointed Head of State for the GDR
Healey turns back from Heathrow during the sterling crisis to manage emergency talks in London.
Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
IMF context: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Healey abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Henry Kissinger has discussions with James Callaghan after his 10 day tour of Africa
Henry Kissinger has discussions with James Callaghan after his 10 day tour of Africa
The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops. Flight 139, the Air France Airbus hijacked from Athens is invited by Amin to stop at Entebbe International Airport in the city of Entebbe, 32 km from Kampala
The hijackers agree to the release of non-Jewish and noni passengers and a transport plane, arranged by Amin, takes off and lands in Europe
At midnight Israeli commandos attack the airport and free all but four of the hostages who are killed
The success of the Israeli operation largely contributed to Amins downfall, while increased resistance and sabotage operations cripple Uganda during his final years
Leaves the Home Office before taking up the European Commission presidency.
Appointed Home Secretary
Co-writes Hotel California and helps define the album's twin-guitar sound.
Sings lead vocals on Hotel California, the title track of the band's landmark album.
Records his final Eagles studio album with the band before leaving in 1977.
Makes his first Eagles studio album appearance on Hotel California after replacing Bernie Leadon.
Placed under house arrest after resigning as head of state
Becomes first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Sponsors the House resolution creating the assassination investigation committee.
Supports the new committee investigation into the Kennedy and King assassinations.
The House created the Select Committee on Assassinations to conduct a new investigation of the Kennedy and King assassinations.
The House established the Select Committee on Assassinations after sustained congressional pressure for a new inquiry, including efforts led by Downing.
Releases Hurricane, a song about Rubin Carter.
Ian Smith announces aceptance of Kissingers 2 yr transition to black majority rule
Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
IMF context: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Concludes the December agreement underpinning Britain’s IMF programme.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Concludes the December agreement underpinning Britain’s IMF programme.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Concludes the December agreement underpinning Britain’s IMF programme.
IMF context: Concludes the December agreement underpinning Britain’s IMF programme.
Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
IMF context: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Commits Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Commits Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Commits Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
IMF context: Commits Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Healey signs the letter of intent committing Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Signs the letter of intent committing Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Signs the letter of intent committing Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Signs the letter of intent committing Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
IMF context: Signs the letter of intent committing Britain to fiscal measures supporting the IMF loan agreement.
Healey agrees an International Monetary Fund programme supporting sterling and public finances.
Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Healey announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
IMF context: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Agrees an International Monetary Fund programme supporting sterling and public finances.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Agrees an International Monetary Fund programme supporting sterling and public finances.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Agrees an International Monetary Fund programme supporting sterling and public finances.
IMF context: Agrees an International Monetary Fund programme supporting sterling and public finances.
Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
IMF context: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
400 years of Portuguese dominion end, Netu becomes the first president of Angola, his Government is officially recognized by the OAS
The MPLA defeats the FNLA in the Battle of Dead Road and the FNLA retreated to Zaire
Smith accepts Kissingers proposals for 2 yr transition to black majority rule
Britain agrees a 5 African nation request for a conference for transitional Government
Smith accepts Kissingers proposals for 2 yr transition to black majority rule
Britain agrees a 5 African nation request for a conference for transitional Government
Announces in the Commons that the Governments inflation policy has been abandoned
Purges begin within party ranks targeting internal enemies
Britain applies to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $3.9 billion
Britain applies to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $3.9 billion. Britain appeals to the International Monetary Fund for a stand-by loan of 2,300 million pounds.
The United Nations Security Council condemns South Africa for its invasion of South Africa. The OAU condemns South Africas invasion of Angola
The OAU condemns South Africa for its invasion of Angola
Tass calls Margaret Thatcher the "Iron Lady" over her condemnation of Rusia
Sumner and Hook attend a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, only 35 to 40 people are in attendance, but that night has been credited with igniting the Manchester music scene
Sumner and Hook attend a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, only 35 to 40 people are in attendance, but that night has been credited with igniting the Manchester music scene
Directs Kings of the Road.
Kissinger oversees the evacuation of servicemen from Thailand
Healey stands in the Labour leadership election after Harold Wilson announces his resignation.
