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July 1, 1976

On July 1, 1976, portugal grants autonomy to Madeira. The year's #1 song was "Silly Love Songs" by Wings. Hazem El Masri, David Gilliland, Gábor Király would arrive in the same year.

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1976

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1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

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What happened

On July 1, 1976

  1. 1976 Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

    Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic

    Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 805 km southwest of mainland Portugal. Together with the Azores, it is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal and a special territory of the European Union. It is the southernmost point and region of Portugal.

Arrivals

Born on July 1, 1976

Patrick Kluivert 1976– Dutch football player and manager (born 1976)
Hannu Tihinen 1976– Finnish footballer (born 1976)
Albert Torrens 1976– Australian rugby league footballer
Ruud van Nistelrooy 1976– Dutch professional footballer and manager
Szymon Ziółkowski 1976– Polish hammer thrower and politician

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The class of 1976

Others born in 1976

Hazem El Masri 1976– Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
David Gilliland 1976– American race car driver
Gábor Király 1976– Hungarian footballer
David Oyelowo 1976– English actor
Clarence Seedorf 1976– Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
Yuka Yoshida 1976– Japanese tennis player

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