Editing 1976

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==Events==
*January - The [[Muslim Brotherhood]] begins an insurgency against the [[Ba'ath Party|Ba'athist]] government of [[Hafez al-Assad]] in Syria.
*January 11 - [[Guillermo Rodríguez Lara]] is removed as President of Ecuador by the Ecuadorian military, who establish the [[Supreme Council of Government]] to govern the country.
*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 after overthrowing the government of [[Isabel Perón]]. Their leader, [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], declares himself president.
*April 2 - The Battle of the Hotels comes to an end.
*May 5 - The [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] are founded by [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]].
*June 12 - [[Juan María Bordaberry]] resigns as President of Uruguay.
*July - [[Siad Barre]] dissolves the Supreme Revolutionary Council junta and establishes in its place the [[Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (SRSP), a one-party government based on scientific socialism and Islamic tenets.
*July 2 - With the reunification of North and South Vietnam under communist rule, North Vietnamese Prime Minister [[Phạm Văn Đồng]] becomes Prime Minister of Vietnam along with General Secretary [[Lê Duẩn]] becoming dictator of Vietnam as a whole.
*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 12 - [[Edward Charles Allaway|CSU Fullerton massacre]]
*July 15 - [[Fred Woods|Three]] [[Richard Schoenfeld|Men]] [[James Schoenfeld|in a van]], had held 27 (26 student, the bus driver) people hostage and kidnapped them, where they were buried alive.
*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.
*September 21 - Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], is assassinated in a car bombing in Washington D.C. by members of [[DINA]].
*October 6 - [[Cubana Flight 455]] explodes in the Barbados sea after terrorists hired by [[Luis Posada Carriles]] and [[Orlando Bosch]] detonated bombs inside the plane. As a result, all 73 people boarding the plane are killed.
*October 6 - [[Thammasat University Massacre]] takes place in Bangkok, Thailand in response to the return of former dictator [[Thanom Kittikachorn]]. Official reports state that 46 were killed and 167 were wounded, while unofficial reports state that more than 100 demonstrators were killed.
* October 7 - [[Hua Guofeng]] is named Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] following the death of [[Mao Zedong]].
* November 1 - [[Michel Micombero]] is  overthrown as dictator of Burundi by [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]], who declares himself president.
*December 2 - Cuba adopts a new constitution which establishes a Soviet-based government. [[Fidel Castro]] is subsequently named 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'''.
*December 13 - Margarita Belén Massacre: 22 [[Montoneros]] are [[torture]]d and executed by the Argentine Army near the town of Margarita Belén, Chaco Province, Argentina.

==Births==
===Villain births===
*January 13 - [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]]
*January 20 - [[Josh Powell]] & [[Absurd|Hendrik Mobus]]
*February 11 - [[Toni Lawrence]]
*March 13 - [[Danny Masterson]]
*March 19 - [[Derek Chauvin]]
*March 29 - [[Jennifer Capriati]]
*April 14 - [[Santiago Abascal]]
*April 25 - [[Omar Thornton]]
*May 15 - [[David Copeland]]
*May 16 - [[Shinji Aoba]]
*June 9 - [[Hope Rippey]]
*June 18 - [[Candace Muzny]]
*June 26 - [[Alexander Zakharchenko]]
*June 28 - [[Satam al-Suqami]]
*August 5 - [[Napoleon Beazley]]
*August 8 - [[Shawn Grate]]
*August 9 - [[Nawaf al-Hazmi]]
*September 15 - [[Big Lurch]]
*October 5 - [[Ramzan Kadyrov]]
*December 7 - [[Duncan Hunter]]
*December 16 - [[Brandon Straka]]
*Unknown - Aaron McKinney
*Unknown - [[Liu Hongwen]]

===Victim births===
*January 1 - Latasha Harlins
*February 2 - Vicki Lynne Hoskinson
*May 10 - Kristen French 
*July 5 - Leslie Mahaffy 
*October 2 - Kori Lamaster
*October 28 - Sarah Harbison 
*December 1 - Matthew Shepard
*Unknown - Suzanne Capper
*Unknown - Marcos Campos

==Deaths==
===Villain deaths===
*January 8 - [[Zhou Enlai]]
*March 12 - [[Lauri Wuornos]]
*May 9 - [[Otto Kerner Jr.]]
*September 9 - [[Mao Zedong]]
*September 19 - [[Choi Yong-kun]]
*October 10 - [[Otto Thorbeck]]
*October 15 - [[Carlo Gambino]]
*November 19 - [[Stanislav Vaupshasov]]
*December 15 - [[Grégoire Kayibanda]]

===Victim deaths===
*July 4 - Yonatan Netanyahu 
*July 29 - Donna Lauria
*September 21 - Orlando Letelier