After receiving 30 votes in the first ballot and 38 in the second, Healey is eliminated and supports James Callaghan in the final ballot.
Receives 56 votes and finishes third in the first Labour leadership ballot.
Withdraws from the leadership contest after concluding that his support cannot increase.
Finishes third in the Labour leadership contest after Harold Wilson resigns.
Healey receives 30 votes in the first ballot of the Labour leadership election.
Emerges from the Twenty-Fifth Party Congress with his leadership position firmly reaffirmed.
Healey receives 38 votes in the second ballot but is eliminated from the leadership contest.
Introduces a wide range of innovative welfare reforms, including the introduction of the mobility allowance, the Invalid Care Allowance for single women and others who give up their jobs to care for severely disabled relatives, the introduction of a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled persons who had not qualified for invalidity pension, reforms in child allowances, and the linking of most social security benefits to earnings rather than prices
Releases Long May You Run with Stephen Stills as the Stills-Young Band.
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Britain presents to the US the oldest known copy of the Magna Carta
Smith accepts transition to majority rule within two years.
Smith publicly accepts the principle of transition to majority rule.
Performs at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, a concert later treated as a catalyst for local punk.
Plays at the Lesser Free Trade Hall concert that helps inspire future Manchester musicians.
Marries Fraulein Silvia Renate Sommerlath
Receives the military rank Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Meets Vorster to discuss a resolution to the Rhodesian problem
Appointed Secretary of State for Education & Science
Opens the Montreal Olympic Games.
Performs with the Sex Pistols when they support The 101ers, influencing Joe Strummer's move toward punk.
al-Bakhit participates in national development connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Elizabeth II opens the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham.
The MPLA defeats the FNLA in the Battle of Dead Road and the FNLA retreated to Zaire
Opens the National Theatre
The oil industry is nationalized and PDVSA begins operating as the state oil company
Links national sovereignty, EEC membership and devolution in a speech to Young Conservatives in Brighton.
The National Executive of the Labour Party vote to protest to Parliament about cuts
Democratic Kampuchea constitution adopted
Once the Buzzcocks had recruited bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher, they made their debut opening for the Sex Pistols' second Manchester concert
Once the Buzzcocks had recruited bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher, they made their debut opening for the Sex Pistols' second Manchester concert
Once the Buzzcocks had recruited bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher, they made their debut opening for the Sex Pistols' second Manchester concert
Leaves the LDP & forms the New Liberal Club, in response to the Tanaka scandal
Analyzes black hole evaporation and shows the close relation between particle detection by accelerated observers and quantum effects near event horizons.
Restricts reprocessing and sensitive nuclear exports.
Indira Gandhi defends India's 1974 nuclear test and maintains that the programme serves national scientific and security objectives.
Begins the Odvar Nordli Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Khieu Samphan begins office as President of the State Presidium
Returns after orbiting the Earth in Soyuz 22 for 8 days
Returns after orbiting the Earth in Soyuz 22 for 8 days
Created Sir Harold Wilson as a Knight of the Garter
Bhutto's government advances construction of the state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills complex.
Defends continued pay discipline while facing the IMF crisis.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Defends continued pay discipline while facing the IMF crisis.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Defends continued pay discipline while facing the IMF crisis.
IMF context: Defends continued pay discipline while facing the IMF crisis.
Becomes Prime Minister and inherits the pay policy and sterling crisis.
The National Union of Seamen votes for industrial action over a 6 pounds claim, breaching pay policy.
Warns Labour that inflation cannot be solved by spending alone.
Accepts a second phase limiting pay rises to modest weekly amounts.
Healey works with the TUC on a second phase of pay restraint.
Healey faces the IMF loan application as sterling pressure intensifies.
Petroleos de Venezuela began operations as the state holding company for the nationalized petroleum industry.
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty.
Infrared photometry provides evidence that methane frost is a dominant reflective material on Pluto's surface.
Methane-frost observations imply Pluto has a comparatively high albedo and a diameter smaller than earlier estimates.
