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1976 in Canada

Explore 7 historical events and records for Canada in 1976.

Historical records for Canada in 1976

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January

Black Hole Particle Emission

Page, Don ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Calculates emission rates for massless particles from an uncharged, nonrotating black hole using Hawking radiation and black hole perturbation theory.

July

Montreal Olympics

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott ยท Montreal ยท Prime Minister of Canada ยท Government / Government of Canada

Opens the Montreal Olympic Games.

August

Notes on Black-Hole Evaporation

Unruh, William ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Analyzes black hole evaporation and shows the close relation between particle detection by accelerated observers and quantum effects near event horizons.

September

Long May You Run

Young, Neil ยท Arts / Popular Music

Releases Long May You Run with Stephen Stills as the Stills-Young Band.

December

Rotating Black Hole Emission

Page, Don ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Extends Hawking-radiation calculations to rotating black holes and studies how evaporation removes angular momentum.

Small Black Hole Absorption

Unruh, William ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Calculates low-frequency absorption cross sections for small black holes, clarifying how scalar and spinor waves interact with the horizon.

Other events (month unknown)

Party Leader

Clarke, Joe ยท Party Leader of PCP ยท Politics / Progressive Conservative Party

Appointed Party Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party

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