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On July 21, 1976, christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. 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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Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs was the British ambassador to Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6. He served as a British ambassador to Ireland on July 9, 1976 until his assassination 12 days later by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Sandyford, Dublin.
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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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British diplomat, intelligence officer, and author (1921–1976)
Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs was the British ambassador to Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6. He served as a British ambassador to Ireland on July 9, 1976 until his assassination 12 days later by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Sandyford, Dublin.
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