Pol Pot formally becomes Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
The Forty-second Amendment adds socialist, secular and integrity to the Constitution's Preamble.
Releases Presence, recorded while Plant recovered from injuries.
Appointed de facto President of Argentina after the 1976 coup
Appointed Supreme Council of Government exercising presidential authority in Ecuador
Appointed military Head of State of Nigeria after the assassination of Murtala Muhammed
Appointed President of Uganda, for life
Appointed president by the military-dominated regime
Becomes Prime Minister after Harold Wilson resigns.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Makes a Cabinet reshuffle
Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 3rd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
Appointed Prime Minister of Norway
Appointed Prime Minister of Spain by King Juan Carlos
Healey defends the Public Expenditure White Paper and plans to level off spending after April 1977.
Healey announces public expenditure reductions totalling approximately one billion pounds at 1976 survey prices.
Agrees IMF-linked measures supporting public finances.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Agrees IMF-linked measures supporting public finances.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Agrees IMF-linked measures supporting public finances.
IMF context: Agrees IMF-linked measures supporting public finances.
The Party's National Executive vote to protest to Parliament about Government cuts.
The Ramones, a US punk rock group managed by Danny Fields and Linda Stein hold a concert in England that sparked the young British punk scene
The Ramones, a US punk rock group managed by Danny Fields and Linda Stein hold a concert in England that sparked the young British punk scene
The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops
The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops
The Government is defeated on amendments to the Dock Work Regulation Bill
Higher unemployment & welfare benefits come into force. Accepts comprimise, dockers employment monopoly within 1/2 not 5 mile radius
Introduces a wide range of innovative welfare reforms, including the introduction of the mobility allowance, the Invalid Care Allowance for single women and others who give up their jobs to care for severely disabled relatives, the introduction of a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled persons who had not qualified for invalidity pension, reforms in child allowances, and the linking of most social security benefits to earnings rather than prices
Resigns as head of state and is placed under Khmer Rouge house arrest
Resigns as head of state before Khieu Samphan assumes the State Presidium
Resigns after a newspaper says the Party Secretary was not consulted about reflation
Rhodesian forces cross into Mozambique in pursuit of guerrillas
Rolling Stones release the album, "Black and Blue"
Anita Pallenberg gives birth to a daughter, Tara
Rolling Stones release the album, "Black and Blue"
It is announced that Ronnie Wood has joined the Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman releases his solo album, "Stone Alone"
Extends Hawking-radiation calculations to rotating black holes and studies how evaporation removes angular momentum.
Argentina ousts a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands
The United Nations adopts a resolution to hold free & open elections under its supervision
Britain gives up on the Ulster talks and decides to retain rule in Northern Ireland indefinitely
Suharto annexes East Timor
Accepted bribes from Lockheed to persuade Nipon Airways to buy their airliners
Receives a second Hero of the Soviet Union title during his seventieth-birthday celebrations.
Appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Appointed Secretary of State for the Environment
Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
Following a showcase gig held during London's first punk festival, at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, in September 1976, the Sex Pistols sign to the major label EMI
Acting premiership continues under the Khmer Rouge state structure
Calculates low-frequency absorption cross sections for small black holes, clarifying how scalar and spinor waves interact with the horizon.
Inherits the Social Contract after becoming Prime Minister.
Tells Labour that spending cannot simply buy full employment.
Healey works with the TUC on the second phase of pay restraint.
Healey faces the IMF crisis while defending continued pay discipline.
Announces his resignation with the Social Contract already under pressure.
Faces the IMF crisis while defending the Social Contract and pay discipline.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Faces the IMF crisis while defending the Social Contract and pay discipline.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Faces the IMF crisis while defending the Social Contract and pay discipline.
IMF context: Faces the IMF crisis while defending the Social Contract and pay discipline.
Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state
Refers to herself as the "Iron Lady" after an article in the Soviet Red Star
State Presidium becomes the formal head of state institution
Releases Station to Station, introducing the Thin White Duke persona and bridging soul, rock and European art music.
Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
IMF context: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Faces intensifying sterling pressure as the IMF loan application is made.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Faces intensifying sterling pressure as the IMF loan application is made.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Faces intensifying sterling pressure as the IMF loan application is made.
