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July 10, 1976

On July 10, 1976, four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. 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 (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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On July 10, 1976

  1. 1976 Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.

    Country in Southern Africa

    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country after Brazil in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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Born on July 10, 1976

Edmílson 1976– Brazilian footballer (born 1976)
Elijah Blue Allman 1976– American musician (born 1976)
Ludovic Giuly 1976– French footballer (born 1976)
Adrian Grenier 1976– American actor (born 1976)
Brendon Lade 1976– Australian rules footballer, born 1976
Lars Ricken 1976– German footballer

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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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