1976 Newspapers

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Historic Newspapers’ collection of 1976 newspaper articles feature exciting tales and tragedies from all over the world. Take yourself or your loved one back to 1976 with first hand accounts of all the most memorable 1976 headlines.
1976 was the year the first commercial concorde flight took off, the United Kingdom won the Eurovision Song Contest, and James Callaghan became the new British Prime Minister. It was also the year that the Queen sent the first royal e-mail, Big Ben suffered internal damage and stopped operating for 9 months, and Bob Marley was shot in an assassination attempt. Read about all this and more in an original 1976 newspaper from our archive
21st January 1976
The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.
4th February 1976
The 1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria.
1st March 1976
Home Secretary Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for scheduled terrorist crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland.
16th March 1976
Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister.
26th March 1976
The Queen sends the first royal e-mail.
3rd April 1976
The United Kingdom wins the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest. The country is represented by Brotherhood of Man, with the song “Save Your Kisses for Me“.
5th April 1976
James Callaghan becomes the new Prime Minister.
16th April 1976
As a measure to curb population growth, the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to twenty-one years for men and eighteen years for women.
14th June 1976
The trial of Donald Neilson begins at Oxford Crown Court. The killer is also known as the ‘Black Panther’.
20th June 1976
Czechoslovakia beats West Germany 5-3 on penalties to win the 1976 European Football Championships. The game had ended 2-2 after extra time.
3rd July 1976
The Great Heat Wave reaches its peak in the United Kingdom. The country had already been struggling with a drought.
17th July 1976
The 1976 Summer Olympics open in Montreal, Canada.
27th July 1976
The United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Uganda.
5th August 1976
‘Big Ben’ suffers internal damage and the clock stops working for over nine months.
14th August 1976
Ten thousand Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland.
25th September 1976
The Irish rock band U2 is formed after drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posts a note seeking members for a band on the notice board of his Dublin school.
19th October 1976
The Chimpanzee is placed on the list of endangered species.
3rd December 1976
Bob Marley and his manager Don Taylor are shot in an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica.
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For a full review of the year, you can read our detailed 1970 timeline. Some key events from this year include the Concorde’s first supersonic flight, Britain’s most iconic rock band The Beatles split, and the largest rock festival of all time took place on The Isle of Wight, which attracted a crowd of 600,000 people and acts such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and The Doors. It was also a tragic year, with Jimi Hendrix’s death shocking the world. Hendrix died in London after overdosing.A terrible monsoon hit Vietnam, which killed almost 300 and left 200,000 homeless. It was also a year of wonderment and discovery, when the USSR’s “Venera 7” completed the first successful landing on Venus.

An authentic 1970 newspaper is a wonderful keepsake gift idea to remember all the fascinating events that took place as the world entered into a new decade.

3rd January 1970

The Beatles give their final studio performance.

14th February 1970

The
iconic live album “The Who: Live at Leeds” is recorded.

12th March 1970

Teenagers
in the United Kingdom vote for the first time, in a by-election in Bridgwater.

21st March 1970

“All
Kinds of Everything”, sung by Dana, wins the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest for
Ireland.

25th March 1970

The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight.

10th April 1970

Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded and talks about the
impending release of his first solo album.

16th April 1970

The National Westminster Bank begins trading in the United Kingdom. It had been
established in 1968 following the merger of the National Provincial Bank and
the Bank of Westminster.
18th June 1970
The Conservative Party wins the 1970 general election and Edward Heath becomes
Prime Minister.

21st June 1970

Brazil defeats Italy 4-1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

26-30th August 1970

The Isle of Wight Festival takes place on East Afton Farm off the coast of England.
600,000 people attend the event, making it the largest rock festival of all
time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens,
John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and
Jethro Tull.

18th September 1970

Jimi Hendrix dies by choking on his own vomit, after falling unconscious due to a
barbiturate overdose. He is in London at the time.

30th October 1970

The worst monsoon to hit Vietnam in six years causes large floods, killing 293
people and leaving 200,000 homeless. The terrible weather virtually halts the
Vietnam War.

4th November 1970

Social workers in Los Angeles take custody of “Genie”, a thirteen-year-old girl who
had been kept in solitary confinement since her birth.

15th December 1970

The USSR’s “Venera 7” becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus
and transmit data back to Earth.

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