IMF context: Faces intensifying sterling pressure as the IMF loan application is made.
Agrees an IMF programme intended to support sterling and public finances.
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Agrees an IMF programme intended to support sterling and public finances.
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Agrees an IMF programme intended to support sterling and public finances.
IMF context: Agrees an IMF programme intended to support sterling and public finances.
Bill Wyman releases his solo album, "Stone Alone"
The executive of the National Union of Seamen call off the strike. The executive of the National Union of Seamen accept fringe benefits
Accepts comprimise, dockers employment monopoly within 1/2 not 5 mile radius
A congressional record notes a June 25, 1976, telephone call from Sturgis offering information he believed might relate to intelligence matters.
Hua Guofeng becomes Mao's chosen successor during the final crisis of the Cultural Revolution
Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories
An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr
Scores Anderlecht's away goal in the first leg of the UEFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich.
Scores twice as Bayern Munich defeat Anderlecht 2-1 in the first leg of the UEFA Super Cup.
Scores in the second leg as Anderlecht overturn Bayern Munich and win the UEFA Super Cup.
Scores in Anderlecht's 4-1 second-leg victory over Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup.
Scores twice as Anderlecht defeat Bayern Munich 4-1 and win the UEFA Super Cup on aggregate.
Records Technical Ecstasy as the band experiments with a more varied hard rock style.
Great-Britain & Iceland terminate their codfish war, it is agreed that only 24 British vessels would be allowed in the 200 mile zone and four conservation areas would be completely closed to the British
Stars as Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth, his first major film role.
Appears on the soundtrack album for The Song Remains the Same.
Releases the concert film The Song Remains the Same.
Begins the Third Presidential Term as President of Iceland.
Begins the Third Strougal Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Crowds mourning Zhou Enlai clash with authorities during the Tiananmen Incident
Deng Xiaoping is blamed by radicals after public mourning for Zhou Enlai becomes political protest
Trade Union and Labour Relations Amendment Act 1976 receives Royal Assent before Wilson leaves office.
Amends the 1974 trade union legislation to adjust provisions on trade disputes and union legal immunities.
Smith accepts British proposals for a conference on transitional government.
Abrogates the 1971 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union.
Defends détente while promising continued support for allied Communist governments and liberation movements.
Opens the Twenty-Fifth Communist Party Congress and addresses thousands of Soviet and foreign delegates.
The United Nations Security Council condemns South Africa for its invasion of South Africa
The United Nations Security Council condemns South Africa for its invasion of South Africa
The United Nations Security Council condemns South Africa for its invasion of South Africa
Muhamid Ali defeats Ken Norton on points in a 15 round championship fight
Returns after an 8 day visit to Canada
Begins a 5 day state visit to Luxembourg
The Government wins a majority of 13 in support its economic policy
The Government is defeated on amendments to the Dock Work Regulation Bill
The government wins a confidence vote by a majority of 13 on its economic policy.
39 of the left abstain in the Commons on the motion for further cuts
Passes a vote of confidence in the Commons after defeated motion the previous day
Plays on Wind and Wuthering, his final Genesis studio album.
Produces Wired, another influential Jeff Beck instrumental rock album.
Becomes the world formular I motor racing champion
Birth of Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Anita Pallenberg gives birth to a daughter, Tara
Death of Alastair Sim
Death of Benjamin Britten
Dies at Isington, Hampshire, aged 88.
Death of En-Lai, age 78
Death of Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang.
Death of Howard Hughes, en route by private jet to a hospital in Houston
Death of Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Death of Jean Gabin
Death of Mao Tse-Tung, age 82
Mao Zedong dies, leaving the Cultural Revolution radicals vulnerable
Death of Mao Zedong
Prince Paul dies in Paris, aged 83, without ever returning to Yugoslavia
Death of Sid James
Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories
An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr
Zhou Enlai dies, weakening moderate forces in the final year of the Cultural Revolution
Death of Zhou Enlai
400 years of Portuguese dominion end, Netu becomes the first president of Angola, his Government is officially recognized by the OAS
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